Story Behind The Song
This track features Japanese instruments and scales, owing to the fact I was living there when I wrote and recorded it. It is an atmospheric piece, floating in the beginning and end, and in the main section featuring a pulsing ¾ time signature and instruments that make short statements that give way to others instruments in a style I have heard Weather Report use. The ?verse? represents Sadness and uses an E Phrygian mode (anybody know what that is?) played on a shakukachi flute. This is followed by a ?chorus?, making the case for Joy using an A-Major Pentatonic scale played on a Japanese koto. The middle section features a Japanese-style violin playing softly over a wash of beautiful harmonics and gently tinkling bells. We end up back at the ?chorus? part with all playing in joyous abandon. The finale is a lovely etheric A-Major drone with birds singing in the trees and a great bell from some distant Zen monastery gently pealing in the background.
Song Description
This track features Japanese instruments and scales, owing to the fact I was living there when I wrote and recorded it. It is an atmospheric piece, floating in the beginning and end, and in the main section featuring a pulsing ¾ time signature and instruments that make short statements that give way to other instruments in a style I have heard Weather Report use. The ?verse? represents Sadness and uses an E Phrygian mode (anybody know what that is?) played on a shakukachi flute. This is followed by a ?chorus?, making the case for Joy using an A-Major Pentatonic scale played on a Japanese koto. The middle section features a Japanese-style violin playing softly over a wash of beautiful harmonics and gently tinkling bells. We end up back at the ?chorus? part with all playing in joyous abandon. The finale is a lovely etheric A-Major drone with birds singing in the trees and a great bell from some distant Zen monastery gently pealing in the background.
| Song Length |
8:32 |
Genre |
World - Asian, New Age - Progressive |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Instrumental |
| Mood |
Poignant, Exultant |
Subject |
World, Plants, Forest |
| Similar Artists |
Jaco Pastorius, Kitaro |
Language |
No Language |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
This track features Japanese instruments and scales, owing to the fact I was living there when I wrote and recorded it. It is an atmospheric piece, floating in the beginning and end, and in the main section featuring a pulsing ¾ time signature and instruments that make short statements that give way to other instruments in a style I have heard Weather Report use. The ?verse? represents Sadness and uses an E Phrygian mode (anybody know what that is?) played on a shakukachi flute. This is followed by a ?chorus?, making the case for Joy using an A-Major Pentatonic scale played on a Japanese koto. The middle section features a Japanese-style violin playing softly over a wash of beautiful harmonics and gently tinkling bells. We end up back at the ?chorus? part with all playing in joyous abandon. The finale is a lovely etheric A-Major drone with birds singing in the trees and a great bell from some distant Zen monastery gently pealing in the background.