Love the opening build and then its abrupt ending. The music is a nice
minimal accompaniment that accents and doesn't overpower the words.
Like the last little flick of sound at the end. I would be interested in
knowing more about the piece. With this background it may allow me to
understand more of what you're doing here.

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This was one of the last few pieces played for the Vinegar Tom production, so
one of the things I wanted to do with the piece was to use some of the
elements of the other song in this piece to help tie the musical part of the
production together a little.

The sample used in the opening is a recording a harmonica played in a
stairwell that featured in the first piece of the performance (composed by
another student).

The piano and particulary the backwards treatment is referring to my other
song from this production "If Everybody Work As Hard As Me."

The bells heard in the background are samples that were featured in other
piece earlier in the performance (by another student again).

Also you might notice that the bells are playing the tune that grandfather
clocks traditionally used to mark the hour... and added with the slow clap of
the rhythm sticks throughout is used to support the passing of time
suggested in the music (the play was set a few hundred years ago and the
song is set now).

One final thing, the slow distortion of the sound (the gradual pitch shift of the
voice and the ring modulation of the background music) follows the
suggestion of the play that people were very certain about who and what
were evil and various other things (Women being witches and the source of
general evil)... bu in reality (now) it is much less clear than that. For example
the female voice at the end sounds ambigous in the gender (could be male or
female) and the background music is hardly recognisable.

This is also an example of a situation where I had the piece in my head before
I started writing anything. As a result, everything was written within the
space of a few days and ended up sounding almost exactly how I want.

Once again, hope you find this interesting and thanks for asking.

---
The Composer, previously known as The Pianist who hasn't played the piano in a while...

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I really enjoyed this piece. More so after the opening bit. The music and
the words worked very well together.

And I really loved the distortion of the voice as it progressed.

Nicely done. Executed well.

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i think that the background should have more of a ghost sound since the subject is witches. the ticking sound seems a little out of place. the beggining is great. the words seem interesting. i dont like as much when the speaking gets really low. the instrumental does do a good job of not over taking the speaking though.

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Beautiful spoken words and
the edgy clipping noises.
It really sets up an incredible
mood and atmosphere for the listener.

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