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Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays: It’s For You

I think I was looking more at imagery and mood than describing what was going on. Not sure if I did well, but I think that this is one of the better things in this series that I’ve written thus … Continue reading →

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Miyake Haruka: Merry Go Round

I think I was describing what was happening whilst trying to express something a bit more, but I don’t think I did a good job. I think I was thinking a little too actively when I probably should have let … Continue reading →

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Lauren Bousfield: Fire Sale

With this song I tried to suggest some of what was going on at the surface level but mostly stuck to the imagery I felt was being suggested by the music. Most of this was written over one listen. A … Continue reading →

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tricot: Tokyo Vampire Hotel

I’ve wanted to do these a bit more frequently and I’m not sure as to why I have not. This was written over three listens, though the last one was split up a fair bit due to how quickly “Tokyo … Continue reading →

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Killing Joke: In Cythera

This one took a bit longer to write than I thought it would. I wrote a few sentences last night. I then wrote the bulk a few hours ago and finished it off a few minutes ago. I don’t think … Continue reading →

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Baroness: The Sweetest Curse

For this one I went more for describing what was happening with the music. Before starting this I was looking to do something that wasn’t one thing the whole way through. “The Sweetest Curse” does shift a bit, but (other … Continue reading →

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Yoshitaka Hirota: The Fate ~ Cluster Amaryllis

I think I was trying to both describe the song as well as the imagery and I think it led to this being clunky. In part I that chunkiness is due to this being written over one listen with a … Continue reading →

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Rei Kondoh: The Sun Rises

With this I was trying to articulate the feelings and imagery more than how the song progressed. Despite familiarity with the song it took two listens and I’m not sure as to how successful I was. Rei Kondoh’s (近藤 嶺) … Continue reading →

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Blind Idiot God: Thunderhead

This was written over one listen. I’m kind of surprised that I got this much out of it as “Thunderhead” moves quickly and is quite relentless. Maybe it was due to familiarity with the song from listening to it a … Continue reading →

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Masashi Hamauzu: Besaid

I think with this one I was trying to describe what was happening in the song whilst also trying to get across the associated imagery. I’m not sure if being familiar with the song and its context is a good … Continue reading →

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