Oh wow, the vocals in this song are extremely powerful, and your range is terrific! Amazing performance

such a beautiful melody so powerful and full of love and strength am speechless with enthusiasm you have an insane great voice.

Wrote this song w/ my friend Jun over 20 years ago.

Variation 18 of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini composed in 1934. Rachmaninoff said of this piece: "This one, is for my agent." as he sensed it would become a commercial hit. It's composed by playing upside down the original melody from Paganini. The original is like a piano concerto (solo piano vs orchestra) and I'm trying to do it on a single keyboard with sampled sounds.

The theme was used in the movie Somewhere in Time in 1980 starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.

The instrument is a Clavia Nord Stage 2 using a sampled Bösendorfer grand piano and sampled orchestra strings.

Transcription for solo piano by Hermene W. Eichhorn. Re-uploaded with new take on Jan 26, 2014.

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgj3lVcaGT4

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Somewhere In Time: Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Variation 18

Stranded in my friend's house for 3 days in heavy snow in D.C. I was 21. 
I wrote this song with my friends. In the studio session, I played the piano and did the string arrangement. My friend June played the guitar. Then this awesome vocalist Kil joined us a couple of months later to put a finishing touch on the song.

I Was Born To You - Splash Romance (composed/arranged and Piano by John Kim)

Rilke’s powerfully touching letters to an aspiring young poet
 
At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering, and the nature of advice itself. These profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for generations of writers and artists of all kinds, including Lady Gaga and Patti Smith. With honesty, elegance, and a deep understanding of the loneliness that often comes with being an artist, Rilke’s letters are an endless source of inspiration and comfort.

 Lewis Hyde’s new introduction explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force. 

This edition also includes Rilke’s later work The Letter from the Young Worker.

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Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Dan Stevens

Joanna Macy is a philosopher of ecology, a Buddhist scholar, and an exquisite translator of the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. We take that poetry as a lens on her wisdom on spiritual life and its relevance for the political and ecological dramas of our time.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/joanna-macy-a-wild-love-for-the-world/61

"Let This Darkness be a Bell Tower" by Rainer Maria Rilke (read by Joanna Macy)

"Go to the Limits of Your Longing"  by Rainer Maria Rilke (read by Joanna Macy)

Jazz Interpretation of well known gospel song.

As the Deer

The texts and readings of Sufi mystic Rumi's poems in Persian and in English, with male and female voices.

The 13th-century Muslim mystic and poet Rumi has long shaped Muslims around the world and has now become popular in the West. Rumi created a new language of love within the Islamic mystical tradition of Sufism. We hear his poetry as we delve into his world and listen for its echoes in our own.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/ecstatic-faith-rumi/189

"Song of the Reed" by Rumi (English)

Day N Night is now available on iTunes and Spotify. 
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Vocals by Jamie Seo
Album Art by Naomi Dale

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I Was Born To You - Splash Romance (composed/arranged and Piano by John Kim)

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