Copyright © 1996 by Mad Teddy
One evening in late June 1996, I went to sleep on our lounge-room settee and
had a peculiar dream. I can't remember all the details; but I'm quite sure
that at some point, full bags of frozen peas and corn were placed into a
microwave oven and set spinning. The result was as messy as you might
expect. (Don't ask me what the purpose of this curious exercise was - when
do dreams ever make any sense?!)
What's interesting for our purposes here is that the slow rotation of the
vegies was accompanied by a persistent, hypnotic little tune. Round and
round and round...
As soon as I began to wake up, I had sufficient presence of mind to sit at
the computer, fire up Noteworthy Composer, and type in something that
sounded pretty much like what I remembered the music from my dream as being
like. Over the next day or two, I decided to try to add a touch of realism
by ditching the frozen vegetable connection and replacing it with the notion
of a cup of lukewarm coffee.
Who among us has never made a cup of coffee, and then become sidetracked and
forgotten about it until it has gone almost cold? Fortunately, in these
modern times, the solution is simple: stick it in the microwave and zap it
for a minute!
- Or, as in this case, 75 seconds. The three squeaks (high B) at the
beginning of the piece represent someone pressing 7, 5, and START. The long
squeal at the end is the gadget announcing the end of the procedure - and
also, mercifully, the end of the silly repetitive little tune.
Here's a link to the midi file, micoffee.mid:
Microwave Coffee
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