"State of the World" : A tribute to the people of 9/11 (Improv)

[Mayla]

Okay... heh, here are my thoughts and feelings 

[allthumbs]

Greetings Mayla

Okay... heh, here are my thoughts and feelings 

I liked the piece; it had a poignant haunting quality that gave pause for thought for all the people lost in that horrific, world changing event.

Well done!

Cheers

allthumbs

[Mayla]

Thank you for responding and for your feedback, allthumbs.

[stevie]

was it improvised or composed?

i thought it was evocative and touching,

i concur, well done!

and id like to hear more of your playing, maylarox

[Mayla]

was it improvised or composed?

i thought it was evocative and touching,

i concur, well done!

Thanks for your feedback, stevie.  I am not sure you are really asking, but yes, it was improvised.


 

... maylarox

he he... witty 


Mayla

[quantum]

Very meditative.  It's as you have captured the emptiness left where the two towers used to stand and the silence of the people who were lost.   

You have a great sense for compositional structure, it was well paced throughout.  Great job!

Please post more of your recordings.  BTW, what piano did you use to record this?

[Mayla]

Very meditative.  It's as you have captured the emptiness left where the two towers used to stand and the silence of the people who were lost.   

You have a great sense for compositional structure, it was well paced throughout.  Great job!

Please post more of your recordings.  BTW, what piano did you use to record this?

Thank you very much for your feedback, quantum, it is quite meaningful to me.  I am playing on a Nordiska in this case.


Mayla 

[pianowolfi]

I just discovered that I did not yet comment on this one. What a shame. I have listened to it often, but not too often because it always means something very serious to me to be reminded of that day. It is music full of love and tragic, a deeply human music. To me it is very deep and also sort of comforting. Why am I listenig to your's often? I feel there is a secret which I want to understand one day. I think all great composers have such a secret which can't be expressed with words. And also this one has become a part of my life and musical thinking.

[pianistimo]

dear mayla,

you certainly do capture the idea of the event well!  and, as quantum said - the emptiness where the towers used to be.  i think the most horrific part to me is seeing (on tv) people jumping from so many stories up - because the flames were too intense.  they looked like these little dots - although - each one of them was a real human being. 

i feel exactly the same way for people who suffer - no matter the nation.  if a person is accidentally shot or purposely tortured and shot - the same feelings.  the emptiness is from evil.  it just leads to 'nothing.'  nothingness.  for the perpetrators - and for the families of the victims. 

perhaps everyone is being taught a lesson in humility.  if we are arrogant and stubborn - we just eat dirt.  everyone has to learn to make peace. to give.  to get along.  i'm not saying people who worked at the twin towers were arrogant.  it's just that the twin towers represented some kind of 'power' and financial stability that we thought we had as a nation.  perhaps we became too greedy?

[furtwaengler]

I doubt I'll get around to turning the television on today, but it is on my mind that it's been 10 years since this particular tragedy, and of course it's hard to escape the first scenes and the rush of emotions through that day, and how the world changed in its wake.

I can think of no better musical tribute than to resurrect this one. What has gone unwritten in this which was first offered before I knew of this site, has been that for years I've held this particular artifact in high esteem, and have often thought even of arranging it for string orchestra...however not to go behind the back and the intentions of the one who at first played it into existence, I merely mention the idea and that it's long been on the mind. Aside from these ideas of the music, it is the idea of tribute which brings this forward again.

May the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, comfort those close to the fallen, and those still reeling from the hurts and sorrows of that devastating day 10 years ago. 

[pianowolfi]

Yes! A good idea! I often thought of this, Mayla's wonderful music from the heart of the world, especially today!

[Mayla]

Hi guys, I hadn't seen that this made its way back up until just about 10 minutes ago.  I could definitely hear strings in this.  

9-11 was more strange for me this year than in awhile -- the world, at least the nation, at least my surroundings felt very, very strange and dark.  I know, people in it suffered far worse, and those who lost others still do have sadness everyday.  And, I know, some people think that 9-11 is not as big of a deal as other events in the world.  But, still, there was that darkness last Sunday and I didn't understand until ... until I remembered what was in the air.  I also do remember, though, how so many people came together.  Mankind has a way of pulling together at times and even last Sunday I thought, well, we know we're capable, we know it's possible ... why do we wait for calamity and for horrible things to happen?  Why don't we just skip those things and pull together already?

I also realized something last Sunday, which I hesitate to say because I certainly understand if people have pain over this event or others, and I don't mean to be insensitive to that.  But, in always trying to put aspects of life into some kind of perspective, I realized that it's important to not let pain be the deepest one's soul can go.  To be tricked into letting it be the actual fullest depth of one's soul.  You can reach below it, even, and it's even possible to reach below and reach below until it pushes the pain to the surface and is shed like a skin.  Keep making new roots, go beneath the pain.

[pianowolfi]

Very wise words! Yes I hear your voice distinctly and clearly, in your music and in your words