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Although this song saw the stage a few times, it's never quite worked right. It's derived loosely from a piano sample off a baby toy (one of those activity-filled sit-in toys we like to call "Baby Vegas").

The song was originally intended as a "head and chorus" type open tune, to highlight the fantastic improvisers I had among the musicians I frequently called upon; I would refrain from playing an instrument, and use live mode to vary the "rhythm section"to match the intensity of the soloist. Unfortunately the changes aren't interesting enough and it mostly turned into single chord jams, and I wasn't able to respond quickly enough to the musicians, and the melodies were pretty impossible to play without significant rehearsal. I largely left this tune out of sets after awhile, and TMK rehearsed it but never played it.

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from Tension & Release, released May 12, 2017
MJP: LSDJ programming, Baby Vegas & arranging

trombone: Ken Yee
bass trombone: Nathaniel Browne (aka DJ La Facé)
clarinet: Sophie Huet
violin & viola: Sarah Dabby
cello: Lewis Patzner
ukelele: Rowan Echo Payne
accordion: Keith Penney

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Matthew Joseph Payne Oakland, California

Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer with a flair for the dramatic. Bluegrass, chiptunes, ondes martenot and more swirl through unexpected soundscapes with hidden meanings. Also memes.

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