New Autumn piano score: plein d'espoir et désespéré en la mineur

Tonight I found myself back at my Korg X2 keyboard, running a rich Concert Grand sound from a Yamaha CF3 VST inside Ableton. For a lot of my digitally recorded work, I use Soundfonts (.sfz), don’t ask why, but I still use them inside a player (in my case, Sforzando.)

Soundfonts are something I have been using since I was about twelve or thirteen. My stepfather was a radio presenter and our home was always full of cables, audio gear and the hum of music in the background. That early exposure made me curious about production and it never really left me.

While experimenting this evening I came up with a new chord sequence in A minor, moving through D minor shapes, a C major with the bass dropping to a lower G, then into a G major and even a fleeting G sharp diminished before circling back. It felt organic, as if it had been waiting there all along.

I like to capture ideas before they disappear. I recorded a rough session directly into Ableton, saving both the WAV and MIDI files as well as other project data.

This way I can return later and refine the piece without losing the spark that came in the moment. I often do this because my improvisations can vanish quickly if I do not document them.

At the moment I am not sure if I will publish Plein d’espoir et désespéré en la mineur, but it already feels personal and meaningful.

Putting my work online has become part of proving to myself and to others that these pieces are human made, grounded in my own hands on the keys. For now it remains a late night session captured honestly, ready for whatever comes next.

Please note the above score is unrefined and not edited (yet) - this is the draft form!