Recorded back in April 2012 on my Porta-Studio in Walkersville, Maryland; this suite is in three movements: I. Loch Lomond II. The Enchanted Lake
III. A Walk In The Park. This composition was initially inspired by a dream regarding the old, but well known, traditional Scottish folk song: "Loch Lomond". In the dream, the music was incredibly beautiful, and the chorus was being sung by a choir, sort of like a fade in and fade-out type of thing, and then I woke-up. After that, I set my mind on experimenting with that part of the song. Sort of like creating a musical collage (or "medley") around it, based on the chorus, and combining it with several other things that I had in the works, when I had the dream... As many know, it is a piece that has been in the public domain for some generations now, and I always loved listening to the many different versions, especially around the spring time of year; as it always seemed to me to be a spring-time kind of song to begin with. (And when it does seem to be performed most often). I guess this is my version, for now. The other two movements, I wrote myself... The 3rd movement ("A Walk In The Park") incorporates the chorus of another song that I have been working on, but have yet to record. The words and melody just sort of fit together, and (much to my surprise) seemed to work with the variation in the chord changes, to fit the movement. So, I thought I would just flow with the inspiration (as I improvised around the chord changes) while I turned on the recorder, and just go with it. And what you hear here, is pretty much the result...
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