#5: Lifetimes – 4:26 & 14:08 

Episode number 5! This week I'm presenting an instrumental solo piano song, Lifetimes, written in 1987. 
There's 2 versions here : The original demo and also the track released on my first piano album Eridanus / River Music.
On the demo, this is my first effort at arranging strings - an orchestral type of arrangement using my keyboard, which I added after recording the initial piano on my upright acoustic piano. 
Lifetimes started out as chords and melodies scrawled onto different bits of paper - very basic notation written at the various times I composed each part.
One winter's evening after playing a gig with a covers band, I sat down at my old upright piano back home around midnight and brought all the sections together. I also composed joining phrases, new movements, etc. Fortunately everyone was out for the night and I could play the piano without disturbing anyone.
Some day I'll hire an orchestra and record it again. Nonetheless, for now, here's how it sounds.
As a creative person, it pays to enjoy your art in the form it is in presently, while keeping it in mind to perhaps rework in the future.
Have a listen and I'll talk you through how it all came together, then I segue into the songwriting angle. Enjoy.