Coming back to this after eighteen months, it's quite peaceful. I'm not sure why I thought it was confrontational before. Alex, congratulations with the highlight and thanks for the reminiscing that goes along with it. You even have a comment from Mary before she left us.

Hey there... congrats on the weekly spot! I'm havin' a listen now. :)

REvisited!

Very clever, very confrontational.

I didn't mind the first part of the composition but found it hard to listen to the last bit. I found the dischords and madness on the key boards a bit too much for my likings. Art is art no matter how hard you look or hear it. The ending I found somewhat uncomfortable. From this stand point it could express a simple life gone mad or frustrated or totally over the top. Very melodic in some areas but in other areas of the composition you go mad....Expression

Difficult listening, wilfully so I daresay. I'm almost certain that this piece is not intended to be appreciated by a philistine such as my good self, and this proves to be the case.

You take me back to my university days ( I studied fine art ) I would go into the recital hall and listen to the "modern composers" practice their new works while at the same time I would paint. I understand in my understanding where you are coming from. In this piece you do capture a certain 19th century feel. The melodic to prove you understand melody parts are wonderful and the dischords to prove you won't be tamed parts are sad and contrast well. Life is not a long quiet river to the sea.

I have to say that from many of the posts you leave on the message board, I get the impression that you're not from being barking mad :-D So, I came over to see what kind of music this online persona produces, read through the comments before listening to the music (nothing like collecting a few herd induced preconceptions to judge something by ;-) )and very much expected aural violence. In actual fact this is very melodic and it is, to me, a very pleasant listen. Think I may have done too much second Viennese school when I was younger. It puts me in a place close to where I go when I listen to Janacek's piano music. I do have to say that it doesn't challenge my philosophy of life, but you definitely do have a talent for composition and I'm glad I came here to listen. Cheers Jon :-)

I've listened to this track four or five times now and while I find it interesting (intriguing) on an intellectual level it leaves me completely unmoved. I have asked myself why that should be and I think that the answer is I am in a place in which I am very happy. I have no desire to search for any higher meaning nor do I wish to go any further inside myself. My life, and the lives of those around me is good and satisfying and i terms that Maslow would undertstand I feel "self-actualised". One of the consequences of this is that it puts me beyond this piece as it is unable to chaleenge the place in which I am. I am pleased that you composed it and that I listened to it, nonetheless. Graham

i'm real sorry man..I love music, I cannot express sometimes of how music makes me feel..but this???? It has no relevance on anything apart from obviously your personal feelings and fantasies. There are no two chords that I like together and i'm not keen on the way it is played either. I do love just piano pieces but this feels real empty and seems to have no depth at all. I'm not a judge nor am I any kind of expert on music (although I have listened to music all my life so I reckon I know what sounds good) but this is a piece of music composed by an artist who thinks that they are cleverer than the average bear. It was always intreguing to me..I wanted to always find out what was around the corner but I was always dissapointed..sorry to tell you my friend, but this aint for me at all, peace.

I actually find this piece (aggregation) diffcult to listen to. Not for any reasons based upon me 'not getting it', as there is a clear and gradually unfolding theme being developed within it's structure. The different levels of stress within the piano work speak for themselves. In other words it perhaps reveals a little too much at once for comfort...particularly within the final notes. But then writing for the comfort of others (whose perceptions differ) is exactly the wrong way to go about constructing music/art, so I have no cause for complaint. However it focuses upon a specific high detail view of space/matter that exists in a realm that I am unable to visit at this stage within my life. It is a view that I would perhaps have been better able to relate to around 15 years ago...but even then, it would have remained a view rather than an active participation. However it does serve to remind me that human perception/objectivity is always flawed, and that labels are futile...or at best transitory/partial dependancys.... because perception itself is a mute point when confronted with things that cannot be described in words. The very act of acknowledging that things exist that cannot be described in words is one of the most terrifying barriers that a human can be confronted with in daily existance.

I really have no comment to someone who uses his time in such an unecessary way. I would just ask you to keep your fantasies to yourself.

thats a no then

..essentially mundane..the comment by "fudgepacker"

Have you ever had a girlfriend?

Excellent! 10/10

I really like your work. I understand to my understanding what you are trying to do. Bravo.

thank you, all your words are beautiful.

So deep, so Satie-esque in a way. It's soulfulness carries you along beautifully.

"Five days ago there was an aggregation, it was recorded. Natural/Spontaneous Exteriorization." You know I would bet real money, that I am the one person on this site that really gets where your coming from here most. This is the statement (along with your other very intellectual and spiritual themes) that draws me to your music most. I have always been reluctant to write in your comment box though because your viewpoint on this is much different than mine. "Five days ago there was an aggregation, it was recorded. Natural/Spontaneous Exteriorization." - If I were to compose something on the piano that was intended to communicate to others what that felt like it would sound much, much more like Fredric Chopin's Etude #4 Opus 10 than your music. So, with that in mind, might I make a suggestion? The next time this - "Five days ago there was an aggregation, it was recorded. Natural/Spontaneous Exteriorization." - happens, instead of floating around the universe sipping gin, which is what your music tells me you are doing, try something a little more exiting. Like, go sit out at the end of a prominence of the sun that has fully extended and turn on your sense of gravity. One hell of a ride! Let me tell ya! When you sit down to the piano to compose a "little ditty" about that experiance the tempo of your tunes will pick up markedly, which in my opinion would make for improvement. Going skating on Jupiters "liqued air" surface is also very interesting.

Well done on your chart entry!

Dear Alex, congrats for your entry in the TOP 20 of this week !

I just wanted to leave a note to say that I listened to this. I find this type of music very hard to appreciate. It's delicate, discordant, challenging, uncomfortable, always intriguing.

Nice work ***8***

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This is brilliant!