So of those 18 tracks I was considering, I approved four. Their centerpiece is called “Sarah: A Dialogue” — snippets of conversation between two pre-ChatGPT era chatbots through two different smart speakers, with woozy ambient accompaniment..
A dialogue… I could have a dialogue, or call-and-response, between the old tracks and new interpretations of them. Bingo!
It seems like an interesting creative challenge: remaining true to the “following my muse” technique which is the only thing that works well for me, while also crafting responses to music I made 9-10 years ago.