By the way, while I wasn't in the mood for writing fiction I wasn't in a complete creative vacuum. As the words weren't flowing I turned my attention back to my 'first love' and attempted to create some new music. If you want to hear some of the results, please check out:
http://soundcloud.com/justin-peter-beaney
My original intention was to play all the guitars and keyboards for real (and possibly even the drums) but although there is some live playing (particularly Song for Tia) I soon realised my chops aren't what they used to be and it sounded pretty bad. So, in the end, I resorted to programming most of it. That gives everything a bit of a clinical, wooden feel but it was really the only way to get anything down in something close to listenable form, and makes it far easier to play around with the arrangements. Some of it just about works, some of it probably doesn't. My own personal faves are the second half of Final Words leading into Theme from Elektro Shock and the middle 'jam' section of Pavor Nocturnus.
As soon as the ideas for fiction started flowing again I put the music to one side. Needless to say, there hasn't exactly been a wave of teeth-gnashing or a deluge of protesting howls at the lack of any follow-up, so I think I'll probably just stick to the stories from now on.
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