As an aside, this magnificent music is a dream in which the whole world would be at peace, where weapons would cease to exist, where the most powerful would help the weakest. We wish this music would never end. Thank you, friends, for this beautiful message. 🕊

What a wonderful collaboration David, Seagull and Clara! You can feel the emotion in the music and it is very fitting for this time of the year.

A beautiful piece of music, and a beautiful collaboration. There's always something magical about Middle Eastern music to me, and the three of you captured  the sound and energy. Your playing resembles an Oud, dear David, but really I think you should get one :)

Lovely atmospheric collaboration. 🎶😊

nylon strings bring some definition to the ethereal sound. A lovely calling regardless of belief. Great music

Magical piece and magnificent transcription of this trip, it's superb David👌

Magistal piece, Fantastic atmosphere and collab. Nice job 👏👍

A very engaging composition that for me, transcends labeling et al. If the eyes are windows to the soul, this song is the expression of that essence in its purest form. I liked your deeper (wonderings) contemplation of musicology throughout existence... with it's ties to traditional holiday introspection. Wonderful to hear Clara taking the forefront on one of these ongoing collaborative ventures.

wonderful work...great job on capturing the eastern feel

It's been a joy to collaborate with Seagull on a number of different projects over the last several years, but this song proved to be a more unique challenge for me musically; to try to create a guitar part for a Middle Eastern style of music.  I'll let you be the judge if we succeeded:)  Clara's vocals really define the song as Seagull's electric guitar and synths set the stage with bird song in the background.  He did an exquisite job of nestling the Godin nylon-string into the mix.
Minus the electric guitars of course, I do wonder if this type of music might have been heard in and around Palestine at the time of Christ's birth.  Was it echoing in the Magi's ears as they sojourned across the sands to worship and give gifts to the newborn King?  It is music that is pleading, emotional, calling out for peace to a world gone mad in its quest for power and wealth.  Regardless of one's faith or religion, Christmas can be a time and season of resetting one's values and outlook on life, perhaps a true "Genesis" of beginning again.
Music, Mix, Production, track image - Seagull; @farout-music-studio
Lovely Voice - Clara Sorace
Godin nylon guitar-David

Genesis (Seagull, Clara, David)

I am a finger-style guitarist living on the Texas high plains.  At the core of my music is melody that is inspired and informed by my Christian faith, family, friends, and countless influences through the years from the great composers, to jazz, folk, rock, Latin, Celtic, and the many fine musicians I have come to love on the Cloud, some I have been privileged to collaborate with.  Thanks for stopping by to have a listen. Comments are always welcome. Feel free to click on the picture of any track to learn more about it.

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