cover art by Jamie Rieger (c) 2010
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Radiance
The album Radiance can be ordered as a download for $10 per album.
Click on this link, or e-mail me
at mayandream@gmail.com.
Track one: Woven in Joy. (listen to sample)
Track one is
called Woven in Joy and this music delights me with it's
inner happiness. In August I recorded it as Call To Joy
but, as the rest of the music came forward, I realized that
there was another level to this music. I threw away all of
the original except the tambourine, and recorded Woven in
Joy, using the original tambourine track as a base. The
final music is so much lighter than the first music. Often
this happens as I record... music starts out heavy and moves
into lightness. Enjoy the flute and oboe playing with the
piano and drum.
Track two: Deer Spirit. (listen to sample)
Track two
celebrates the Deer Spirit. Again, this music started as
another title, but after recording and listening to it for a
week, I realized that it was something different and Deer
Spirit was born. Through time, this particular music has
moved from standing deer, to graceful running deer. Deer
always inspire me with their beauty, swiftness, and
gentleness. I love their liquid eyes and complete quiet when
they watch me. In the tradition of the Maya, the deer
communicate from the unseen to the seen world.
Track three: Chalice. (listen to
sample)
Chalice is the one piece
of the Radiance that was recorded almost instantly with no
"do-overs". The chalice holds the sacred drink in all
cultures and drinking from the chalice provides
nournishment. The act of drinking from the chalice is a
commitment to living a sacred life.
Track four: Walking Lightly on the Earth. (listen to sample)
Walking Lightly
on the Earth is track four....no heaviness in my journey.
Birdsong introduces the rhythm of walking this life with
humor, joy, gracefulness, kindness, and a gentle spirit. The
music also honors and respects our Mother Earth as we walk
lightly upon her. Editing was an important part of the
composing of this music. If any beats were even a little
bit off rhythm, they pulled the music down into
heaviness. Hmmm....does this have any application in my
life?
Track five: Compassion. (listen
to sample)
Compassion is the central core
of radiance and the music of compassion shows me the depth
and power of compassion given to me, and expressed in the
world to all those who I touch. The cello has a "pulled out
and lengthened" version of a melody which comes from one of
the songs of the present-day Maya. This particular song is
their celebration of Maria...the one who nourishes, heals,
cares for us as a mother cares for her child.
Track six: Abundance. (listen
to sample)
It is so easy to feel the
incredible abundance all around me when I take time to be
aware and feel it. In the music of track
six, Abundance, there is water flowing, ducks and
geese and frogs all calling out their unique song and just
making happiness for the listener. When I went into the
recording studio I knew the title was Abbundance, but
thought the music would be much different. However, the
softness and calm of this music has shown me that Abundance
is gentle and joyful and a fact of life... not something
that I somehow have to create.
Track seven: Radiance. (listen
to sample)
The music of Radiance
concludes with the Radiance title track. As I recorded I was
seeing the beauty of color in spring flowers and autumn
trees, and feeling the warmth of sunshine and of moonlight.
I was basking in the gentle touch of humid breeze, the
wonder of storm, and seeing the deer and hearing the
birdsong and water flowing... all expressed as the warmth
of Radiance.
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