Toning Meditation

Here's a non-nonsense & pure recording of the Coqui tree frogs that are abundantly and quite noisily chanting in Kona, Hawaii. Recorded at Paliuli Farm around 8pm on october 11th 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coqu%C3%AD

Coqui tree frogs, Kona Hawaii

On april 3rd 2016 the choir Cantare et Sonare from Castelo de Vide sang the world première of my composition Pai Nosso - the Lord's prayer in Portuguese. The church was huge, the temperature was low and they/we did quite well. I am happy and proud. 

Here's the church:
http://www.castelodevide.pt/turismo/en/ver-e-fazer/patrimonio/igrejas/igreja-de-santa-maria-da-devesa

Pai Nosso - Estreia Mondial

Listen to the entire track on Bandcamp, where you can also buy the whole CD or any of the 3 tracks separately:
https://marcdrost.bandcamp.com/album/sun-moon-harmonics
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These are the first 5 minutes of the vocal soundscape 'Harmonics in Harmony'. This is the final mastered version that I recorded and mixed at 'Attack - Release Studio' with the help and patience of João Miranda, the owner and soundman of this studio in Portalgre, Portugal. The whole piece is 22m46sec long.

Harmonics In Harmony - beginning - sample

Listen to the entire track on Bandcamp, where you can also buy the whole CD or any of the 3 tracks separately:
https://marcdrost.bandcamp.com/album/sun-moon-harmonics
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This is a middle section of the soundscape Sun & Moon, a piece that is 25m23sec long in it's entirety. In this section you can hear the shift from the Sun's tone C to the Moon's A. This is a sample from the finished, mixed and mastered version, made with the help of João Miranda at his Attack - Release Studio.

Sun & Moon middle Sample

Listen to the entire track on Bandcamp, where you can also buy the whole CD or any of the 3 tracks separately:
https://marcdrost.bandcamp.com/album/sun-moon-harmonics
To order a CD please write to: sunmoonharmonics@gmail.com

This is the middle section of the larger soundscape 'Harmonics in Harmony'. The first section is sequence of harmonies that has a harmonics 'choir' of higher octaves. Then you hear a 3-part 'flute choir' after which you hear a different setting of the harmonies with the octave harmonics.
The entire piece is 22m46sec long.

Harmonics In Harmony middle sample

Listen to the entire track on Bandcamp, where you can also buy the whole CD or any of the 3 tracks separately:
https://marcdrost.bandcamp.com/album/sun-moon-harmonics
To order a CD please write to: sunmoonharmonics@gmail.com

This is the last part of the vocal soundscape "Sun & Moon". The whole piece is 25m23sec long.

To order a CD please write to: sunmoonharmonics@gmail.com

Sun & Moon ending sample

Listen to the entire track on Bandcamp, where you can also buy the whole CD or any of the 3 tracks separately:
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To order a CD please write to: sunmoonharmonics@gmail.com

Here's a sample from the larger soundscape 'Sun & Moon'. This is some 6 min. into the piece, after a large build-up of overtones, the 'theme' of descending scales is being introduced. The entire piece is 25m23sec long.

Sun & Moon beginning sample

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From the beginning of the 15min track Dancing Heart, as it appears on the recording "Sun & Moon & Harmonics". Thank you João P. Miranda for helping with your sound magic to beautify the recording.

Dancing Heart - sample 1

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This sample is towards the end of the 15min piece Dancing Heart. It is the 3rd and last piece of the recording 'Sun & Moon & Harmonics'. This piece was recorded by me at home, then mixed and mastered at Attack Release Studio in Portalegre with the help of João P. Miranda.
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Dancing Heart - sample 2

First ever run-through of my rather ambitious arrangement of this wonderful and strange Portuguese folk song.

Cantiga de Sao Joao

Here's a song I wrote for the healing from  masculine cultural programming. I hope to write more songs and hymns like this one, honoring Men, the Sacred Masculine, and supporting the healing and the shift that us men are going through. 

Feel free to sing along!
Release, brother, let it go…
At last it is safe to let down your guard,
Now you can love and trust and depend,
No more need to be right and defend,
Let it go release your fear!

I release, I let it go…
At last it is safe to let down my guard,
Now I love and trust and depend,
Releasing the need to be right and defend,
I let it go, I release my fear!

Release, brother, let it go… 
At last you can feel and honor your pain,
Now you can let your tears flow with pride,
No more need to suppress them or hide,
Let it go release your shame!

I release, I let it go…
At last I can feel and honor my pain,
Now I can let my tears flow with pride,
Releasing the need to suppress them or hide,
I let it go, I release my shame!

Release, brother, let it go…
At last let your heart be open and strong
Now let your mind be peaceful and still,
No more need to control with your will,
Let it go, release your song!

I release, I let it go…
I open my heart to make me feel strong,
Now my mind is peaceful and still,
Releasing the need to control with my will,
I let it go, I release my song!

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