“I liked the mood you created in
your CD…..Your technique is great and it shows.
It’s a CD which brings a peaceful feeling for the listener.
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In spring everything turns green. It was a particularly lush spring when I
was visiting in 1998. In the late
winter my practicing the traditional Japanese piece Sakura touched one
of the Japanese monks. This piece is
about end of winter and the thought of the cherry blossoms coming to bloom. |
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is an anticipation of the beauty that is to come tinged with a little
melancholy about the passing of the seasons.
You can see the life around you as well as the vestiges of the life that
has passed. |
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The birds begin to sing every day and the world is
renewed. Preparations are made for the
busy seasons and the arrival of visitors, monks, students and practitioners
of many disciplines. |
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I have always wanted
to play with the birds and in the past have improvised melodies and rhythms
based on their various songs. Track 5
on the Holy Mountain and Track 3 on
Return to Mountain are exactly
that. They are recordings made live
while listening to the Birds in Spring, In the Bonsho. |
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