Composed: 2014-2015
These are all real dreams that have stuck with me over the years and that take place in a world that reoccurs very often in my dreams, ever since I was a kid. This dream world has a complete geography that is quite consistent and which I’ve explored over the decades. It’s a peculiar feeling to know that this other world exists. It seems to exist outside of this time stream…but it is very real.
Score available at hiltonkeanjones.com/music.
This is first time I’ve assembled them all in one video. I’d done some, but not all of the movements in spearate movements. It was kind of fun watching this complete video on the living room TV via the Roku YouTube app. Here’s the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/lQubEagvM3s. There’s a bit of compression applied by YouTube itself, but it’s not nearly as bad as Apple Music or some of the other streaming services apply. To my ear, the streaming service which has the least offensive compression is Amazon Music.
Compression is electronic treatment of the sound that basically makes louder spots in the music a bit softer and softer spots a bit louder so you can listen to the music over the roar of the traffic when you’re driving. I’m being a bit facetious…that’s not the real reason. The real reason is that the sound coming through speakers doesn’t deal with the complete dynamic range as well as live music in a room and the human ear. The difference between acoustic music in the flesh and recorded sound is so vast that when you a hear a piece like Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, live for the first time after having heard it only in recordings you blown away by all the things happening in the music you were completely unaware of.
I’ve often noticed this, but didn’t realize the extent of it or that there was a better way to hear it. Interesting to know that Amazon Music gives the best quality.