Cotton by TOY PIANO

"I wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunch, and we're putting it out for dinner." - John Lennon, 1970, on the creation of his single "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)"

Just like John Lennon wrote and recorded his first major solo single in a day's time 53 years ago and released it through Apple Records within a week, Toy Piano's CJ Marsicano did a similar approach when he created "Cotton" on August 9, 2023. Only, thanks to modern technological advances, no one has to wait a week for the song to leave the pressing plants. (And even then, the song would have either had to have been split into two parts for a 7" single, or waited for a second track to be added as the B-side of a 10" or 12" single!).

"I rolled out of bed early, grabbed my iPad and a MIDI controller, and had the track done within a half hour," says Mr. Marsicano, who seems to be increasingly turning into the Robert Pollard of electronic music with the prolific pace he's set for himself since the first Toy Piano album was released in April of 2023.

The opening salvo in a freshly planned indefinite series of impromptu recordings, Toy Piano drops the single "Cotton" almost instantly, mere days after their third album and first ambient affair, LOONA, was presented to all digital outlets and scheduled for a 9/1/2023 release. A rough mixed version was uploaded to Toy Piano's SoundCloud page within minutes of the recording's completion (the original rough mixed and unmastered version is added here as a Bandcamp bonus track). With minimal electronic instrumentation and a spontaneous dreamy vibe, "Cotton" continues in Toy Piano's ambient/new age direction while providing a little extra ear candy for those anticipating the formal release of LOONA.

And to think that by this time tomorrow, yet another track could find its way onto Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Spotify and Apple Music... stay tuned.

Tracklist

1.	Cotton	9:48

Credits

released August 9, 2023

Composed and performed by Toy Piano
Recorded and rough mixed instantaneously in CJ Marsicano's living room with an iPad Pro running Logic Pro For iPad and a Novation Launchpad X
Final mix created at Generic Yellow Bird Music, Hazleton, PA
Mastered at KNNO Mastering Lab, Hazleton, PA
All recording, mixing and mastering occurring August 9, 2023.

©℗2023 Toy Piano under license to Kiiro No Tori, a dimension of the KNNO Sounds Recording Co. All rights reserved. This sound recording is operated by KNNO Sounds on behalf of the artist, with whom the rights remain in perpetuity. Unauthorized duplication should get you sentenced to life in front of a firing squad, so be glad you don't live in a shithole like North Korea.

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