I owe a huge debt of gratitude to guitarist James Moore.  This past Saturday, James and I workshopped and recorded my new piece, Study No. 1 for amplified acoustic guitar (a section of the score of which I put up in my last post).  He played the hell out of the piece, and in the process managed to both form and burst a nasty blister on his thumb.  This marks the first time, as far as I know, that my music has physically injured someone, not a milestone I was particularly hoping to reach.  The crazy part is that then, already bleeding, he proceeded to do an incredible take of the most taxing part of the piece.  I’m honored to work with such a talented and dedicated musician.

I was gratified, too, that despite leaving the session with a little less of his thumb, James seemed to enjoy playing the piece.  I certainly enjoyed hearing him play it.

Here’s an mp3 of the recording. Section 5, which can be viewed in my previous post, runs from about 4:42 to 6:42.