My dear Mum.

She died on 12 July 2020.

Alzheimers disease is no joke. The photo above, and the one below, are only a few years apart.

For all the time I’ve been working on the music you find on this website, Mum had been reaching her terminal days. Latterly, when I wasn’t making music I was often spending time with Mum, like this.

Precious time indeed.

And so to this week’s music.

I intended this to be a salute.

The 5 solitary bass notes take the form of foghorn blasts, like ships in the sea – one for each member of the family.

As you’ll have seen from the site, Mum, Dad, me and the rest of my family spend a lot of time (although not enough) around the sea and in particular on the Scottish Island of Tiree. The sound of the claxon resonates every time I catch the ferry over to the magic Island.

The track is 71 seconds – one second for each year of Mum’s life.

The track cuts short before it reaches its natural end.