TBD (2007). Celeste Hutchins /insert title here/

aworks operational note: I considered delaying this post until after the auction expires, in case I remember my eBay account info (last used when I got that Scooby Doo trading card to give as a present). But in the interest of helping the Internet community support music more substantial than Billy Ray Cyrus singing a theme song...

Describing the rationale in her blog (link corrected), composer/musician Celeste Hutchins has two commissions up for bid on eBay until April 1st. From the auction description:

Commission a short piece by Celeste Hutchins

I'm working on an album of pieces around 1 minute in length. I expect it to be done in two or three months. It is possible for you (yes, you!) to commission a piece on the album. You as the commissioner get to name the piece, which will be created especially for you. Your role as titler and commissioner will be mentioned in the program notes for the piece whenever it is presented in any form...

Hmm, if I were to win, what name? As I am still in the middle of my personal Coltrane-fest, let's see what the next handful of tracks are called: I Want to Talk About You, Good Bait, Afro Blue, One Down/One Up, Introductions & Announcements, My Favorite Things, and To Her Ladyship.  Ok, with that inspiration, my first set of candidate names are I Want to Talk about Aworks, My Favorite Aworks, and To Her Aworksship. Five consonants in a row on that last one is rather awkward, though. And it turns out that track title isn't even complete nor is it a Coltrane original:

The final track, a Billy Frazier composition entitled “Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship),” was not released until 1970.

for the record, afro blue was the best music out of the bunch, neither too mellow nor too long.

Comments

[Les]

Thanks!