Every Monday throughout 2023 I will be highlighting a different piece of music that I have either written or been closely involved with. And this week, prepare to listen to the gradual build-up of a single chord because it’s…


What’s it called?
Untitled Worm Song (Part II).

What’s it from?
‘Mongolian Death Worm: A Puppet Show Musical’, the show what I wrote, starred in, directed, produced, edited etc. with my regular collaborator Mister James Ure during the first national lockdown in 2020. It’s a full 68 minutes of silliness, centring around the search for a mysterious creature that has been pilfering steaks from a village community somewhere near the Gobi Desert.

What’s it all about?
It’s all kicking off in Mongolia! Now that Professor Roy Chapman Andrews But You Can Call Me Roy Chapman Andrews and Sheriff have located The Worm and its master in their underground lair, all sorts of conflicts and calamities have come to pass. But there’s one big climactic moment that the whole sequence has been building to, and it occurs at the end of this song when The Worm comes to realise that his mentor has been betraying and manipulating him all along. And let’s be honest, if there’s one creature you don’t want to anger it’s the Mongolian Death Worm!

Listen out for…
It’s only 30 seconds long and consequently there’s not a lot to point out here! The main thing is the big dissonant chord that builds note by note. I actually used a ‘random number generator’ in this piece to pick the notes, so if the harmony sounds a bit disjointed and unpredictable that’ll be why!

Find out more at…
www.michaelgrantmusician.com/mdw

P.S. Yes I know today isn’t technically a Monday, however I’m sure people have better things to do on Christmas Day than reading my blog posts so I thought it prudent to get this one out of the way a little in advance!