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To Be Sure

by Nathan Matthews

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It is a wish a dream The hose of just this moment We live in it now After the clouds have passed The river floods the valley The future does not exist They grow and we hew them for home It strikes a spark and the forest burns They grow and we hew them for home It strikes a spark and the forest burns It burns It burns It burns It burns It burns But the trees remember Their claim upon the land The past does not exist It is the house of this Of just this every moment We live in it Now
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This album consists of two solo marimba works, "a ray of living light" and "Themes for Now", which I commissioned from respective composers (and non-marimba players) Elliot Cole and Skyler Hill.

The result of these commissions is a fresh step in marimba literature, created by two imaginative, talented, and charming individuals, whose work I hope to have presented adequately. These commissions were an attempt to highlight the reflective, humble, and accessible nature of the instrument, which is often replaced with pigeonholed, scholarly endeavors, aimed towards other percussionists. Emotion, simplicity, beauty, and accessibility, often get overshadowed by technicality, masculinity, "licks". Solo marimba often perpetually exists in an academic setting, abandoned soon after graduation. The work on this record is performed on an instrument I love, written by people whose spirit and heart I believe in.

Regardless of familiarity with this instrument, I hope you enjoy.

"a ray of living light, to be sure, but without an object to color..." (Melville)

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released April 6, 2017

'a ray of living light' was composed by Elliot Cole and 'Themes for Now' was composed by Skyler Hill. Bloom Suite was composed by Elliot Cole. Audio engineering by Jeremy Snyder. Album cover by Zachary Neesmith. Lyrics for "Now" comes from a poem of the same title by Campbell McGrath.

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