Music that represents part of the real me's life story. "COASAM" stands for "Compositions of a Stupid Autistic Mind."

One early sign to my parents that I had autism was my bad habit of making noises, particularly if I was to snort (although when I'd snort, it always represented drums). Some noises I made turned into songs I would improvise as my own; others were because I either remembered something entirely wrong, or it popped up in a dream, or both. This, however, is just a melody I improvised one day, and it stuck with me ever since (particularly since I stubbornly refuse to let go of certain things). The title represents my bad habit of repeating things over and over again, especially if someone doesn't care about the topic of my sentence.

The acronym and what it means represents my worst bad habit: judging myself extremely harshly for being human.

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The piece is for the following instruments:

B-flat trumpet
Tuba
Marimba (grand staff)
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
Xylophone
Battery percussion (snare drum, tenor drums, bass drums, cymbals)
Stationary concert percussion (snare drum, bass drum, cymbals)

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Music (C) me and me alone