Naviar Haiku Challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

To participate in the Haiku Music challenge::

- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku382)”

To submit your track:

- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
- If you upload your music on Youtube, Bandcamp or anywhere else, upload your submission and then send me the link by email at marco@naviarrecords.com or contact me on X, Facebook or Instagram
- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz

Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want) compilations. If you can, please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

Naviar Records store: www.naviarrecords.bandcamp.com

Naviar Records Membership (access to full discography, creative meetups, workshops, and more): https://www.naviarrecords.com/membership-and-services/#membership

all submissions

haiku #585: a splash of colour / cherry tree petals / drifting silently falling

a splash of colour
cherry tree petals drifting
silently falling

Marc Sheridan is an ever-curious person who loves what is just around the corner: the unusual and the mysterious. Even everyday objects and scenes can always be viewed differently.

He is English but currently living in the US, and he always remembers what Ansel Adams once said, "You don't take a photograph, you make it." Marc believes that photography rewards him with a greater connection to everything around him.

Lately, Marc has been writing haiku, but he's not sure whether he illustrates his photos with haiku or reveals his haiku through photography.

He has been published in numerous magazines in the US and the UK and has exhibited up and down the West Coast of the US for the past 23 years.

Haiku by Marc Sheridan: https://bsky.app/profile/northernvoodoo.bsky.social

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

more halF unusuaL

halF colouR [naviarhaiku585]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
585
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku585-a-splash-of-colour/

2025-03-20

a splash of colour (Naviarhaiku 585 )

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 20 Mar 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Guitar, amp, effects

This original version of "Flapping Coagulabilities" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 585: A Splash Of Colour 

a splash of colour
cherry tree petals drifting
silently falling

by: Marc Sheridan

Marc Sheridan is an ever-curious person who loves what is just around the corner: the unusual and the mysterious. Even everyday objects and scenes can always be viewed differently.

He is English but currently living in the US, and he always remembers what Ansel Adams once said, "You don't take a photograph, you make it." Marc believes that photography rewards him with a greater connection to everything around him.

Lately, Marc has been writing haiku, but he's not sure whether he illustrates his photos with haiku or reveals his haiku through photography.

He has been published in numerous magazines in the US and the UK and has exhibited up and down the West Coast of the US for the past 23 years.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 20 Mar 2015, Massapequa, NY, USA

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Flapping Coagulabilities (naviarhaiku585)

An electronic composition created in Pure Data, a touch of reverb added.

Drifting Petals (naviarhaiku585)

Here's my musical resonance to this week's haiku from @naviar-records.

a splash of colour
cherry tree petals drifting
silently falling

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku585-a-splash-of-colour/

Thank you Marco.

Cherry tree petals (naviarhaiku585)

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku585-a-splash-of-colour/

a splash of colour-naviarhaiku585

[naviarhaiku585] falling

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 585:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku585-a-splash-of-colour/
Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!
Photo by zenbytes (Colorado, USA, 2024)

a splash of color - Naviarhaiku585

started in response to Haiku by Marc Sheridan,"  a splash of colour
cherry tree petals drifting
silently falling" NaviarHaiku https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/.    Track features sample instruments using recording of  playing the  'fins' of a computer heatsink and springs from an old couch.

bandcamp single

Life Inside A Drifting Petal (NaviarHaiku 585)

24Mar25
My naviarhaiku585 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/778462363239301120/naviarhaiku585-a-splash-of-colour
:D

a splash of colour [naviarhaiku585]

Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 585.
Sur un haïku de Marc Sheridan:

a splash of colour
cherry tree petals drifting
silently falling

www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Falling petals

release date  25-03-2025   Haiku and pic by: Marc Sheridan

Silently falling (naviarhaiku585)

All sounds came from a Dreadbox Erebus v3 including the drums. I experimented with the ring modulator settings (one of the unique features of the synth) and for some reason many of the sounds reminded me of "cats".... I wonder if there are any "cat" haikus out there?

I was also able to incorporate all the elements in the cover art including literal splashes of colour and cherry tree petals falling.

Splash Of Colour (naviarhaiku585)

Inspired by:

a splash of colour
cherry tree petals drifting
silently falling

Naviar haiku challenge 585, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

The construction of this one is quite minimal, just two elements. Even though the track was performed and recorded in a single take it does have two distinct phases. 

The opening "Splash of colour" section was achieved with a simple VCV Rack virtual modular patch and a lot of experimental modulation, I used some external compression to even it out somewhat. With the modulation dialled back to little or nothing the same patch becomes a backdrop for the "Petals drifting" conclusion. For this I live improvised sparce single notes; very simple VCV patch piped to the Blackhole reverb from Eventide.

A Splash of Colour - (naviarhaiku - 585)

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku585-a-splash-of-colour/

Marc Sheridan is an ever-curious person who loves what is just around the corner: the unusual and the mysterious. Even everyday objects and scenes can always be viewed differently.

He is English but currently living in the US, and he always remembers what Ansel Adams once said, "You don't take a photograph, you make it." Marc believes that photography rewards him with a greater connection to everything around him.

Lately, Marc has been writing haiku, but he's not sure whether he illustrates his photos with haiku or reveals his haiku through photography.

He has been published in numerous magazines in the US and the UK and has exhibited up and down the West Coast of the US for the past 23 years.

Haiku and pic by: Marc Sheridan


a silent splash [ naviarhaiku585 ]

Naviar is a music community and label. Through regular publications, open projects and events, we explore the connection between experimental music and traditional Japanese poetry.

To join the Haiku challenge, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku