Death Waltz

Have you ever heard of the “Faerie’s Aire and Death Waltz”, AKA “UN Owen Was Her?”? It’s basically a piece of music written for the piano that would be impossible for one person to perform (unless they had a lot of extra fingers). But thanks to the magic of computers, it can be played. It’s the most beautifully insane insanely beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

Take a look at the sheet music for it, and tell me it’s not mind blowing. John Stump, who arranged it, did it as a parody. He had been in the music business since 1967 and arranged the piece sometime before his death in 2006, when his family found it.

Think about how much effort he must have put into making it sound so amazing without being able to play it. Every single note had to be played in his head and translated onto paper. Now go look at your WIP and sob a little as you wonder if you’ll ever be that good at your own craft. That’s what I did.

Well, that’s the right note to leave things on. Later, gators!