Drowsy in the Heat (Piano Pieces 2020)

It’s been a little over five months since the lockdowns began, and for almost all of that time I decided to not even think about releasing anything, and simply let my interests be what they would be from day to day. I shut down the Patreon and retreated into a long period of contemplation and largely undirected creative work.

As the months passed, I became increasingly interested in composing music rather than improvising it. And over the past month or so, I’ve been writing daily for orchestra and for string quartet and for piano, and I’ve been finding this work very satisfying in itself.

This piano piece is the first one of these compositions that I’m releasing. It’s free to listen to here, but if you’d like to help support my work, you can pick it up along with the rest of my music at Bandcamp. If you play piano and can read written music, the sheet music for this piece is also available through Sheet Music Plus.

Track art by Snapwire, licensed through Pexels.