Specifics about #41 after first paragraph.

Concert Band 1 is a massive ongoing project I began in 2016. In the first stage, dozens of short pieces for solo and multiple wind instruments are written, and drum loops assembled from samples of our flabby basement drum set. In the second stage, overlapping with the first, I (Plonsey) record all the parts. Since I'm not a great player of most wind instruments, performances are as of middle school musicians who can at least count. In the third (overlapping) stage, recordings (45-60 minutes) are assembled from the short pieces (cells) and drum loops. Layers of improvisation are added. Note that while I formerly called theses recordings CDs, I now say recordings: while I make use of digital tools (as well as analog) to make them, I want to be "on record" as supporting the analog over the digital because we live in an age in which we can't overemphasize that "we're all One."

#41 was finished early September, 2026. Its melodies, as it happens (recall that melodies are selected from a pool of unused melodies -- and ordered within the composition -- by chance), seem especially coherent and harmonious as a set, and exotic -- pardon me: diverse.

Dan Plonsey: flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinets (Eb, Bb, alto, bass), bassoon, saxophones (sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone), horn, trumpet, baritone, trombone, F tuba, Bb tuba, voice, and all percussion. Percussion is assembled from samples of our drum kit rather than played live (though often edited a bit), as the wind parts are. Also: composition, engineering, artwork (painting and photography), design, and production. I use the free program Audacity for the whole musical process.