Cedar Rain - Integral Post-Metaphysical Spirituality2024-03-28T14:17:26Zhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/forum/topics/cedar-rain?commentId=5301756%3AComment%3A13910&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi, David! Thank you for you…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-08-25:5301756:Comment:265072011-08-25T16:07:56.500ZBalderhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/BruceAlderman
Hi, David! Thank you for your feedback on this. I kept the flute melody very simple, and have been thinking it's <em>too</em> simple and I need to go back and maybe rearrange this and introduce more variety and complexity, so I'm glad to hear you still were able to feel something deep with it. This is the first song my son also has spontaneously remarked on. He said, "I like it. It makes me feel sleepy. Not boring sleepy, good sleepy." I can be happy with that. :-)
Hi, David! Thank you for your feedback on this. I kept the flute melody very simple, and have been thinking it's <em>too</em> simple and I need to go back and maybe rearrange this and introduce more variety and complexity, so I'm glad to hear you still were able to feel something deep with it. This is the first song my son also has spontaneously remarked on. He said, "I like it. It makes me feel sleepy. Not boring sleepy, good sleepy." I can be happy with that. :-) Hi Brother Bruce!,
Just loved…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-08-21:5301756:Comment:257372011-08-21T18:31:01.162ZDaviduhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/Davidu
<p>Hi Brother Bruce!,</p>
<p>Just loved this, listened /viewed this on my stand by MacBook Air, because my old standard PC seems to have finally died. The high definition setting provided stunning visuals, that I was't used to, and the haunting flute seemed to penetrate somewhere deep. The panning across the still photos really gave me the <em>alive</em> sense of movement... a trip to a far away place, magical, rooted, and primal. Another winner brother!</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>David</p>
<p>Hi Brother Bruce!,</p>
<p>Just loved this, listened /viewed this on my stand by MacBook Air, because my old standard PC seems to have finally died. The high definition setting provided stunning visuals, that I was't used to, and the haunting flute seemed to penetrate somewhere deep. The panning across the still photos really gave me the <em>alive</em> sense of movement... a trip to a far away place, magical, rooted, and primal. Another winner brother!</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>David</p> Should have been working, mad…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-08-21:5301756:Comment:261042011-08-21T00:54:23.297ZBalderhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/BruceAlderman
<p>Should have been working, made a song instead…</p>
<p>Should have been working, made a song instead today...</p>
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</p> Wow, you must have heard the…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-07-10:5301756:Comment:221082011-07-10T23:00:54.982ZBalderhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/BruceAlderman
<p>Wow, you must have heard the traces of my former edits in there! At the end, I tried several versions with a drum track -- building different rhythms using the most natural tones I could find on a "beatbox" program -- but didn't find one that quite satisfied me, so I pulled it out at the last minute. I also considered using a deerhoof rattle I have, but alas, couldn't find the rattle yesterday when I was working on this. But since you heard that, maybe another version is in order before…</p>
<p>Wow, you must have heard the traces of my former edits in there! At the end, I tried several versions with a drum track -- building different rhythms using the most natural tones I could find on a "beatbox" program -- but didn't find one that quite satisfied me, so I pulled it out at the last minute. I also considered using a deerhoof rattle I have, but alas, couldn't find the rattle yesterday when I was working on this. But since you heard that, maybe another version is in order before too long. I'll keep playing with this. Tabla would definitely be nice, but I'd want to find a real player rather than using samples for something like that. If I played the drums myself, I'd have to do something like the Korean <em>changgo</em>, which is one of the only drums I've got any skill with.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the feedback, P.</p> Yeees! This is becoming...so…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-07-10:5301756:Comment:223052011-07-10T22:19:04.700ZHertzschuchhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/xn/detail/u_3dgti8sgxdw1h
<p>Yeees! This is becoming...so soulful. I heard, in my mind's ear, drums at the end. This could make it tacky, or predictable, but nonetheless, that's what I heard. Indian drums, full power, coming slowly, and then full power. Then going away, like when the storm is finished, and back to quiet and meditative flute.</p>
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<p>Hugs,</p>
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<p>P.</p>
<p>Yeees! This is becoming...so soulful. I heard, in my mind's ear, drums at the end. This could make it tacky, or predictable, but nonetheless, that's what I heard. Indian drums, full power, coming slowly, and then full power. Then going away, like when the storm is finished, and back to quiet and meditative flute.</p>
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<p>Hugs,</p>
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<p>P.</p> Gracias, Davidu!tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-07-10:5301756:Comment:222022011-07-10T21:48:06.782ZBalderhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/BruceAlderman
Gracias, Davidu!
