Below is a nice review of the lecture and flute presentation we were invited to give by the Jordstrålningscentrum. Senaste föredraget 14 maj: Om Swedenborg & Flöjtmusik Det blev en mycket bra kväll. Många hade nog velat höra mer av båda ämnena. Swedenbergs andliga sätt att uppfatta världen var mycket intressant. Han pratar t ex [...]
Posts Tagged ‘flute’
Flute evening review
Posted in Flashes, tagged flute, Jordstrålningscentrum, Swedenborg on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Tone
Posted in Flute Music, tagged flute, key, pitch, stone, tone on March 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A flute has a tone, a vibration, a pitch, a key, a design, a material it is made out of. A key opens doors. A pitch is when someone throws something with force. A vibration shakes things loose. A tone creates a state and improves the current state. A printer uses “toner” to create an [...]
The steady breath
Posted in Flute Music, tagged breath, flute, shakuhachi, spirit on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Blowing the bamboo flute is very challenging. The shakuhachi seems almost alive and changes from day to day. Not inanimate matter at all. When I play I listen to the sound, its tone, its steadiness, its roundness, its balance, its depth. It all reflects exactly how I feel right this moment. To hold a steady [...]
Flute stories: part two
Posted in Flute Music, tagged Anasazi, crystals, flute, healing, Native American Flute, shakuhachi on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Flute talk and concert, appr. 45 minutes long (can be adjusted). See background description here. Title: The Spiritual Flute or The Healing Flute A presentation in four parts: The Love Flute, from North America. Legend of the origin of the Native American courting or love flute. Connection to nature and mother Earth. The Meditation Flute, [...]
Flute stories
Posted in Flute Music, tagged Anasazi, flute, Native American Flute, school, shakuhachi, zuni on November 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I have occasionally been doing flute presentations at schools, for second grade and up. These presentations are a combination of story-telling and music performance. I select the three main flute types that I am most familiar with: 1) the Native American flute 2) the Japanese shakuhachi flute 3) the Anasazi flute There’s magic in the [...]
Chinese notes
Posted in Flute Music, tagged Earth Tones, flute, flute portal, walnut, xiao on November 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A friend of the flute brotherhood gifted me a Xiao flute this weekend. A beautiful walnut instrument, made by Earth Tones. Here’s some pictures. It plays like a Far Eastern dream.
The AC-33
Posted in Flute Music, tagged ac-33, Anasazi, flute, Native American Flute, Roland ac-33, Roland guitar amplifier on August 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I bought a Roland AC-33 acoustic guitar amplifier this week. To be used with my flutes. Wow, what a nifty handy thing it is. It runs on 8 AA batteries, it has stereo speakers, and it is light enough that I could lug it around on the subway if necessary. It sounds crystal clear. I [...]
TuneCore player
Posted in Flute Music, tagged flute, Native American Flute on August 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This link opens a media player of two of my flute albums: http://widget.tunecore.com/swf/tc_run_h_v2.swf?widget_id=70891
Unpacking the spirits
Posted in Flute Music, tagged flute, Native American Flute on July 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The new apartment in Stockholm now houses my flutes. They constitute an overwhelming presence:
Dragon flute
Posted in Flute Music, tagged flute, Native American Flute on June 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Unedited, recorded today in our empty house, just before moving to Sweden: http://guitarlight.com/mp4/DragonFlute.flv
Cantos
Posted in CD 11: Cantos, tagged Anasazi, Blue Star, Butch Hall, Coyote Oldman, downloads, Erik the Flutemaker, flute, flute music, free music, High Spirits, Manetenon, mp3, Native American Flute, Ryofu, shakuhachi, Three Leaf on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the eleventh flute CD, called Cantos. The singing flute. Now not to worry: only one song actually uses the human voice (mine).The track in question is The Lodge. You might want to skip that one. On this album I have been concentrating on slightly repetitive patterns and putting them into delayed parallel tracks. [...]
Breathing sound
Posted in Flute Music, tagged Anasazi, breath, flute, Native American Flute, shakuhachi, sound on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When playing the flute there is a connection with an invisible bank of music. The music, its feelings, its vistas, gets channeled in a sense. Music is manifesting in sound, but of course already exists before it manifests. This is a key point. There is no method here, no how-to. It’s a gift, I didn’t [...]
Episodes
Posted in CD 10: Episodes, tagged Anasazi, Coyote Oldman, download, flute, flute music, guitar, mp3, music, Native American Flute, Purtill, Ryofu, shakuhachi, Three Leaf Flutes, Wolfclaw on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Art is the activity most open to God’s influence. Here is CD #10 with flute music: Episodes. The new development is that I have a good number of tracks on this CD where flute is accompanied by guitar. That changes the style of the music drastically. For example, have a listen to “They Came from [...]
Cherokee Snake flute
Posted in Flashes, tagged bamboo, Cherokee, flute, Native, rattle snake skin on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I received an interesting flute in the mail today. It is made of bamboo, and called Cherokee style by the maker. Deep E minor, 26 inches long, and wrapped in rattle snake skin. The totem is an arrowhead made out of stone. It also has a resin skull attached to the top. Here’s what it [...]
No conflict
Posted in Flute Music, tagged conflict, flute, Hafiz, holy, poetry on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No Conflict When the flute is playing For then I see every movement emanates From God’s Holy Dance. (Hafiz, 1320-1389)
Flute forum
Posted in Flute Music, tagged flute, music, Native American Flute on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My profile on the Flute Portal looks cool: http://www.fluteportal.com/music/187
Spirals CD
Posted in CD 09: Spirals, tagged Anasazi, download, experimental music, flute, free music, harmony, mp3, music, Native American Flute, shakuhachi, spirals, vision quest on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Flute music CD 9 is called: Spirals. Here is the cover image: The whole album as one zip file for download. On these recordings I am going on a much more experimental path. You can see this from the titles of the tracks. Five of the tracks use two flutes in different keys. The tune [...]
Life CD
Posted in CD 08: Life, tagged Anasazi, Blue Star, download, flute, High Spirits, LostTunings, mp3, music, Native American Flute, native Americans, Purtill, Three Leaf Flutes, Tree of Life, Wolf Claw on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Listen to or download CD #8, entitled: Life Download zip file with all tracks. Music for solo flute, using Native American flutes of all kinds. There is an endless stream of music to be tapped into. It is never the same, yet it never changes. Listen or download: 1 Spring, 3:37 – “Tree Of Life [...]
Flow and vibration
Posted in Flute Music, tagged Anasazi, flute, guitar, inspiration, instrument, music, Native American Flute, skill, spiritual world. on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A wind instrument, like a flute, creates sound from the air coming out of the lungs, hitting a sharp edge that changes the flow of the air dramatically. The flow comes first, the vibration of air making sound comes second. A string instrument, like a guitar, creates sound by setting a string vibrating. The vibration [...]
Rings of Sound CD
Posted in CD 07: Rings of Sound, tagged Anasazi, download, flute, Grand Canyon, mp3, Native American Flute, shakuhachi on January 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Listen to or download CD #7, entitled: Rings of Sound Download zip file with all tracks. More music, making ripples of sound. The formula is still the same. Straight solo flute, using the Native American flute, with an occasional Anasazi or shakuhachi flute. No restraints, very direct, harsh and minimally edited. Peaceful but not easy-listening. [...]
