"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?