The Eden House

[Jerome]

Very cool, Jerome! I wish I had the ambition and talent to make my own music. Pretty neat that Andy is so approachable.

I labelled your music as ambient ...what would you say it is?

That reminds me of an interesting little tidbit that I experienced a couple of days ago. Sometimes I volunteer at our local community centre and while I was there this young looking 39 year old was gently playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata! Being the music nut I am I rushed over and sat closer to watch and hear him. After he finished the piece he said he was self taught on piano and guitar. His favorite group is Pink Floyd by the way. We talked music for several minutes and then he played another instrumental piano piece that he wrote. It was very good and I asked him what did you call it and he just smiled and shrugged his shoulders...no title ..I just wrote it for my five year old son who is learning piano and guitar from me. I thought it was a beautiful story from Vincent! I hope I meet him again soon.

That actually reminds me of TWO stories. I was in a place called Ravello, on the Italian Amalfi Coast some time ago. There was a guy playing what looked like a pinball machine with strings. A kind of dulcimer. Absolutely fascinating to watch. And I met the guy with the wine glasses who played with David Gilmour in Venice - just after he recorded 'On An Island'. This guy was playing complete classical pieces on wine glasses! Unbelieveable what humans are capable of.

And by the way I could not even begin to tell you what 'genre' my music slots into. It's just a combination of sounds I have been influenced by over the years. A lot of people say it is relaxing and peaceful - maybe quietish - I don't think it's that at all - in fact some of it is quite bombastic - it's funny how different people hear different things in what you do. People tend to be selective when they hear something - they pick out the bits that appeal to them and then apply that same description to the whole work. ??!!?? Could also be because I mixed it with a relatively low overall volume -to preserve the dynamics. After Andy did his bit the piece jumped out (on headphones anyway) so now it is perceived as being louder (without being squashed or over-compressed) due to his wizardry. The change is subtle but noticeable.

Funny that the guy's name is Vincent. That happens to be my favourite track of all time. Used to play it for years in pubs. Fantastic lyrics. Another one is Toni Child's 'Heaven's Gate'. Awesome piece of writing.