I'm a pacifist at heart, so writing about war without wimping out is a difficult proposition. So I've dashed off a composition I'm happy with which hopefully which is sounding like a casualty of war. Not decided on the specific theme yet, but I think this will be necessary to help the lyricist. I've written it on a piano, a knackered piano, and am hoping to record it as such. Much as it's tempting to use a virtual instrument again there's something about a REAL shonky upright piano which I love. Perhaps it would be to cliched to link this to the scene from The Pianist where Adrien Brody sits in that chateau plinking away but there you go.I've attached a photo of my knackered piano for inspiration. What you can't SEE in the photo is the noise the pedals make when I use them. If anyone has any tips for recordging knackered pianos, please leave them as comments against this post. Tally ho!
