Name: Shelton Picnic Array composition demo by Matthew Shelton
Duration: 2 min 16 s
Description: composition demo for array mbira, flute, cellos, violin

featuring johnny ruzsa on flute

It's not that I don't dig routines
some things they make them gel
but when you're running back to back
it can be hard to tell

so prop open the shutters  
for the gentle rolling breeze

& i'll sing
the song of the uncaged bird
channeling 
the tune of the flesh-less word

now as you're strolling through the square
you'll see it left & right
a nightingale is there for sale
who flies less than a kite

takeoff is a rumor 
in a 10x14 world

still it dreams
the song of the uncaged bird
& it hears 
the verse of the outside world

suet 
(suet!)
you bet 
(you bet!)
yum-yum

but the sky
 is why
we're here 
& where we're from

ah ahh ahhhh
ahh ahhh ahhhh...

all creatures are imperfect
but it's not a cause for shame
would you sense any difference
if your step had not been lame

one thing is another
before it is something else

but it means
the song of the uncaged bird
channeling 
the tune of the flesh-less word

& it dreams 
the song of the uncaged bird
then it knows
the ditty of the open door

the song of the uncaged bird

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composition demo for array mbira, flute, cellos, violin

Shelton Picnic Array composition demo

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r.m. whitehair - vocals, drums, programmings
stephan nieser - guitars, vocals
pierre 'spide' walter - guitars, vocals
bill ottomo - the bass

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Produced by DMM, Daniel Joseph Dorff & Ronnie Kuller
Recorded by DMM at The Quiltbox in Louisville, KY
Drums Recorded by Ric Hordinski & David Foreman at The Monastery in Cincinnati, OH
Mixed by DMM at the FunRanch in Louisville, KY
Mastered by Kevin Ratterman at La La Land in Louisville, KY
Photos by Michael Wilson
Design by Russell Ihrig
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More always in the works

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Shelton Picnic Array composition demo

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