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James Romig – Matt Sargent – The Fragility of Time (Recording review)

James Romig The Fragility of Time A Wave Press Matt Sargent, Guitar   Composer James Romig’s previous piece for electric guitar, The Complexity of Distance, written for Mike Scheidt, was an overwhelming paean to distorted revelry. It was a swerve from Romig’s previous compositions, which were primarily for acoustic instruments, such as the Pulitzer-nominated piano work still and a number of pieces for percussion. His latest composition for electric guitar, The Fragility of Time, is played clean, sans distortion, and serves as a sort of companion to The Complexity of Distance.    The hour-long work returns to the gradual unfolding

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