I believe in the power of naming, so it was extremely important to name my projects correctly, to enrich their meaning. That is why the working titles of the pieces in my debut EP tell the entire story of the creative process and the sources of inspiration.
None of the pieces could avoid being renamed from their working titles.
Weary Ghost, for instance, transformed the most times. Play the song and try to hear the legacy details of its past titles.
The first piano draft I recorded on my old phone in my favorite old concert hall was called Lopsided due to an uneven rhythm, bad recording quality, somebody walking and coughing in the background. Its own charming imperfect atmosphere.
The first proper version of the piece inherited some of the draft’s limp and earned the name Uneven. This time the title was motivated by the conversation of melodies towards the end of the piece – the same voice in different octaves.
The melodies are stumbling, awkwardly trying to give way to each other, trying to start from different spots, and finally manage to play unison one last time.
The music video I shot for that piece finally earned it a title of Weary Ghost. Filming in the empty concert hall at sunset, alone with all the charming drafts and creaks, I felt less like a real person with a body, and more like something ephemeral, fleeting.
By the way, the ghost is neither friendly nor malicious: it’s too weary for that.
Every new version of the piece is in some way looking back to its origin, but going into the new direction anyway.
Most of my visuals are black and white not just because it’s beautiful, but also to conceal my limited editing skills, oops.