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Pneuma

from Departure by Derek Brink

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This one has been around since the 90s as well. I was playing a version of it in a jam project as far back as 1995. This might be the oldest piece on the album...and yet I'd never formally recorded it before now!

The song has had a bunch of different titles over the years. When I first wrote it I called it "Amadeus" not because it had anything to do with Mozart, but because that's the kind of thing a 15 year old who's trying to sound smart would name something. It's had a few names since then. But now I'm calling it "Pneuma" because I think that comes closest to describing what's going on for me in the song.

The word "Pneuma" is an old Greek word. The kind of Greek that they spoke at the time of Christ. In that day it meant "breath" or "spirit" in religious contexts. (It might still in modern day Greek for all I know. There is no way anyone could possibly find that out to make themselves sound more credible.) Whatever else I could say about this one, I think it's an expression of my spirit. Of the air I breathe. At least in the slower parts.

The aggressive section might be too over the top with the noodly guitar solo and whatnot. Or it might be just what it always needed. I'll leave you to judge that. I like it. But I'm not you.

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from Departure, released April 2, 2020

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