Tranquil MMVI.51 [synth] Enovariation 17

a variation. a theme i recognise. eno on the brain. ... And, now, for something completely different - with a beat. Believe it or not, this was done on a hand-me-down 'consumer grade' keyboard (from a deceased granny). The first part i laid down was the melody without any harmonic structure (except perhaps an imaginary one in my head). I synced to the metronome, i think - or possibly a version of the drum track. I then experimented with playing different chord structures (in real time - 'straight ahead', as they say in jazz) over the melody (accompanying the little 1-track onboard sequencer as it played back the melody), and found that this identical melody with different background grooves could run quite a gamut of moods. I had the 'Patented Carlos Santana Chord Progression' (as Frank Zappa once put it) on one take, various mono-chord grooves, and this take is the one i liked best. It has a Brian-Eno-esque quality - the 'Patented Brian Eno Chord Progression', if you will; so, i named it 'Enovariation'. {Both Frank and Brian would approve of my composition technique, i think - melody first, possible harmonic variations second.} Also, the index number (on the raw CD master) happened to be '17' -- which i decided was catchy, and fitting for the title - in honour of the ensemble Heaven 17. Enjoy - for music hath charms... ~heath CreativeCommons 2.5 - attribution, non-commercial, share alike ... PS - new website (finally) - http://web.mac.com/heathpatrie - and two other podcasts - i'm putting up all my Live gigs in one (at alive.libsyn.com), and sharing a few oddities in another one at the site - check it out. Hmm... i wonder what will become of Tranquil Music by Heath?