Portfolio Category: Music

Drum

Drum
http://youtu.be/6R1Yr624SBY Through the drum, we enter into brotherhood. And all around the world, the healer’s drum is the same. The sacred circle represents the cycles of life, death and rebirth, of the seasons, heaven and earth. The sinew bindings, gathered into a cross, represent the four directions. As it resounds the heartbeat of the Earth,…
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Guitar

Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/snow-on-water/the-season-suite-soundtrack Andres Segovia said, “A guitar is like a woman; She is what she is”. Living with a guitar is a relationship— together we change with age, and open up to the possibilities between us. Some guitars are dirt simple, like the Delta's diddly bow, a one-string cigar box guitar that has a voice like…
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Soundtrack

Soundtrack
Soundtrack https://soundcloud.com/snow-on-water/sets/snow-on-water-soundtrack It is now possible to listen to the 9-track playlist on SoundCloud while visiting the Snow on Water website. Open the soundtrack link above in tabs to run simultaneously with the website. The homepage slides and the music are part of the installations described under the Work and Galleries menus. If your system…
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Shakuhachi

Shakuhachi
https://soundcloud.com/snow-on-water/shakuhachi-ii   The bamboo root, rich in Chi, is the source of the Japanese 5-hole flute. The name shakuhachi describes its length, and thus its key, as D. The instrument is a wind reed, a difficult embouchure to master, but one rich with expressiveness. The natural pentatonic scale is known to native peoples everywhere as…
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