This one is for my buddy
Mike Florio whose "production music" reminded me
of a time back in college when I used to write "soundtrack"
type pieces...
"The Rebellion" actually tells a story.
I was taking a recording and production class in college
(called "Tape Recorder and Synthesizer Techniques") and the professor
challenged me to write a piece which focused on the *timbres*
and didn't rely on having so many *notes* in it. He had a point.
So I did that and got an A.
Then for the final project, I could do anything I
wanted... "The Rebellion" was my little protest.
The poor oppressed notes were trying to get out. What
did he have against all those innocent notes, anyway?
The piece opens ominously...
reflecting the absence of notes from the previous piece...
but also portending the doom to come...
At 1:13, the notes make their entrance.
It's a new day.
(Hey, it could even be a Friday, T.G.I.F.)
They're nice notes.
Happy little notes.
Innocent.
Minding their own business, enjoying life...
Until 1:46 when the "note police" comes to arrest them.
They scatter.
At 2:04, they're now stuck in jail.
Because too many notes are bad.
They can only sing with the help of an arpeggiator.
A single sardonic bitter harmonica is left to lament their plight.
At 3:08, the chords turn minor and the notes cry out.
At 3:26, they begin to plan their Rebellion.
They'll need some help.
They get it from the best of sources:
Some chords stolen from a famous prog band's song. (Can you name the band and the song?)
Energized, they begin their counter-attack at 4:24.
It is time for the prison break...
These notes are still in a minor key, but they are FAST...
And a solo becomes a duet at 4:47 as other notes join in...
The battle is fast and furious...
Those slow and ponderous legato police are losing to the lightning-fast notes.
At 5:40 the notes prevail and are happy again.
Off they go into the sunset, free to be the happy little plentiful
notes they should be.