Next we have “It Depends on the Context” whose title is a slight musical joke. This has been popular with filmmakers, although it wasn’t written with that in mind, and was collaboratively developed with the band after I brought them an initial melody and structure.

Then we have a musical palindrome of an introduction which slides into a blues-based collective improv. Originally used in a dance production of the same name, the title “Sometimes Tuesday Feels Like Wednesday,” refers to that peculiar sensation when a the current day seems like it is a different one in your mind!

Finally a music video— the only one I’ve done so far— which I also edited! We had some filmmakers we knew shoot it, gave their actress friend Liz Toonkel free reign to costume us, then took that old piano around Chicago (where I was living at the time) to find transit-oriented places to film. I also got sunburned that day, I remember. The piece is actually not my composition (though I wrote my violin part for it). And if you’re wondering, the Long Zoom is a film term which seemed appropriate for this great piano etude my bandmate Mike Vasich wrote in college.

As mentioned above, if find yourself wanting purchase some music with the max amount going to the artist, visit the Orange Mighty Trio bandcamp page.