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New Music Tuesday III: “Snail Drop”

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The koi pond at our new house has served as a source of immense inspiration for yours portly.  I’ve spent many late nights researching various species of aquatic life that can thrive in our little pond ecosystem.  I’m most excited about getting some Japanese Trapdoor Snails for our pond.

In the meantime, however, I’ve added some ramshorn snails to the pond already.  They arrived in a bag from an eBay seller in Oklahoma, clinging to the walls of their watery shipping compartment.  I drove them up one frosty night and gently plopped them into the pond, which inspired today’s new piece.

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SubscribeStar Saturday: Mallets!

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I’m in the process of working on three different releases right now, two of which consist of old material (some of it very old), one of which includes new works.  My tentative plan is to release all three of them on the same day, so listeners will enjoy an explosion of new-to-them pieces from yours portly.

The collection of new pieces is Ringtone Circus.  The pieces don’t all have a Nokia cellphone ringtone feel to them, but several possess that plinking, happy, upbeat quality.

Today, I’m sharing the pieces that prominently feature mallet-based instruments:  vibraphones, marimbas, etc.

The first piece is the title track, “Ringtone Circus“:

“Ringtone Circus” is a trio for marimbas. It sounds like a lively cell phone ringtone!

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