#52, Evening Exchanges

Quiet North Shore, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, May ‘08, artistic view.


Boat At Sunset, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, May ‘08, artistic view.


Evening Exchanges, Santa Clara, California, July ‘08, Piano Solo, Composed by Vatsek.

It has been about a week since I started working on Evening Exchanges, but it is finished now. Decided to introduce some of my conversations with others during recent weeks into this piano tune. Not literally but the essence of them. You should hear that from music. Written in an F minor key, 78 bars, and 3:50 minutes long. Hope you will listen to it more than once. Please leave comments if you do so.
I do leave snippets of information on twitter during composing, not much but a little bit. You can follow me if you care to know how things are moving along. Since I am fairly new to twitter, it's going to take some time to figure out how, when, about what, tone, etc. to tweet. So far things are progressing quite smooth, and are quite fun. Have a good time listening to Evening Exchanges.

Sheet music: Sara Bareilles - Love Song, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Alicia Keys - No One, EMI Music Publishing, Coldplay - Viva La Vida, Universal Music Publishing Group, from http://www.musicnotes.com.

#51, Nights and Piano Solo Piece

It’s Quiet Now, Waikiki, Hawaii, May ‘08, artistic view.

It Wasn’t Me!, Honolulu, Hawaii, May ‘08, artistic view.


Nights and Piano, Santa Clara, California, July ‘08, Piano Solo, Composed by Vatsek.

Just finished this piano solo piece and decided to call it Nights and Piano. Spent many nights working on it, and many days thinking what and how to write it. It is not too heavy; I try to keep it a bit on a romantic side. If you enjoy it, please let me know. In a few moments, I will be thinking about another piece. Did try it with other instruments, in unison only, no attempt to arrange it for several instruments. As it was, sounded quite good, which means that I probably should sit down for few more days and write for those other instruments as well. Let me think about it. The score will be available for download as soon as I get my other web site up and running.
What else? Twitter is getting more and more fun, I hope it does not start to control me in any way, although that could happen, I see it, no kidding.

Dinner: Sushi Boat at a Kobe Japanese Restaurant, http://www.kobesushi.com. $25.57 with tip.

Later in the evening: A glass of a cold Umeshu plum wine, http://www.choya.com.

Books: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, Guide To The Practical Study Of Harmony, Dover Publications, Inc, http://www.doverpublications.com, ISBN 0-486-44272-1. Can you imagine the original was published in 1900!

Norah Jones, Come Away With Me, Piano - Vocal - Guitar, Hal Leonard Corp., http://www.halleonard.com, and EMI Music Publishing, ISBN 0-634-95264-0.

#48, Green Summer Piano Solo

Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii, May ‘08, artistic view.


I May Be A Robot, Waikiki, Hawaii, May ‘08, artistic view.

So I am finally done with a piano solo, which I decided to call Green Summer. Actually it was written before a Good Morning piece, but only finished in the last two days. I think it sounds quite good, and I hope to get some positive comments from you. Why is it called like that? Well, when I look through my windows, I see everything mostly green; trees, grass, plants, and kids wearing green clothes. And it is much warmer because the summer arrived. Now you know how I ended up with this title, although I must say that till this morning it actually was called something else! I do have a "bigger" version with the orchestra also finished, but decided to release the solo piece first. The other version may end up on my next video, I suppose. Enjoy it!


Green Summer, Santa Clara, California, May-June ‘08, Piano Solo, Composed by Vatsek.

Lunch: Almost vegetarian, with small pieces of chicken, iced tea, at Fresh Choice, http://www.freshchoice.com.

Reading a Book: Lonzell Watson, Final Cut Pro 6, For Digital Video Editors Only, http://www.wiley.com, with DVD, ISBN 978-0-470-22450-2, purchased at Barnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com.

Financial Magazine: Barron’s, http://www.barrons.com, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Do we know when things are finally going to turn up?

#46, Good Morning Piano Solo

Green Leaves And Buds, North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, May ‘08, artistic view.


Evening Flame, Honolulu, Hawaii, May ‘08, artistic view.

I have been talking about it for a while, and now it is time to show where I am. Decided to keep it as a piano only piece, and not add any more instruments. The basic theme behind it was, and still is: If you woke up in the morning and this piece approached your ears, would you listen to it – first, and would you like it? – second. If I get two yes votes, I would be delighted. No votes means I need to work a bit harder – I actually consider it to be quite fair, not only because I did not spend enough time on this piece. Is it the final version – probably not, every time I look at it, something is about to change. The more I play it, the more I like it, a good sign of things going in the positive direction. Now, let us play it.


Good Morning, Santa Clara, California, May-June ‘08, Piano Solo, Composed by Vatsek.

Good Morning Music © 2008 by Vatsek Music.