{"product_id":"7-piano-sketches-digital-album","title":"7 PIANO SKETCHES DIGITAL ALBUM","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDELIVERED VIA E‑MAIL UPON PURCHASE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e.WAV UNCOMPRESSED LOSSLESS AUDIO\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-transform: none !important;\"\u003eThese piano sketches are improvisations. To conjure them up, I spread my fingers out on the keys and randomly but with purpose move them around until I find something that feels good or interesting. If it feels really good I will try to repeat it. I cannot name which notes, keys or chords that I’m playing. I simply like the sound and mechanics of piano playing. Some of my favorite piano music composers and players that inspire me are Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Philip Glass, Stephen Sondheim, Joni Mitchell and Vince Guaraldi. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThese piano pieces weren’t recorded with the intention of presenting them in any formal way to the public. They were personal, at home recordings. I would sometimes text them to my family and friends. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePardon the sound quality, they were all recorded with my iPhone sitting directly on the piano or my laptop microphone with the exception of ‘Blueberries’. (recorded in studio)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMost of these were recorded in Texas. The house my son and I were renting had no furniture at all. Only a piano, our beds and tv screens.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis collection of songs was recorded almost a decade before New Blue Sun. The original title for it was 'The Best Worst Rap Album In History' and here is an excerpt from the original liner notes. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“It’s jokingly the worst rap album in history because there are no lyrics on it at all.  It’s the best because it’s the free-est emotionally and best I’ve felt personally. It’s the best because it’s like a palette cleanser for me.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAll music spontaneously performed by André 3000. *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ebluffing in the snow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eand then one day you’ll …\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ewhen you’re a ant and you wake up in an awesome mood, about to drive your son to school, only to discover that you left the lights on in the car last night so your battery is drained\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ehotel lobby pianos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eblueberry mansions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eoff rhythm laughter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ei spend all day waiting for the night \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLIMITED TO 1 PER CUSTOMER\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"A Myriad of Pyramids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46408185643226,"sku":"196873119144","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/8997\/1930\/files\/7PIANOSKETCHESDIGITALALBUM1.png?v=1746422866","url":"https:\/\/andre3000.com\/products\/7-piano-sketches-digital-album","provider":"André 3000 | Official Store – A Myriad Of Pyramids","version":"1.0","type":"link"}