Saturday, August 14, 2010

"Rhino Stomp" Sonatina, Movement 1 /aka/ "Love without Limits"

At the risk of disturbing a maestro at work, I captured a video of Ryan's latest composition. Remember in elementary music class where you had to close your eyes and listen to "Peter and the Wolf" and then describe what animal/action the music is describing?

Well, brave readers, I invite you to open your hearts, your minds, your ears, and your emotions while you listen to Ryan's latest story-telling composition.  Listen to the highs and lows, the triumphs and tears, and the rollercoaster of emotion evident in the story of this song.

"A Rhinocerous enters a garden, tentatively sniffs a beautiful red rose while his mind wanders to a love longed for, a love found, and a love lost.  His emotions overpower his sensibility and he stomps the rose to the brink of death under his thunderous body, not caring who sees his outburst of anger nor the single tear that falls on the torn and tattered petals now ground to a petal pesto.  But as a beam of sunlight burns like a light saber through the fluffy pile of cottony clouds, he picks up his pachydermial pride, sticks his horn in the air, and lumbers off with a newfound determination to find a herbivore worthy of his affection. As he turns to leave the garden, he can't help but give one final farewell "hrump" to the rose, signifying the closing of the Book of Love Lost and a brave new journey into the world of Love without Limits."



Critics are calling this track, from "RYAN: The [Black and] White Album," a real breakthrough in the world of interpretive pianism.


"I was reeled in from the first tentative notes, thrown a curveball by the fortissimo used in the "B" section, and call the final "elbow chord" nothing short of grand slam [breakfast from Denny's]."  ~Kent Hrbek, host of "Kent Hrbek Outdoors".



"Not since 1936 have I heard a piece more stirring in the animal story-telling genre. Watch out, Prokofiev, there's a new guy in town and he's makes your duck/oboes look like rhino droppings." ~Harriette Winslow, the mom on Family Matters

"This is the best mix of music and animal since my first singing group, the Acapellicans." ~Andy Bernard, salesman at Dunder Mifflin, Scranton

Thus completes his transformation from "Buddy Boi" to "Lil' Mozart".

2 comments:

Life of the Lorenzens said...

Absolutely hilarious! Is he crawling now?

The Dude said...

I played it in reverse..."Paul is dead, Paul is dead, Paul is dead."