<p style="text-align: center;"><em>'Why am I up on a stage, trapping a song in a cage?' </em>- <a href="https://www.ericaxenne.com">Erosian Exile</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class=" wp-image-898 alignleft" src="https://princerubyvalentine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/150035_1634309451836_1727017_n.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="312">Music is a conversation with the cosmos. Each note draws on the atmosphere, the company, the instrument.&nbsp; That time and space is part of the song.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Most musicians play the same composition at endless shows, even after the emotion runs dry.&nbsp; They slave away over recordings, repeating each line, editing on machines. I admire those who thrive in this process and give life to music that inspires me to play, to love, to live.&nbsp; Still, this is not my way.&nbsp; My songs are my Angels, and they cannot breathe while trapped in a cage.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Ruby's Angels</em> is a collection of recorded improvisations.&nbsp; Many involve electronic instruments, but they were played all at once - sometimes with two keyboards at a time, using keyboard pedals, while the drum machine sits atop the keyboard, in reach.&nbsp; The drum machine was programmed previously, but played spontaneously.&nbsp; The music emerged on the spot in some cases; in others, it alluded to compositions by Erica Xenne of Erosian Exile.&nbsp; Her guitar lines often draw on my own, so we have agreed to incorporate each other's compositions and riffs into our music at will.</p>
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