Music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.

To participate in the Haiku challenge:

- Make a song in response to the assigned haiku poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday, and you can find it at http://www.naviarrecords.com/blog)

- Upload your song on Soundcloud and message me privately with the track's URL (if you don't have Soundcloud or can't message me, visit www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku for more options)

- Include the assignment number in the title of your track, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku135)”

Please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix it by using a Creative Commons License.


Naviar Haiku Challenge: 50 - 100

Naviar Lab Contributions 2015

Naviar Haiku 057

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

The 57th assignment is another poem by Takahama Kyoshi, though this time the kigo (season word) refers to springtime

Participants are to create a track inspired by the assigned haiku poem and post it on Naviar’s Soundcloud group Naviar Laboratory (https://soundcloud.com/groups/naviar-laboratory)

Deadline: 11th February 2015

Haiku poem by Takahama Kyoshi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoshi_Takahama

Picture by Viktor Dobai

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wiiiiktor/with/14329184520/

Shut it [naviarhaiku057 - Shutting my eyes]

See http://bassling.blogspot.com/2015/02/naviarhaiku-057-shutting-my-eyes.html for track discussion.

Tired Of Being A Drone [Naviarhaiku 057 - Shutting my eyes]

Shutting My Eyes...[Naviarhaiku057]

This is the 59th experiment of Naviar Haiku.

Participants are to create a track inspired by the assigned haiku poem and post it on Naviar’s Soundcloud group Naviar Laboratory (https://soundcloud.com/groups/naviar-laboratory)

Deadline: 25th February 2015

Haiku poem by Mizuhara Shuoshi

http://everything2.com/title/Mizuhara+Shuoshi

Picture by Jonathan

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pheochromocytoma/

Hellbound [naviarhaiku059 - Heaven is in uproar]

elcome to the 62nd Naviar Haiku’s assignment. The author of the week is one of Naviar’s most regular participants: apart from being a prolific composer, Jason Richardson aka Bassling is also a talented haiku writer.

Participants are to create a track inspired by the assigned haiku poem and post it on Naviar’s Soundcloud group Naviar Laboratory (https://soundcloud.com/groups/naviar-laboratory)

Deadline: 18th March 2015

Poem by Jason Richardson

http://highku.blogspot.co.uk/

Picture by Niklas Sjöblom

https://www.flickr.com/photos/taivasalla/

Summer Song [naviarhaiku062 - Cicadas singing]

Welcome to the 65th experiment of Naviar Haiku. Participants have seven days to create a music composition inspired by the assigned haiku poem and post it on Naviar’s Soundcloud group Naviar Laboratory (https://soundcloud.com/groups/naviar-laboratory)

Deadline:8th April 2015

Poem by Mitsuhashi Toshio

http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.co.uk/2007/03/mitsuhashi-toshio.html

Picture by Louis Vest

https://www.flickr.com/photos/oneeighteen/

Lovely, Innit? [naviarhaiku065 - I Do Love]

The Stonecutter - A Japanese folktale
Picture: Aurélien Valette 

Stone's throw [Naviarbook - The stonecutter]

See http://bassling.blogspot.com/2015/12/naviar-haiku-0100-winter-evening.html for track discussion and video.

Hearthsong [Naviarhaiku100 - Winter evening]

DEADLINE: 9th December


Poem by Andrea Cecon 

Picture by Oskar Karlin 

It's getting darker [naviarhaiku100 - Winter evening]

The Inward Trek (a.k.a. Dark Winter) is my contribution to the 100th Naviar Haiku assignment. 


The Inward Trek

A drummer and a thief

25 years of drumming experience, interested in on-line projects to collaborate.
Percussion, electronic drum programming, acoustic drums.

Shut it [naviarhaiku057 - Shutting my eyes]

Carlos R