"Stupid Computer" and "Feelin' Down" are two original orchestral compositions for ten-piece brass and wind ensemble with rhythm section and vocals, performed in Sitka, Alaska. Drawing on repetitive minimal music, orchestral pop, and tonal composition, the pieces explore the fallibility of time perception through vulnerable first-person narratives set against mechanical musical structures.

"Stupid Computer" investigates technological anxiety through relentless, driving rhythms that create machine-like forward momentum. The brass and wind parts interlock in repetitive patterns, creating temporal ambiguity where audiences lose track of their placement within the piece. The tempo slows as the arrangement dissolves into chaos—embodying the breakdown between mechanical time and human exhaustion—before the driving rhythm returns, suggesting technology's cyclical inevitability. Lyrics address technological overwhelm through first-person admission: "oh there i go losin' my cool again."

"Feelin' Down" breaks the fourth wall to invite audiences experiencing heartbreak into collective commiseration. The orchestral arrangement weaves around vulnerable vocal delivery, maintaining temporal steadiness throughout until the final line "pick yourself up"—addressed to the audience but meant for the singer—arrives with a major key shift that creates emotional and temporal release.

Both pieces function as masks for shared catharsis in the tradition of Greek theater, allowing audiences to map their own memories onto the work. Hand-notated and arranged for available musicians (college students and professionals), the compositions balance the personal and universal: specific imagery (caskets, microchips, sandcastles) invites projection of individual experience. The singer carries the emotional weight while audiences are invited along, using vulnerability as an entry point to feel less alone in experiences of loss and technological overwhelm.