MEHLDAU BRAD/SUITE APRIL 2020

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DESCRIPTION2020 RELEASE. SUITE: APRIL 2020 IS A MUSICAL SNAPSHOT OF LIFE THE LAST MONTH IN THE WORLD IN WHICH WEVE ALL FOUND OURSELVES. IVE TRIED TO MUSICALLY PORTRAY ON THE PIANO SOME EXPERIENCES AND FEELINGS THAT ARE BOTH NEW AND COMMON TO MANY OF US. IN KEEPING DISTANCE FOR INSTANCE I TRACED THE EXPERIENCE OF TWO PEOPLE SOCIAL DISTANCING REPRESENTED BY THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAND - HOW THEY ARE UNNATURALLY DRAWN APART YET REMAIN LINKED IN SOME UNEXPLAINABLE AND PERHAPS ILLUMINATING WAY. AS DIFFICULT AS COVID-19 HAS BEEN FOR MANY OF US THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS OF REVELATION ALONG THE WAY. STOPPING LISTENING: HEARING HIGHLIGHTS THAT MOMENT AS WELL. IVE POINTED TO SOME OF THE STRONG FEELINGS THAT HAVE ARISEN THE PAST MONTH OR MORE: REMEMBERING BEFORE ALL THIS EXPRESSES A BITTERSWEET GUT-PAIN THAT HAS HIT ME SEVERAL TIMES OUT OF THE BLUE WHEN I THINK BACK ON HOW THINGS WERE EVEN JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO AND HOW LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY THAT SEEMS NOW UNCERTAINTY HITS ON THE FEELING THAT CAN FOLLOW RIGHT AFTER THAT - A HOLLOW FEAR OF AN UNKNOWN FUTURE. THERES ALSO BEEN A WELCOME OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT MORE DEEPLY WITH MY FAMILY THAN WE EVER HAVE BECAUSE OF THE ABUNDANT TIME AND CLOSE PROXIMITY. THE LAST THREE PIECES HIT ON THAT CONNECTION - THE HARMONY WE FIND WITH EACH OTHER MAKING MEALS TOGETHER OR JUST HORSING AROUND. LULLABY IS FOR EVERYONE WHO MIGHT FIND IT HARD TO SLEEP NOW. NEIL YOUNGS WORDS IN DONT LET IT BRING YOU DOWN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COUNCIL FOR ME NOW MORE THAN EVER WHEN HE INSTRUCTS: DONT LET IT BRING YOU DOWN/ITS ONLY CASTLES BURNING/FIND SOMEONE WHOS TURNING/AND YOU WILL COME AROUND. BILLY JOELS NEW YORK STATE OF MIND A SONG IVE LOVED SINCE I WAS 8 YEARS OLD IS A LOVE LETTER TO A CITY THAT IVE CALLED MY HOME FOR YEARS AND THAT IM FAR AWAY FROM NOW. I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE AND MISS THEM TERRIBLY AND I KNOW HOW MUCH THAT GREAT CITY HURTS RIGHT NOW. I ALSO KNOW THAT IT TOO WILL COME AROUND.