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Creekside

“Creekside” (“My first concertina piece!”) composed, performed and recorded with guitar and concertina on separate tracks by Sanford. R. Bender on July 31, 2021
“Creekside” painted and drawn with watercolor and colored pencil by Sanford R. Bender a while ago

I just bought a 40-button “Anglo” concertina a week ago. Wind instruments operated with bellows and their “old world” sound had intrigued me for quite a while. I was also fascinated by the difference of this instrument from the harmonica and clarinet where I have to rely on breathing and embouchure. Producing the joyful or wistful sound of a concertina would however, require the dexterity and theoretical understanding of pressing buttons on each side while pulling and pushing the bellows in rhythmic time. The painting “Creekside”, seemed appropriate to the music in its depiction of a meandering stream flowing through its carved channel of forested and stone armored embankment.

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All is well

Barred Owl – Drawing by Sanford Bender 2014

The declaration that “All is well” would pertain to a specific event since it certainly cannot apply as a universal world perspective at all times. I composed this music as a mantra to emerge out of a difficult dilemma for which I could not change the outcome. The guitar duet brought to me a sense of peace in recognition of life’s inevitable flow. Once, I drew a barred owl in less than a minute’s time as the nature rescue center bell was heralding its imminent closing. In that moment, I sensed that the owl and I were both “well” despite previous traumas that had limited our abilities to fly gracefully in the twilight.

All is Well” composed and performed by Sanford Bender

“All is well” composed and performed with two acoustic guitar tracks by Sanford Bender