Very excited to be seeing Brian Eno give an “illustrated talk” tomorrow in NYC. Unfortunately, the venue where the art installation is happening will be closed (what’s up with that?!), but this is a nice view of the work, along with some Eno commentary…
The Ballad of Led Zeppelin IV
March 13th, 2013
Recently, my friend Chip posed a question on Facebook, asking what one album every serious music fan should own. My head exploded as I tried to figure that one out, and indeed judging by the responses, hardly anyone was able to name just one album.
Try it yourself [and be sure to follow the link at the end of this post to find out which album I eventually decided upon].
After long deliberation (and assuming that we’re limiting this to just the Rock Era), I’ve decided that one answer I’d throw in the ring would be Led Zeppelin’s fourth album, not because it’s the best or most influential album, but simply because of its ubiquity in record collections far and wide – everyone seemed to own a copy. And mostly because it reminded me of this story: (more…)
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Speaking or Listening?
January 27th, 2013
Here’s the second of my meditative experiments this year. The length is what I’ve been shooting for, I think, in that I’d like the pieces to be long enough for a quick refreshing of the senses, but not too long for a full-blown meditation (tho I’m hoping to go longer eventually anyway).
The idea for the title comes from those moments when you hear a voice in your head that gives you some type of direction or inspires an epiphany of some kind. Is that a voice that you’ve heard from a deeper & connected consciousness, or is it simply you speaking the thought inside your mind? I’d like to think the music provides a suitably calming situation in which one could contemplate that, and perhaps even find a path to the root of that question.
Happy drifting, dreamers….
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in this moment (and in this one)
January 13th, 2013
A new year is always a good time for making plans. One of my plans this year is to spend more time recording music of an ambient/meditative nature to help me along both my spiritual and musical journeys. I’ve created a podcast for these experimental rituals and have this evening submitted it to iTunes. I’ll plug the link in here when it’s up. In the meantime, presented above is the first attempt in video form. Enjoy!
UPDATE: The podcast is now live on iTunes. Please subscribe for automatic updates if you like….
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April 29th, 2012
Such A Beautiful Bird (Time Twister Version)
Did I tell you there’s a new EP on the way? Well it’s true!
Three years ago, I started a project in hopes of inspiring some of my wonderfully musically talented friends to stop waiting for enough money and time to go to an actual studio to record themselves, and instead to take advantage of all the wonderful technology we have now and just do it themselves. The plan was to use the simplest means possible to record at home, document how it was all done, and at the end have a finished EP’s worth of songs pressed and distributed on CD. (more…)
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