Happy #WorldSleepDay! I just released a new track called FOURTH MODE to celebrate... I definitely didn't have the best sleep habits growing up and didn't factor healthy sleep into my routine (and I didn't have much of a healthy routine anyway). As my roommates from my San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Curtis Institute of Music days can attest, sleep mostly meant the moment when you literally couldn't practice or work another minute. There are still face marks on my Brahms symphonies scores from where I would just kind of expire each night in front of the heater in my Sunset neighborhood apartment in SF.. So to recognize World Sleep Day I took one of my favorite pieces - and a work that I used to practice late at night - Bach's Goldberg Variations - and "launched" the famous melody of the Aria up into the sky. Bach wrote this work to placate the insomnia of a wealthy Count, giving it the odd position of simultaneously entertaining and soothing its commissioner. His Variations ended up reflecting the ideals of "cosmic music" - contrapuntal perfection that never loses its humanity and expressivity. Playing the Goldberg Variations once served my own insomnia, so I offer my little FOURTH MODE as a gift back to Bach and as a spaced-out, relaxing moment for you all to enjoy as you consider the importance of a healthy sleep cycle!
Listen here: https://fanlink.to/e3yf