By the time 2010 rolled around, I had finished the Montessori training and landed a job in Germany. At first I stayed with a nice family called the Reinke’s in the little town of Friedrichsdorf (actually a little town off of the little town). But by the spring of that year I had got my own apartment.
Me in the Reinke’s house, 2010
The apartment was a studio (With separate kitchen, bathroom, and living room) with huge sliding glass windows and a little balcony at 9 Kirdorfer Strasse in Bad Homburg. The Reinke’s were leaving town, and they needed a place to store their piano. By some miracle, my mentor and colleague Mirela got them to leave the piano with me. The piano turned out to be a small, bright, Wiltz brand upright piano.
The front of the building on Kirdorfer Strasse in Bad Homburg, Germany
Me leaving number 9
Here in this little apartment, on the weekends and after work hours, I wrote the piano score for Success! on that little Wiltz piano. I also wrote the songs for the Reclinerland (2011) album as well.
Once the piano score was finished, I recorded a demo of the new versions of the songs with the new piano accompaniment.
The apartment at 9 Kirdorfer Strasse
Me working on the score with the little piano behind me
Reclinerland HQ 2010 to 2012
Working on the piano score.
