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from Michael Hurley Compositions
It’s happened to most people some time or other, and it’s not a good feeling when you think you are part of a situation, then suddenly find out you are not. There may be perfectly good reasons for the actions or decisions, but it is hard to think it through rationally at the time.
When I wrote the Outsider it was meant to be aggressive and angry, with the long high Ds in the first part being particularly punchy. Maybe that’s not a very typical Irish Traditional Music kind of thing, but it did reflect my mood at the time.
