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QUIET AS A SUNDAY

from NORDIQUE by QRN

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Sometime very early in the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, I awoke to absolute silence on the street. No bus, no traffic, no runners, no walkers - NOTHING…nothing but birds, and the sound of the wind and water. It was like the quiet of an early Sunday morning, when the world seems to lay asleep a while longer. But it was a Wednesday. The quarantine had taken hold.

This instrumental piece of music came to mind as a result. It borrows from two sources: harmonically, it derives inspiration from composer Morten Lauridsen’s choral piece “Dirait-on”. The piano figure derives from Pink Floyd (particularly ‘Us and Them') and Tony Banks, and incorporates a typically unorthodox Thijs Van Leer-type of turnaround.

The middle section is an atmospheric pad for guitar, bass pedals and choir. The bridge to the coda is from the very first piece of music I wrote, back in 1977, and it all wraps up with some typical prog-rock bombast.

The wonderful filigree and solo guitar work throughout is contributed by my good friend and musical associate, Ron Rutherford.

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from NORDIQUE, released November 20, 2022
Peter Tutak: All real-time and virtual instruments and samples, except where noted below:

Ron Rutherford: Rhythm guitar, Ambient guitar, and Guitar solos on ‘Quiet as Sunday’.

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My name is Peter Tutak. I'm originally from Jersey City NJ, and now live in Seattle, WA. I studied bass and classical composition at the university level in New Jersey and Chicago, and I've been a bassist for over 50 years. I write and record my own progressive rock music, in the 1970s/80s style of the progressive rock genre, incorporating influences from classical music, world music, and jazz. ... more

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