your question:

08/10/2023 Sister

"She Ossifies" is the funniest piece you've ever written. In the tradition of Schnittke. I'd bet two million dollars you were guffawing sitting at the mixing session when it was time for this one.

my answer:

I appreciate this perspective, but I wasn’t guffawing, so you owe me 2 mil. I, too, can see the sense of humor, but it is so laced with tragedy that any laughing is mostly nervous. I’ve never thought of the association with Schnittke before, but he is one of my favorite composers, and now that you mention it, I can see that sardonic nature of my writing in this case. Actually maybe I was chuckling a bit. Gimme 1 mil and we’ll call it even.