For those of you who are interested on how "32" came to be and what was intended...
* This piece is to commemorate the victims of the Virgina Tech massarce, April 16 2007
* The piano melody is purposefully broken and disjointed to reflect the situation, survivors, families, etc
* The fade(with the piano) at the end "foreshadows" the never ending nature of how things like VT, Columbine, etc happen
* the snare represents Cho
* the over all "struggle" of the piece is a lot to do with my own understanding of how VT can happen especially in the "wake" of Iraq, Darfur, etc
* at one point the strings and the piano "dual" this is to reflect the student and teacher before and after and the relationship of the student and mentor (one of the "sacred trusts" of life, IMHO).
* most of the melodys, lines, etc were written within a few days of April 16
* It is hard for me to listen to the resolve at 4:00ish with getting misty--that passage/phase was inspired by the pictures in Time magazine
* During this passage the strings/piano purposefully "overrun" the snare(Cho) as to say, April 16 2007 will be remembered because of you, but not for you...
* This will be the final song on the upcoming "Digital Kingdoms" album
* I hope this song makes you feel--and maybe even cry...
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