love that low tone synth in the background

All submissions to Haiku 349:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/09/09/naviarhaiku349-inspiration-flows/

To participate:

- 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 (naviarhaiku110)”

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 Twitter, 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. Please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

haiku #349: Inspiration flows / in the least resistant path / nature makes a choice

Sardinia Sketches: River after siesta

Inspired by Erik Satie's 1920 Premier Menuet.
Artists are found in many forms and persuasions.
Loving those French Impressionists with avant-garde natures !!

Premier Menuet

This marks the third collaboration between myself and my good friend across the Atlantic, the talented US-based guitarist @jonathan_beckenstein. For this track, we decided to strip things back and focus purely on the guitar — no vocals, no production tricks, just two instruments speaking to one another across time zones and continents.

It’s a transatlantic dialogue in sound: layered, responsive, and full of nuance. We’ve aimed to capture something raw and intimate — moments of quiet tension, moments of lift — built from the simple joy of playing.

We hope you enjoy what we’ve crafted together. It’s always a pleasure to create with Jonathan, and this one feels especially close to the heart.

Nightstand

Mohniat

Calls

Cuidame los Gatos

MITTE // A Mood From The Center Of Berlin
@docfritz // All Musical Stuff, Rhythm Design & Percussion
Composed, Arranged, Artwork, Mix & Production by DOCFRITZ @OESJ 
© 2025 // All Rights Reserved by DOCFRITZ @OESJ

MITTE

Ce que l'Homme a cru voir

Espátulas para fazer gelado - 15-8-2025

sky ship

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
349 week haiku
naviarlab.tumblr.com/
4 live Koshi, 1 Hokema Kalimba, synth Korg microKorg XL+, synt Blofeld

2020909-10

inspiration Flows ( Naviarhaiku 349 )

Made in response to the Haiku poem:

Inspiration flows
in the least resistant path
nature makes a choice

by Raymond Stull https://soundcloud.com/stull

image includes photos by: 
Terry Vlisidis https://unsplash.com/@vlisidis
Chris Abney https://unsplash.com/@chrisabney

Thanks Marco at Naviar

Haiku

The Least Resistant [naviarhaiku349]

10Sep20

My naviarhaiku349 submission

Inspiration flows
in the least resistant path
nature makes a choice

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/09/09/naviarhaiku349-inspiration-flows/

:D

Boson Spin - Inspiration flows [naviarhaiku349]

Inspiration flows
in the least resistant path
nature makes a choice

haiku by Raymond Stull https://soundcloud.com/stull

picture by Chris Abney https://unsplash.com/@chrisabney

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

chief loach

halF choicE [naviarhaiku349]

sept. 10, 2020.

~

Inspiration flows
in the least resistant path
nature makes a choice

You may know Raymond Stull for his regular music contributions to our weekly challenge as Stull, but this week he’s also the author of the haiku of the week.

“What (Ray) loves most about Naviar Haiku is the freedom to pursue an idea freely to whatever end. Sometimes the poem feels like a soundtrack and other times it evokes jazz, dubstep, rock, or an ambient piece. Sometimes it evens starts as one and ends as another.”

Flowpath(navku349)

Inspiration flows 
in the least resistant path
nature makes a choice

If Not, Then What?

If Not, Then What? (NaviarHaiku349)

I'm a composer, working from a 3' x 5' studio (some may call it a dinette) in a 5th wheel camper, while traveling the United States. I've been on the road for six years, so most of my recent work will have come from a different state (of mind and location) during my travels.

Music makes me feel better about everything. I don't know that I'm ever happier than when I am creating. I sometimes wonder if creativity isn't one of the primary keys to happiness. Do you ever feel better than when you say, "Look what I did."? This phrase magically conjures the purest sense of childlike joy.

Music works for every part of our lives. We all have music for when we are sad, happy, celebrating, meeting others, when we are alone, and even when we are lonely. Did a song come to mind as you read each of those situations? I remember the first song I ever heard on the radio, on my first bus ride to kindergarten. One of my favorite musical memories is playing in a band for steel beach on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

I love telling stories with music. Everybody loves John Coffey in the Green Mile, but Mr. Jingles should have a song commemorating his reaching and joining the circus at Mouseville. If you agree, join me for this and similar journeys. The music here is synthetic, but as real as you would choose to have it.

My music most often lands on Soundcloud first and is inspired by one of my favorite communities, Naviar Haiku:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
I find writing to a Haiku prompt sufficiently limiting and exquisitely inspiring.

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

If Not, Then What? (NaviarHaiku349)

Raymond Stull

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