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I will instead put notes about the, well, NOTES here:

These sketches (a term to refer to the compositional stage, and to signify them as developmentally before the demos) were originally intended to be a foreshadowing of the 4-part attack to come, but through the recording process and the ears of listeners, they have taken on a life of their own.

The "tonal mass" approach was necessary in order to test how the various guitars (4 differently-tuned guitars appear in these recordings, without the bass and drum kit rhythm section to tie it all together), but with the loose rhythms, an altogether strong and sometimes unsettling feeling pervades these files that I eventually could not ignore.

By that token, "Sketch 1" somewhat outlines "Autumn of Our Former Thoughts," but without most of the delicate weaving and leaf-drifting that give it a different sense of purpose by the time it was arranged for a live band.