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As I discussed in detail in my piano page, although I began on piano as a child and had had a crappy electronic keyboard for a decade or more, I didn't have a proper piano in my home until I inherited my father's piano in 2011. Once it arrived I gradually increased my time on it until it became my primary instrument in the home. After 5 years or so I adopted a regime of daily scales and arpeggios and playing through my compositions on the piano. I found that my technique improved considerably as did my sight reading and general piano understanding. I found myself arranging my compositions specifically for the piano whereas previously I had simply produced lead sheets or arranged for a specific ensemble. ("Songs of Travel" is an outstanding exception.)

In mid 2021 in the height of COVID lockdown I found that I had more than enough solo piano pieces for an album and "The View From Phobos" is that album: My first album of classical piano solos.

There are a number of ways in which this album breaks the normal classical piano mould. Most noticeably there is a rock element in some of the pieces which is not normally heard in the classical repertoire. Many hard-core classical fans despise rock, mostly for its pounding drums and bass, it's often simplistic and repetitive lyrics, it's often ham-fisted arrangements and its loud volume, but "rock" is just a style of music and if it can be written down with the detailed harmony and full instrument usage of the classical tradition and performed on traditional classical instruments, then I believe it can rightfully be considered "classical". Classical music is often ridiculed by non-believers on the grounds that it is dull and out-of-date. Bringing the rhythms and culture of other genres into the classical world is something that will broaden its appeal with the mainstream and also liberate the player who longs to be part of that too.

All of the pieces in this album are arranged by me and most of them are entirely mine but there are some where I built on the work of others:

• "I Sit Beside The Fire & Think" is my setting of Tolkien's words to Bilbo's old age musing at Rivendell.
• "You Don't Leave Your Smile Around Here Anymore" is my arrangement of a song by my friend Larry Doherty. The verse variation is mine.
• "Mortals, Learn Your Lives To Measure" is my adaptation of a round composed by my 5th great grandfather, the famous musicologist: Charles Burney. I changed a few of his notes and a lot of his harmony and added the variation.

The pieces in this album are written by a pianist for all pianists. They are not too hard and are supposed to be fun to play! Try them and enjoy them. That's what they are there for!

- Warren Mars 2024