The Pictures from Ink (2017) by Anthony Toner

This is the sound of an old upright piano in the day room at the The Brook assisted living dementia facility in Coleraine, where my father was a resident for a few years. That afternoon he was on one of the sofas, and I was aimlessly playing improvised pieces to amuse him one afternoon. I loved the sound of the piano, and I was absently recording it on my phone, thinking I could use it somewhere. Near the start, you can hear Dad actually singing along a bit. And at the end, if you listen carefully, I ask him: 'd'you like it?', and he randomly says... 'D'ye wanna go to the pictures?' I overdubbed a little guitar part afterwards. I should have left it as it was, I think.

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