These are rivers - repetitive little tunes I lose myself in on the piano. They are inspired by Ann Southam, a composer I dearly love, who also wrote Rivers.
A recorded song-session of songs I know how to sing with my friend Sandro. Recorded with a BiNaural microphone one day at 1265 Rue Rachel, Apartment 105, shortly before he moved to Italy.
The first river I had the joy of putting together, comprised of Curtis Thorpe (hammered dulcimer), Ariana Nasr (saxophone), Milena (voice), Keenan (stuff), Richard Garvey (guitar), Jeanne Menez (voice), Laura Malo (voice), Sandro Manzon (stuff), JoJo Worthington (voice), Hao (voice), Andrew Beltaus (synth), Frank (voice), Caroline (Accordion),
The first river I had the joy of putting together, comprised of Curtis Thorpe (hammered dulcimer), Ariana Nasr (saxophone), Milena (voice), Keenan (stuff), Richard Garvey (guitar), Jeanne Menez (voice), Laura Malo (voice), Sandro Manzon (stuff), JoJo Worthington (voice), Hao (voice), Andrew Beltaus (synth), Frank (voice), Caroline (Accordion), Justin Matthews (bass), Alicia (voice), Nathan Evans (piano), Rob McAllister (soundscape), Liv Kanoa (voice), Julia Warren (saxophone), David Lopez (voice) and Kathryn Ladano (bass clarinet).
A gift of Songs of Understanding, dedicated to all those who continue to spread light in the world, those who are finding their light, and those who helped me to finally find my own.
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0:00/1:29
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A Friend 1:230:00/1:23
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0:00/1:39
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The Smallest Sights 2:220:00/2:22
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How to Love 2:170:00/2:17
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Windows 1:190:00/1:19
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0:00/1:09
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Ceaseless 1:190:00/1:19
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The Circle Game 2:080:00/2:08
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Pause 1:170:00/1:17
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Sing! Really Sing! 1:000:00/1:00
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Listen 1:330:00/1:33
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One 3:160:00/3:16
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Round and Round 1:440:00/1:44
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To Soak up the Water 2:150:00/2:15
We are of the Earth, and the Earth needs to pause and breathe! For this reason, I have created Music for Breathing. I hope this album helps you to pause, breathe, and find equanimity.
Thank you to Brother Phap Huu for the beautiful simplicity that is the album art.
