Spring 1995, I was studying in Paris and was fortunate enough to have a piano in my room. While I was in Paris, I went to a music convention at the big exhibition hall site in southern Paris and bought several things, including a blank music composition book. I happened to find that book again recently and it brought back memories of sitting at the piano in my room, composing. Several of those pieces became part of my repertoire for the next five years of performances.
I decided to try my hand at bringing some of those 1995 compositions “up to date.” The first of those is “I’ll Remember You,” which I entered relatively quickly into PrintMusic and began to tweak. Vocaloid Miriam provided the limited vocals I had envisioned in 1995, and now, seventeen years later, “I’ll Remember You” finally feels truly complete. With just the piano and limited vocals, it feels very Enyaesque to me, and I believe that adding the violin and the harp for the updated version really helps to flesh out the piece even more.
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