HIGHLY ESTEEMED DEED is a small ep consisting of symphonic hit em music. i found the idea of crunchy textures combined with (primarily) piano and strings to be a promising option, and i liked the idea of hit em as a set of stylistic elements. the creation of these tracks was guided by a desire to treat hit em as an entirely serious, legitimate genre despite its proliferation via social media memes, which manifested in three ways: first, i wanted to make multiple tracks so as to not give the impression that my examination of the genre was a one-off experiment; second, i wanted to approach the option of stylistic hybridization as something as viable as with any other styles (hence eventually opting to incorporate strings/piano/organ); and third, i continued directions i had recently started explring with my other music, particularly databending and mp3 compression emulation.