Name: So I Could Find My Way (Enya) by Daithí in Enya Essentials
Duration: 4 min 26 s
Description: Ethereal, relaxing, emotional, gratitude, love

Enya Essentials

Listen to this! One of the favorites!
AMARANTINE background music without Vocals and Orchestra.
Made by Linas Adomaitis !

AMARANTINE

My version of "Penelope's Song" - original music by Loreena McKennitt (who happens to be a distant cousin of mine). 

Piano and vocals by me, violin arranged by my dear colleague Lottie Enns-Braun, and graciously performed by my friend Nathan Poole. 

The lyrics are based on the story of Penelope, from Homer's Odyssey. Below is some background information, and quotes from Loreena herself about the song, taken from https://www.songfacts.com/facts/loreena-mckennitt/penelopes-song.

'Although Loreena McKennitt is as much a classical scholar as a musician, and "Penelope's Song" was directly inspired by a visit to the Greek island of Chios, it has a more universal meaning. As the lady herself explained: "I wanted to create a song from the perspective of the individual or individuals that were left behind. And it is a story that certainly is universal in its theme, that when I think of some of Irish history and the time during the famine, and there were people that immigrated to, let's say, Canada or the United States on these horrible coffin ships... and that there were families that were also left behind and their loved ones would be heading over to the New World. And you can't help but think of those... there have been people who have left their loved ones for all kinds of circumstances. And the pain of seeing them go off and not knowing if they'll ever return... So, I wanted to create a song that captured some essence of that sentiment, of waiting for your loved ones to return."

In Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, Penelope was the faithful wife of Odysseus, King of the ancient city of Ithaca. Shortly after his son Telemachus was born, Odysseus went off to fight the Trojan War, a pastime which, together with his other well-known adventures and misadventures, kept him away for 20 years.

With her husband absent for so long, many a woman would have given in to temptation, especially in an age before modern communications when he could reasonably have been presumed dead, if not in the war itself, then lost at sea - but not Penelope. An alluring prize for any man about town - a beautiful widow, and a queen into the bargain - she kept her suitors at bay for three years with an original ruse. When at last her husband returned, he did so disguised as an elderly beggar, and discovered - no doubt to his delight - that she had remained faithful all these years.

In English, the word odyssey has become synonymous with an epic journey; Penelope's name has not been similarly adapted, but it has become synonymous with the faithful woman.

Cover - Penelope's Song (Loreena McKennitt)

Enya - A Day Without Rain

A variety of backwards/reversed audio versions of songs by Enya (currently 52 of about 127 songs by her so far). The release of these tracks ranges between 1982-2015. New songs will be added when Enya next releases an album of new music, which could even be next year (2023). This playlist is my first ever upload to SoundCloud :-D

Dark Sky Island

Diamonds on the Water Enya (backwards)

Ethereal, relaxing, emotional, gratitude, love

So I Could Find My Way (Enya)

Ethereal, relaxing, calming, loving, gratitude, remembering, philosophical.

Grade: 2 - Concert Band

Einsamer Hirte, anche conosciuto con il titolo in inglese "The Lonely Shepherd" e con quello in spagnolo "Pastor solitario", è un brano strumentale composto da James Last, ed eseguito da questi assieme al panflautista rumeno Gheorghe Zamfir. Pubblicato nel 1977 raggiunse la ventiduesima posizione nelle classifiche musicali in Germania. Nel 2003 venne utilizzato nel film di Quentin Tarantino "Kill Bill Volume 1".

Einsamer Hirte

Einsamer Hirte by James Last - arr. Leo Capezzuto

The Optimist is a folk-indie concept album by shurpi, inspired by the life stories and emotional legacy of his grandfather, Aaron, as described in his personal written biography. Through warm acoustic arrangements and intimate storytelling, shurpi traces a journey across continents and generations — from wartime memories and migration to love, longing, and the stubborn hope that refuses to fade. Each track feels like a personal letter set to melody, capturing the quiet resilience of ordinary people who choose optimism despite everything. Nostalgic, vulnerable, and deeply human, The Optimist glows with the sense of home we carry inside us.

The Optimist

Experimento con la Batería sobre la B.S.O. de "Lucía y el Sexo" (que realicé hace unos años...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baqd6GdFDvI (mejor calidad)
* Composición original ALBERTO IGLESIAS
* Batería (Roland TD-12): Pablo Quintana E. 
https://www.facebook.com/kuelam.pabloq

Espero que os guste el resultado! ;-)

Me voy a morir de tanto amor, de Alberto Iglesias (B.S.O. "Lucía y el Sexo") + BATERÍA

Finally after almost a year Quenya Projects releases a new song again, this version is a tribute too Enya, and we wanted to cover her latest single “Even in the Shadows”.
First Matt and John made a instrumental version until we were completely satisfied, then we wanted to find the right singer, but that was a lot harder then we expected, especially because of all harmonies and weird attacks involved in this song.
We already made a wonderful song together with Daphne Braaksma in the past, so we asked her if she wanted and could do it, and she immediately accepted the invitation.
After all her recordings / tracks were cleaned and synced with all harmonies we also created with the instruments (which took a lot of time), we continued making / sending new recordings back and forth till we were all satisfied with this final mix.
This project shows and proofs to me how much talents are within the SC community, and we’re certainly looking forward doing more songs in the style of Enya, Secret Garden and ERA, covers and originals. Making NewAge music is always the goal of Quenya Projects, to let talents collaborate with each other.

