Sticks & Stones (pt.9)

I am SO CLOSE to finishing this piece, I can't hardly stand it. The entire piece is totally sketched, and I'm well past halfway done with the orchestration (I write using only a piano patch on a keyboard first, then orchestrate the whole thing afterwards). This past weekend, Newman was cool enough to take a look over the score, and help me with some of the more challenging notation techniques in Sibelius -- like the part where the low brass sustains this low pedal tone (in time), while the woodwinds all play in free time from their lowest note to their highest note, while the drumset soloist is gradually grinding his heavy fusion/funk/rock groove to a deconstructed halt...