Rascal (the cat) was the family pet after the dogs died when I was a kid.

Calista is my daughter and that waltz was written to commemorate her birth, Calista and Clark’s Playtime is really the first part (sort of) of another tune (Moving Cloud) that I thought was original at the time and that I ended up writing a 2nd part for (oblivious of the fact it already had like 3 other parts). “Father of Piping, Brian Barrow”, one tune, don’t let the comma confuse you, was written on the passing of a friend’s father. But, here they are anyway, page turn intermissions and all! Played on them Hende pipes, Kyo chanter, Husk reed, Rocket tenors, Canning polycarb bass, old school L&M bag, and sorta shaggy carpet between my toes. I forgot I really don’t know any of my tunes that well, so they kinda sucked.

I decided I didn’t play enough of tunes that I composed on the blog so I sought to rectify that the other day.