Musings on a Maple Leaf Rag

[nyankoframe]

Yes, this is my first recording in a while... ^^;;;

But I decided to do something slightly different. Instead of just playing something and recording it, I thought, "why not weave a [short] story around it?" So, here goes...


I was sitting at the bar, nursing my drink, listening to the excitement around me. I didn't really consider myself part of it, because I was alone, and not really a social person, so I was kind of just being there, and thinking of how I would be going home alone yet again. But my thoughts kept going back to the two dances I'd had earlier in the night...

The first one was with a strange girl. She was very reserved, and we started off together, slowly, dancing a two-step. Things picked up a little towards the end, but overall, I felt that this wasn't really the kind of dance I was looking for.

The second dance was much more interesting. This girl was also reserved at first, and we did a slow number, but things really came to a head towards the end, and I was sorry to have to leave her.

I drained my glass, savouring each drop slowly, and watched as the hands on the clock ticked and tocked their way towards closing time. Even though the bar was closing, I knew that I would come again soon, if only to dance again with someone else...


It's probably a cliche'd story, but.. it's interesting? You can download it here if you'd like to.

If you want to find out more about the original Maple Leaf Rag, there's a pretty informative article on Wikipedia (including links to the score and some recordings) here.

Comments

[chibi-nasu.livejournal.com]

Sounds really good!!!

[nyankoframe.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^^;;;;;

[itsacz.livejournal.com]

I hope you weren't telling a story about yourself, heh. :p
It was good playing and a high quality recording. After hearing the fast version of this rag, this feels more .... melancholy? ^^;;

[nyankoframe.livejournal.com]

Who knows? :P

And yeah, it does sound kind of melancholy. ^^;;

[meganemagic.livejournal.com]

Lovely new interpretation of the Maple Leaf. I like it ^^

[nyankoframe.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ^^

I actually thought it sounded a bit cheesy at first, but... it's actually good. ^^;;;

[meganemagic.livejournal.com]

Nah... definitely not cheesy ^^;

[nyankoframe.livejournal.com]

Thanks again ^^;;;

[nakaemi.livejournal.com]

GD is still complaining about her media player, but I do hope she'll be able to come home this week and listen to some of the scores you've sent me. I'll tell you what she says afterwards. BTW, I wanna convince her of letting me photograph her, but she is like Cz in that aspect. ^^;; She won't mind meeting you in person if you really come though. lol

:)

[(Anonymous)]

She take my picture...just one. It will be post tomorrow. :P

GD