Jean's Piano (harbourcalm), by Marc Chesterman

Jean's Piano (harbourcalm)

by Marc Chesterman

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released March 14, 2022

These sounds originate from a recording of my grandmother playing piano. She loved to play, & was often tinkering away, playing by ear & singing - at home in Whitianga, NZ. I'd always intended to create something from the recording.

Here's how I went about it. A phrase of the original recording is selected, it becomes a 'sample', a couple of bars that will loop forwards & backwards. Now the sample can be played via a midi keyboard. Playing the sample is like playing any instrument - different pitches, notes are layered, new chords and combinations form. Plus you control the 'envelope', meaning, how fast a sound starts (attack) and finishes (decay). You form a new piece with a new sound. The resulting sound can also be processed, by adding reverb, echo, filtering, & oscillation. It's instinct you're going on. You record what is played.

Remembering your grandmother's joy at playing piano, you have fun also.

Piano: Jean Albrecht
Sound: Marc Chesterman

'harbourcalm' as a name popped into existence looking out at the Wellington harbour, on a very calm day! From where I live the harbour looked like a huge flat glass bowl, it drew me in and held me. harbourcalm music is created to fit this image, this feeling.

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Marc Chesterman Wellington, New Zealand

Soundtrack, music artist. Podcast engineer & mixer.
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