Month: December 2025

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Dream Journals Liner Notes

This album is available on Apple Music and Spotify.

Kindred Spirits 2:09

Breezing Up 1:47

Quiet Moment 2:00

Forgotten Dream 1:07

Beethoven, Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2 II: Allegretto 4:36

Orchard of Optimism 2:05

J.S. Bach, Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 1:04

J.S. Bach, Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 1:25

J.S. Bach, Prelude in F Major, BWV 927 0:44

September Sunrise 1:22

Positive Mood 1:18

Out and About 2:33

Fading Light 3:04

Dark Clouds 1:52

Warm Up 1:37

Turkey Blues 1:30

Bold Dreams 3:23

Dream Full of Notes 1:56

All songs were performed, produced, and engineered by Seth Winship Gilbane in Maine and New Hampshire. Special thanks to my mother for her input. 

This album is a combination of three original pocket operator songs, three short Bach pieces, one Beethoven piece, and eleven original songs recorded with my Roland FP-30. The artwork for the album was created by my brother. The first draft of this album was created in 2024. It was made from an overflow of ideas from my first album, Happy Days. 

The momentum for this album grew exponentially when my co-worker 3D printed a laptop stand to go on my Roland FP-30. Equipped with my MacBook Pro at my fingertips, my productivity surged on the multi-instrument tracks.  

The classical pieces on this album are still works in progress, especially the Beethoven. I have played Invention 8 and Sonata 6, movement II: Allegretto in masterclasses where I received helpful feedback. In the foreword to the inventions, J.S. Bach wrote that the inventions were a way for amateurs of the keyboard to obtain good ideas and “acquire a strong foretaste of composition”. My goal is to learn more of the inventions and keep on composing.  

“Breezing Up” is my favorite song on the album. “Breezing Up” came about one day after my teacher made a point of distinguishing between fully diminished chords and half-diminished chords. It uses the mixolydian mode, and I was picturing a sailboat when I wrote it. 

The first side of the album is slower with fewer instruments, and the second side of the album has a more electronic feel. The album explores aspirational dreams and sleepy dreams. The song “Bold Dreams” is about the 2024 Olympic 1500-meter race. The last song, “Dream Full of Notes,” is a melody I heard in a dream. 

Thanks for listening, 

Seth Gilbane

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Happy Days Liner Notes 

This album is available on Apple Music and Spotify.

Happy Days 3:16

J.S. Bach, Prelude in C Major, BWV 933 1:56

She’s a Jar – summerteeth – Wilco 1:34

I’m Always in Love – summerteeth – Wilco 1:38

Radio King – Down by the Old Mainstream – Golden Smog 2:20

Spiders (Kidsmoke) – a ghost is born – Wilco 3:07

Incoming Tide 4:39

Island 2:57

Floating 4:27

Via Chicago – summerteeth – Wilco 2:27

A Magazine Called Sunset – Alpha Mike Foxtrot Rare Tracks 1992-2014 – Wilco 1:25

Bon Voyage 2:03

Happy Days, Pt. 2 3:21

Schumann, Träumerei Op. 15, No. 7 2:18

All songs were performed, produced, and engineered by Seth Winship Gilbane in Maine and New Hampshire. Special thanks to my mother for her input.

This album is a combination of original compositions, cover songs, and two short classical pieces. The artwork was created by my brother. Taking classical piano lessons has been a wonderful part of my life since fourth grade. This album is dedicated to my grandfather, who enjoyed all kinds of music and supported my musical pursuits. 

I started working on the Wilco cover songs in 2014, my senior year of college. During the fall, I took my first formal music theory class and discovered that I enjoyed composing music. In addition, my piano teacher assigned me Träumerei in the spring, a song that my grandmother used to play. 

My parents bought me a Roland FP30 for my birthday in 2017. In addition, my brother gave me a Pocket Operator 33 along with a Scarlett 2i2 a few years later. I hope that this album shows the process of learning to create simple grooves and rhythms. The first draft of this album was created in 2022, and many of the songs began on the pocket operator. 

Practicing picked up in 2023 when I started taking lessons again. I played the Little Prelude in C Major for the Bach Marathon for my first public performance in years. 

The song “Happy Days” is what I am most proud of on this album. I began working on it in 2022 and played it many times for my family as well as in musical circles and recitals. The version of the song I play on this album is its most simplistic form when I had just put the chords and melody together. Playing it on the organ is my goal for the future. 

You can play this music while you are working, doing chores, or just want to relax. 

Happy Days!

Seth Gilbane