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Jeffry Hamilton Steele
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Dream
Colors
Relaxation
Music for Synthesizers & Guitar
1. Gold &
Rose (7:22)
2.
Solar Furnace (7:10)*
3.
Reflections/Dance (7:00)
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4.
Fairy Forest (21:13)
5.
Soul Yearnings (15:04)
6. Forgiveness
(5:39) These pieces
are intended to accompany meditation or provide a relaxing background to leisure
or work activities. The CD has been used in a therapeutic context by a variety
of practitioners. The music is simpler and more improvisatory than my other compositions
-- the performances resulting from a meditative state. Aspiring more to spontaneity
than to technical perfection, it is offered as a regenerative resource. total
time: 63:29 Jeffry
Steele synthesizers &
guitars Recorded
at Montague Music Studio, 1992-93
Turners
Falls, MA
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1]
Gold & Rose
Paying
homage to Jimi Hendrix, this improvisation uses as its primary motif the opening
riff from his song "One Rainy Wish" -- with the opening lyric "Gold and rose,
the color of the dream I had..."
2]
Solar Furnace
This
is an earlier version of what became "Jacob's Dream" in Voice of Creation.
Of the two, this one is probably better suited to meditation - the guitar track
being sparser and simpler. The musical form could be described as an ostinato
over a "ground".
3] Reflections/Dance
The
piece restricts itself to a six-note scale that is neither major or minor, leaving
a particular opening for the imagination.
4]
Fairy Forest
This
and the next piece are played entirely on synthesizers, making use of a Wind Controller
for melodic expression.
5]
Soul Yearnings
Over
a low C, a watery texture and random voices in the Lydian mode.
6]
Forgiveness
Each
pair of chords is meant to accompany a long inhale (making way for the new) and
exhale (letting go of the old).
Guitars
played: Frank Hasselbacher (classical) & Gibson Les Paul (electric). Synthesizers
by Korg, Yamaha and Oberheim. Casio wind controller.
jeffry@addr.com
(Feel
free to write with questions,
comments or just to say hello).
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