Casper Hernández Cordes

My dog doesn't worry too much about the current situation


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The idea is to improvise on the piano, and AFTERWARDS use the improvisation as a sketch for a composition. I think maybe transcribing it for a chamber ensemble, maybe a wind quintet... Next step is to try to make some kind of score.... I use noteflight.com I have been trying to compose directly in this app, but it becomes flat and lifeless. Now I'll try the other way around. Something with LIFE (ie. this improvisation), but without a distinct articulation, embryonic... The voice in the beginning of the recording is my wife's, who is wondering why I left the window in the bathroom open. And the rhythmic clicking sounds are from my dog, who entered the room at the same time, but without questions regarding the bathroom window. He simply smiled at me. Happy. I looked at his face, and I guess, the character of the improvisation in the beginning is owed to this spontaneous lightheartedness of my dog.... By the way, since my dog is present during the improvisation, I considered it appropriate to publish it on my podcast. I haven't been doing my MAN-DOG-EARTH walks for a long while. Maybe it has mutated into explorations on the piano....
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Casper Hernández CordesBy Casper Hernández Cordes