FM1SM from Basilica by Mike Dickson

The title is actually an abbreviation of the title I was using as the piece was being developed. Trouble is I have long forgotten what this codeword was and instead it became the shortened version instead. How odd.

This is a pretty good example of where I sit when I want to improvise and then hit upon something that sounds quite good. As long as I can address it in the same session I can more or less follow what I had played, which explains how the Mellotron came to be overdubbed onto the piano with a fair degree of accuracy. If I had left it until the next day then it would have been consigned to the same dustbin where so many of my more inspired works end up. Last time I looked there were about fifty of them in there. Maybe I could do a Conlon Nancarrow and play them all at once to see what effect it has on the atmosphere.

Independent musician located in Scotland, producing cinematic/ambient/electronic works as and when he feels like it, for little to no fee.
Early works centred very much on the Mellotron but the palette is now much more varied.
Releases made periodically and usually frequently throughout the year. If you're listening to my stuff then I'd love to hear from you.

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