Technical structure of the song:
The most difficult thing to sing this song is the fact that none of the 4 points of attack (sync points) are the same, this song contains 4 points of attack, 3 of them are done by Cello’s, bass drum and the Piano, the 4th is the solo voice, we included the specific melody line for the solo voice in our initial instrumental version so she could hear how it needed to be sang, the harmonies are slightly off as well and tend to follow the cello’s.
When we received all tracks from Daphne, we dropped all melody tracks from the project, and replaced them with her vocal tracks, then I had to make sure that her harmonies stayed in sync with the cello’s so with a lot of cutting and multi layering I was able to get all the tracks to sound as one as much as possible.
We had no intention to make Daphne sound like Enya, we still wanted to keep our own signature, so we didn’t use very much effects at all, the main thing was to clean her tracks from mic-plops and background noices, so mostly what you hear is what I received from Matt and Daphne, I only made some slight changes, and added / multi layered some instruments, and created an extra ALT voice to carry / support her voice.
I am very proud of the performance of, and working together with Matt Baker and Daphne Braaksma, their great talents and skills makes creating and producing music a real treat and fun to do for me, and I am sincerely looking forward doing more songs with them, it does motivates me to continue, cheers John.

We all hope you’ll enjoy our version of Enya’s beauty just as much as we did making it, your comments, feedback  and advices are very much appreciated as always, as it helps us to grow with our music.

Composer: Enya    Lyrics: Roma Ryan
Arrangements:  John Styles & Matt Baker  https://soundcloud.com/matbaker1970
All Vocals:  Daphne Braaksma  https://soundcloud.com/luck4ever
All Instruments:  Matt Baker & John Styles  https://soundcloud.com/onevision-crossworlds
Producer:  John Styles

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Even in the shadows
I turn around
To find you walk away
And even when I whisper
The winds will come
To steal the words I say

[Chorus]
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it’s not forever more

[Verse 2]
Even in the silence
I hear my heart
It’s still a part of you
And even in the morning
When light has come
I don’t know what to do

[Chorus]
I could fall and keep on falling
I could call and keep on calling
Wonder why this love is over
Wonder why it’s not forever more

Quenya Projects (feat. Daphne Braaksma) - Even in the Shadows

Enya - One By One

This is a cover of ENYA - Echoes in rain song 
(Tyler Hancock Remix)
on Yamaha Motif XF and Motif XS.

ENYA - Echoes in Rain

Through the gates of night
there is wisdom is waiting to be found…

That ﬁrst place of night
was an island in the colour of stars.
Spring;
green grew and the flowers blossomed.

…a lost time, for in the distance…

Summer;
the sun and the sand,
Autumn;
the shape of yellow leaves falling.

…a lost time, far in the distance…

Winter;
the sky sang snow.
Written into the night;
a world of stars.

…a lost time, for in the distance…

Now, is the season of water;
the island, the cities, the darkness.
Through time this became our world,
but our quest is not yet over.

Now, is the season of the moon;
soft breezes whispering,
night and day.
But our quest is not yet over.

“The Loxian Gates” reminisces on the beauty of the seasons of the earth they left behind, and tells of their owu seasons. it reminds the Loxians that life should be appreciated as it is lived, for the journey is as important as the final destination. - Roma Ryan

Recorded/Mixed and Arranged by - Saeyd
Piano/Keyboards Performed by - Saeyd
Additional Strings by - The Atharia Strings

Taken from the album - Dark Sky Island 2015
Music Compose by - Enya & Nicky Ryan
@Azimuth Studios2019

The Loxian Gate

Not a serious bootleg... but a bootleg anyway.

Enya - May It Be (Sunhiausa's Overdrive Bootleg)

The day is a wild child. It is unpredictable, it is reckless, it offers you no security, it promises nothing. It is what you make it. So make it good. 
- Roma Ryan

Recorded/Mixed & Arranged by - Saeyd
Piano Performed by - Saeyd
Additional Strings by - The Atharia Strings

Taken from the album - A Day Without Rain 2000
Music Compose by -  Enya & Nicky Ryan
Azimuth Studio@2013

Wild Child

Enya - Only Time (Windeskind Rework)

Enjoying life, creating one Moodtape at a time! :)

So I Could Find My Way (Enya)

Daithí

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