First, "Terra-Metrics" is changing. Not structurally or stylistically, but nominally. "Terra-Metrics" will, henceforth, be known as Cirrostratus.
To be quite honest, I was never incredibly pleased with the old title... it was meant to create a parallel between the song and the SimCity series. I was trying too hard to imitate Jerry Martin when I gave it that title. So, anyway, I'm listening to the song for the first time since November '09 (not just having it in the background, but actually listening to it). I decided that "Terra-Metrics" didn't fit the song. So, I opened a new text document and just started typing stuff that would make a better title. After the fifteenth, or so, alternate title (most of which had to do with mountains or water), I hit upon the idea that the song sounds like rain. Weather. Clouds. Cirrostratus.
Meteorologically speaking, cirrostratus is a type of high, dense clouds. Whilst not usually indicative of any significant precipitation event, they're my favourite kind of cloud form (next to Cumulonimbus, the harbingers of tornadoes) -- they block out the sun and seem to cool everything down by seven degrees. Just yesterday, I saw some interesting cirrostratus that looked like snowdrifts. But, I digress.
Next, I have completely finished a new song. Its title: The Paved Frontier. Basically, this is the tale of a composer who goes for a stroll down an unfamiliar forest path. The composer has never been on this path before, making every twist, turn, and fork in the road a new adventure. However, whilst it may seem new and unexplored to him, someone has obviously been here before, as the path is one of pavement.
It was derived from an untitled piano solo I wrote back in, maybe February or March '10. Last month, I decided to try out a variable-dynamic violin part on it just for summat to do. I decided I liked it, so I developed it some more. The violin became a violin section, I put some contrabasses in, and I almost changed the piano to a vibraphone... but, who wants to hear a vibraphone solo for four minutes? Besides, when I get an orchestra to play it, the song would ultimately require three vibraphones to play a part written for a single piano.
C'est tout pour maintenant. Retournez-vous demain, s'il-vous plait.