Gracias, Davidu! Loved this. Bruce, you're re…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-07-10:5301756:Comment:223022011-07-10T19:15:05.433ZDaviduhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/Davidu
Loved this. Bruce, you're really getting good!
Loved this. Bruce, you're really getting good! I've done some revision and r…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-07-10:5301756:Comment:222012011-07-10T17:47:21.995ZBalderhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/BruceAlderman
<p>I've done some revision and remixing to my "Cedar Rain" song and have made a new video to accompany it. (Just now, seeing Kela's comments here again, I realize I should have included some raven and wolf images in addition to the Kokopelli images at the beginning and…</p>
<p>I've done some revision and remixing to my "Cedar Rain" song and have made a new video to accompany it. (Just now, seeing Kela's comments here again, I realize I should have included some raven and wolf images in addition to the Kokopelli images at the beginning and end).</p>
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</p> Same thing here, Bruce. i use…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-04-27:5301756:Comment:138302011-04-27T10:48:05.045ZHertzschuchhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/xn/detail/u_3dgti8sgxdw1h
<p>Same thing here, Bruce. i used to mess around with an 8 track 20 years ago. Now the computer software change things dramatically.</p>
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<p>My main problem are drums, or drum tracks. There's also the technological problem that what you do can sound good and so I get directed by the machine, instead of having a project in my mind, working it out, and making the machine do what I want.</p>
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<p>Jarod Lanier, discusses in some of his articles, this phenomenon, i.e. how the tools we…</p>
<p>Same thing here, Bruce. i used to mess around with an 8 track 20 years ago. Now the computer software change things dramatically.</p>
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<p>My main problem are drums, or drum tracks. There's also the technological problem that what you do can sound good and so I get directed by the machine, instead of having a project in my mind, working it out, and making the machine do what I want.</p>
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<p>Jarod Lanier, discusses in some of his articles, this phenomenon, i.e. how the tools we have constrict our creativity and define it. I find that is quite true regarding the sounds data base that we get with the computers. So, in the futur, I'll try as much as possible to create my own sounds. I'm really considering buying some good microphones. One for singing and another to record environmental sounds and noises. </p>
<p>I knew you had listenned to Micus as you posted once some of his work, but I wasn't aware of the intensity of the connection between the two of you. Your music and approach is deeply meditative or conducive to imagining. I truly hope you can find the time to do more of it.</p>
<p>I'm also thinking a lot these days about creating music that support images or stories, like w'ere talking in the other thread. It's slowly taking shape in my mind, but seems quite a difficult endeavour. </p>
<p>It seems very important for my balance at the moment to do some artistic activity (wether the outcome is called art or not is a debate I wouldn't get in). It seems a good way to express some of my inner content. </p>
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<p>P.</p>
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<p> </p> Patrick -- nice work; that's…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2011-04-25:5301756:Comment:139212011-04-25T21:41:55.918ZBalderhttps://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/BruceAlderman
<p>Patrick -- nice work; that's a pretty successful first experiment. I was basically doing the same thing: trying to take my new mixing software out for a spin, to see what she could do. </p>
<p>As you probably know, I'm a big fan of Micus' work. I first got attracted to it when I was doing just this sort of thing with some rustic and homemade folk and "world" instruments at home years ago, and I found that Micus was already doing this very beautifully and skillfully. I was using a rented…</p>
<p>Patrick -- nice work; that's a pretty successful first experiment. I was basically doing the same thing: trying to take my new mixing software out for a spin, to see what she could do. </p>
<p>As you probably know, I'm a big fan of Micus' work. I first got attracted to it when I was doing just this sort of thing with some rustic and homemade folk and "world" instruments at home years ago, and I found that Micus was already doing this very beautifully and skillfully. I was using a rented 8-track mixing board at the time, turning windchimes and pots and such into xylophones and percussion instruments and laying down multiple tracks as background for my flute or dulcimer playing.</p>
<p>I really don't have lots of time for this now -- I postponed grading 35 student papers for a few hours while I messed around with my flute and my new mixing software (MusicMaker 17) -- but it's fun and I am glad to at least be dipping into it again. I definitely would like to do more material in the vein of Micus' work.</p>
<p>All the best,</p>
<p>Bruce</p>