It has me feeling a little artistically reckless, but I have resumed work on Discreet Erasures. This (unfinished, obviously) orchestral piece I began no later than 1999, at which time its title was Barefoot on the Crowded Road. I am only guessing that I had about one and three-quarters minute's worth done back then. I took it up again sometime in 2009, re-titled it Discreet Erasures (possibly reflecting some revisions I made at the time?) added perhaps one minute of finished music, and then a minute and a half of ostinato accompaniment, with a loose idea of what I planned for the foreground, never at the time notated. That was possibly because I felt I wanted to modify the ostinato in some way.
So, today, the first thing I did was, discover how I want to modify that ostinato, and I like the result (very well, in fact). This evening, I think I shall discover the foreground . . . .
— Ah, yes, the most important question, we might almost say: How long will the final piece be? I forget what exactly (or approximately) what I had in mind originally. With the foreground added, the as-yet-completed trunk will be a bit more than four minutes. Seven minutes for the finished piece? Maybe I'll find myself cooking . . . ten minutes? Let's say somewhere between seven and ten minutes; when I write the end, the piece will be done.
What a crazy adventure!
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