It’s a bit of a gamble to play this, record it and put it online. Because there is a fine line between ‘good’ music and chaotic nonsense and I sure was walking that fine line:)
Audio Recording 1135, recorded on september 20, 2011
This has to be be my weirdest piece to date. 180 degrees contrast with my previous work, the very classical and structured 'Gigue'. Totally going for the sound of the (albeit virtual) piano’s, I went for the bass notes and staccato playstyle. Freely hammering away for 7+ minutes. Also recorded the midi. Which was a good thing because halfway during play I was interupted by a phone call from my daughter. With one hand on the phone and the other on the keys I said ‘I am busy playing’ and hung up. Finished playing. Checked the midi recording and deleted those 4 bars of ‘phone call interuption’. Ran the edited midi through the VSTi grand pianos again, but now on 132% speed and voila … You have been warned … Turn up the volume ... Free Toccata.
Enjoy:)
-- Max
Love love loved this. So exciting and odd. Listened to it twice in a row.