To be completely honest, in the past few days, I’ve been struggling with the concept for Suntalk. The poems behind Suntalk are an intimate exploration of the recovery process after the loss of my parents. They are heartfelt and direct.

I have planned to weave these words together with jaw harp music, similar to what you heard in my previous post.

The challenge is that whenever I sit down to create music, I keep coming up with foot-stomping tunes like the one in this video.

It’s made me question how the deep intimacy of Suntalk will mesh with my natural instinct to create something lively and physical.

Perhaps these ideas aren’t aligning as I expected. Or, maybe they are perfect for each other, and I am having a hard time hearing it right now. This is looking like it is going to be more of a musical challenge than I thought. I may have to start the music composition from the beginning and put aside some of the music already created. The exploration continues.