20251211 MIX

Neither Here Nor There

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Selmer Alto Saxophone solo. Harmonica solo Hhoner Blues Harp. Fender Electric Bass. Roland 880 Synthesizer Bass. Steinway & Sons Acoustic Piano. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Hammond B3 Electric Organ Rhythm. Acoustic Full Drum kit set. Percussion Tambourine, Ago go Bells. 22" Zildjian Ride & Crash Cymbal.

Lover's Point

Cabin Fever

(FR) 
Elle regarde une photo.
Le cadre est un peu usé, les bords effleurés mille fois. Son regard glisse, revient, s’accroche.
Le temps n’efface rien — Une voix presque chuchotée, comme si parler trop fort faisait peur aux souvenirs. Pas de larmes, pas d’effets. Juste la vérité nue d’un amour perdu.

(EN)
She looks at a photograph.
The frame is a bit worn, its edges touched a thousand times. Her gaze drifts, returns, clings.
Time erases nothing — A voice barely above a whisper, as if speaking too loud might scare the memories away. No tears, no embellishment. Just the naked truth of a love lost.

Sweet Memories

In this ambient reimagining of the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts" from Aaron Copland’s "Appalachian Spring" the melody unfolds like a whisper from the past - softened by time, wrapped in quiet resonance. Set to 415Hz, the piece emerges in a delicate soundscape of ethereal pads and reflective piano tones, each breath measured at 45 beats per minute. Here, rhythm is not a pulse but a quiet inhale - gentle, patient, elemental.

As the harmony shifts toward 587Hz, a subtle transformation takes place. The low sun lifts just enough to illuminate solitude’s contours, casting a quiet radiance of uplift and joy. Orchestral percussion enters like distant echoes of sacred rituals - cymbals, bells, and timpani grounding the ephemeral into something tangible.

This is not a song of arrival, but of return. Of resting in the center of oneself. Of rediscovering gratitude not as triumph, but as stillness. A meditation on simplicity, humility, and the profound resonance of the present moment.

Let this music carry you inward, toward the spacious silence where the simple gifts still sing.

From the album "Elemental Frequencies" available for free on Bandcamp
https://joewebster.bandcamp.com/album/elemental-frequencies


Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring

Et, le cou dans tes bras, je frissonne en sentant
Ta gorge nue et sa fraîcheur de coquillage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riAwK79dO9s
Titre : L'amour nous fait trembler
Poète : Charles Guérin (1873-1907)
Recueil : Le cœur solitaire (1896).

Rage and Reverie

Joe Webster is an electronic musician, composer and producer with eclectic sensibilities. He creates music that blends genres, styles and influences, from ambient and cinematic to jazz and EDM.

Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring

Joseph Webster