STREPITO SKETCHES - 4 Minute Bake | Eric Schultheiss

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I didn’t write 4 Minute Bake to say anything profound. I wrote it because I wanted to burn through four minutes with nothing but power, drive, and rhythm. This piece is about being loud, fast, and unapologetically physical. It doesn’t build toward some grand emotional payoff—it is the payoff. Right from the first strike.

The heartbeat of the piece is taiko drums—relentless and chest-pounding. I built around that core using air gamelans, a synth pad for a bit of sustained color, and both bowed and struck gongs to stretch and smash the space in between. It’s what I imagine if Mike Portnoy was dropped into a taiko drum circle and told to go full Dream Theater mode—no restraint, just propulsion.

I see it visually as a kind of drum fever dream—a room full of percussionists in reds and browns, all motion, no stillness, everything sweating and shaking with intention. It’s cinematic. It’s experimental. It doesn’t need to explain itself. Just hit play.

This isn’t for everyone—but it’s definitely for:
• Percussion enthusiasts who live for the beat
• Choreographers looking for sound that pushes bodies into action
• Film directors who need something that surges forward like a train with no brakes

Big thanks to the Strepito group for bringing this to life—your energy is all over this recording.

One last thing I try to remember when I write:
Have a focus—and go after it with everything you've got.
This piece is that mindset, turned into sound.