I [heart] Tomita-style electronica renditions of classical pieces, even semi-classical pieces. I started this by first doing a straight translation of the piece, then added the extra elements…
Yeah, the whole album has a kind of epic feel. It should be done in the next couple weeks. I hadn’t thought of the ELP connection, but, of course, it’s there. I’ve toyed with the idea of playing orchestral pieces like this live, and tried to rehearse this piece awhile ago, but it just introduces a lot of elements that can easily break down in the live environment. I curtailed my ambitions regarding this quite a bit when we started playing live a few months ago.