Taki by Goldflies Music

This song was written for and played by my good friend and great musician Takuya Horiuchi aka "Taki". I had the good fortune of meeting and playing with him in April in a pit orchestra gig for the play Annie at GCSC. He had just left his concert meister gig with the Cedar Rapids Symphony and was exploring musical opportunities. His playing was nothing less than inspiring to ALL of us in the pit. After the gig I found myself humming this melody. Taki was kind enough to drop by the studio and record the melody. Over the last few months I have been adding "a band" to that melody.

Special thanks to:

David "Fingers" Haines - drums (please find this gentleman on YouTube- it will blow your mind!)
Amanda Matthews - who deserves special thanks for cutting this track on her last erg of energy for that day
Steve Cosper - I finally dragged that rascal out of his house - what a great player!
I am playing bass ( six string electric in this case)
And of course Taki for his inspiring violin work. You make me want to practice man!

This was a departure from my recent explorations into orchestration and I have worked to make this track feel like a bunch of fun musicians hangin' out playing some music. I hope you enjoy it.