All in the Balance

Last night my brother and I hashed out some cello parts in time for today’s cello session; it’s an intriguing multi-level balancing act, this “producing together” thing, especially when it comes to the cello parts we write out. I LOVE the cello! –the canyon-wide range, soaring heights, smooth deeps as well as the jagged edges. In our context for Zehnder, it’s that third vocal, that third stringed instrument, the magic three -somebody stop me before I start calling it the holy spirit of this band’s trinity :0/ All that to say, my challenge is to write less; I’m easily swayed into letting the cello burst all over the song; and yet, it needs to breathe and be more than just the long sustained notes that Adrienne has affectionately referred to as “laying eggs.” It needs to add and not detract; and, the real challenge, be a part that both Tom and I agree does all that. Now THAT’s walking the wire over Niagara, ain’t it? But I must admit, it’s a real pleasure to strip away all the really good ideas and wind up with the essence of what needs to be there; it’s an adventure I would not want to take with anyone else, not that anyone else could stand to go with me; thank God for twin brothers!