Martin Spitznagel Pianist. Composer. Writer. Filmmaker.

The Seagull Shuffle

Seagulls are really bad dancers.

I’ve been working on a couple new tunes lately. I had a relative dry spell there for *cough* six years *cough* but am happily back to writing music on a pretty regular basis. And, unlike when I was a teenager, I’m actually writing things down this time.

Part of this latest effort has involved going back to tunes that I wrote when I was a teenager and sprucing them up, updating them with new harmonies and ideas. It’s not like anyone has heard those old pieces, and I’d rather turn them into something I perform than just have them sitting in the past forgotten. Besides, I can do a lot of things at the piano that I couldn’t do then, which helps.

Oh, and I have some idea of how music works now. That helps too.

And so, with that said, here’s my latest tune. I’ve been writing a bunch of meaningful pieces – Theresa Novelette, Marty’s Blues – and I thought it was time I went back to my roots and wrote a piece of beer drinkin’, cigar smokin’ ragtime.

Oh, and it needed to be named after a bird. Don’t ask questions.

I give you “The Seagull Shuffle”: