Title
In An Unlikely Alley (EP)

Description
I made some music every day. When I had something "jazzy" that I liked, I started to think about theme, and decided "A Stray Cat Approaches" sounds like what it says. Imagined cats living in the "infinite maze" and built around that. I made music for "Emile's Theme" another day, and thought about a story and characters when I made the pixel art.

The hardest song is actually the simple "Camille's Theme"/ "Nine Lives". I thought of the melody at once, when I wanted a sweet song for the 2 cats finding each other again. I tried for 3-4 days to make B-sections, orchestration, different endings, more complex variations. I feel really good about using these 2 versions - the solo marimba version was lost when I used it as the last track. Now, I think it is a strong change from the "raga" opening, and catches attention; and with the slightly faster bass version, it's enough to close the album, but still simple.

I made the music by ear, and actually did not see any note names until all tracks were complete. There are interesting music theory "things" happening (for example, dissonant Ab/G opens the "raga", but also appears in other tracks) - but I made what I like from jazz - percussion, dissonant modes and modal interchange, syncopation, and a sweet memorable serenade type melody.

I think the EP really could be played on stage by 2 percussionists, 1 bass and an accordion (for Emile's Theme). Imagine 2 percussionists improvising over the "raga" while an audience finds their seats....

Thanks for the challenge and inspiration.

Plugins used
all tracks made with BeepBox.co

Link(s) to your submission
https://mycatsname.itch.io/in-an-alley
https://soundcloud.com/mm-lls/sets/in-an-unlikely-alley