Issa's lovely haiku inspired this improvisation played on guitar and VST synthesizer (Phoenix Mirage). Recorded and mixed in Reaper with added effects: Frostbite2 and Neunaber Wet reverb. Mastered with CloudBounce.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Silent River (naviarhaiku437)

For the conceptualization, I wanted to make a piece about different perspectives - how the “same story” can be told by different people and vary slightly or a lot.

There’s a tweak on the melody line “D E G E D C D E A” and this drop to the lower A can be A, A-flat, or G interchangeably. So, the accompanying bass line “C B A G” also changes from all natural to “C B natural or flat, A natural or flat, G” as well. The bass solo in the middle is, lol, I don’t know. I just felt like it. Does it work?

The title “Heron in moonlight” comes from the zen saying 銀椀盛雪、明月蔵鷺 (ぎんわんにゆきをもり めいげつにろをかくす) - Silver bowl full of snow, white heron in clear moonlight.

It’s the juxtaposition of things that look the same and seem to blend in but that are actually different. The snow may look like a part of the silver bowl, and the bowl may look like snow itself. A white heron in the bright moonlight may look like the moonlight itself, or is it the other way around?

The philosophized perspective of the saying might infer the natural vs. the manmade coming together, different groups of people coming together in harmony, etc.

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Heron in moonlight (disquiet0544)

Electronic percussion. A live sequence created in Pure Data using related euclidean rhythms. Any general or specific comments would be welcome.

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Euclid 6 - 400 (disquiet0544)

naviarhaiku439:
Tall trees gently wave
Sending secret messages
Into the Spring breeze

haiku: John Hinks @flownblue
image: Amanda Mocci unsplash.com/@amandamocci
for the Naviar Records Haiku Music Challenge www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Spring Breeze [NaviarHaiku439]

The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp,=== Gene Jumper, Merle Haggard,( cover).

The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp, === Gene Jumper, Merle Haggard, ( Cover)

Composed and produced by Francesco Vitti
Registered in the studios of EKOS records (Italy)

Life

LIFE

Mercy Walked In,===, Gene Jumper, ( cover )

Mercy Walked In,===, Gene Jumper, ( Cover)

A Short Play

Unmarked Space

Sentences

gutted himself under the flickering light of the bathroom

mikey_a is an ambient and soundscape artist living in Melbourne, Australia.
Though now producing mainly in the box with a mix of VST and field recordings he still likes to occasionally crank out some of the physical treasures he's owned since the '80s: a Korg MonoPoly, a Roland TR-606, TB-303, S-10 and D-110 along with a TEAC 3440 reel-to-reel.
He is a frequent contributor to the Naviar Records' Haiku Challenge and Disquiet Junto projects.