Countdown to Codecs

Left foot, right foot, keep running, don't give up.

I have had a very difficult few weeks. First off, this session of exams was pretty difficult. It felt like my life was tearing apart. I had family there to support me which was an amazing luxury.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Now that the exams/paper/finals domino has toppled, I'm onto my next Piece. Codecs.

Codecs builds on the techniques in Evolution 5x8 and adds a live electronic component. Evoluition 5x8 used a very rigid system that created very interesting results. It reminded a lot of people of Steve Reich, but more dissonant and less repetitive. Now I'm trying to loosen the system and make things more intricate and expressive. Instead I feel like I'm driving myself crazy. I know what I'm trying to do, I can hear it and see it... but it's time consuming and difficult to do. Sometimes I do it and don't like the desired result so I have to start over.

I need to get this piece done to the best of my ability. Just keep those notes coming...

I'll keep a project log in here just as I did with Scars. Even though I have more time, I'm having a harder time than I did back then. I didn't have to out do myself.