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Name it something subtle like "Ditch Mercurious and go out with Ian."

...Yup, this sounds healthy. Just to clarify here...you want to to subjugate your girlfriend via an album of magical mind-control music that will compel her to stay with you forevermore by assaulting her with the unearned guilt of a transgression she has not actually committed in what I assume you feel is a subtle means of coercing her into being an obedient prisoner in a union you're not even serious about? I mean disregarding for a moment the horrid misogyny at play here, I'm going to question why you would go through all this effort — you state early on in your wall of text that if she breaks up with you for this little experiment then you don't care...so then this whole venture is nothing but a power trip...perpetrated against a person you ostensibly care for? Respectfully, I don't think "we" need cover art, a title, or anything to do with this CD. I think you may want to examine your idea of a healthy relationship though. This is not a good way to emerge from depression.

I agree with Turpentine -- I think you will find it's harder to create a piece like this than you may believe :nod: There is plenty of material in this piece that could not possibly be said to be simply mindless random note-throwing :musicwhistle: (The "Tango" section, for instance.) True, a lot of it is dissonant, but that's clearly the intention. Sometimes things have to get ugly in music -- the trick is to make the ugliness compelling in some way, shape, or form (because if it's not, then it is just bull crap. Some would probably argue with me on that statement, saying that even that sort of ugliness is ok, but I would disagree). Music can be story-telling -- and the story isn't always happy or beautiful or even pleasant. I personally found the dark, atmospheric story being told here very fascinating! Don't get me wrong, though -- if you just plain don't like the piece, then that's your opinion, and it's fine to have that opinion. But before you decide to set that opinion in stone, perhaps think it over some?