This piece was very enjoyable and felt almost cinematic to this point, then the addition of the electric guitar followed by the vocal sounds gave it an entirely new dimension as you brought it to a close. Very well done!

Deadline: 22nd November 2023

All submissions to Haiku 515:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/

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 (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 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. 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 Haiku Challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
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haiku #515: Last bloom before autumn / Stares back at me with a smile / My younger brother

naviarhaiku485

The rain is over:
South Mountain puffs out
Spring clouds.

(Tr. Sōiku Shigematsu)

One of the most influencial modern Japanese writers, Natsume Soseki’s literary career started in 1903, with a series of haiku and renga published on various literary magazines. Between 1900 and 1903 he studied at the UCL in London, but this proved to be quite a dramatic experience for the young Soseki:

“The two years I spent in London were the most unpleasant years in my life. Among English gentlemen I lived in misery, like a poor dog that had strayed among a pack of wolves.“

Despite this, when Soseki returned to Japan he exploded into prolific writing activity.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit [https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku](https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku?fbclid=IwAR13scfvxClSzTfbNs1PyRDX65m4R99UML_QBEtUPDsPMit3Jyu6uT0xpvk)

Deadline: 26th April 2023

haiku by Natsume Sōseki
picture by Daniel J. Schwarz

Tension (naviarhaiku485)

Drone and Pulse steady state fall asleep basked in moonlight.

LazingIntheShadowsOfMoonRays(NaviarHaiku504)

naviarhaiku510 – in pre-dawn darkness

in pre-dawn darkness
the avant-garde soundtrack
of orchestral rainfall


Elliot Carson is a teacher living in Japan who doubles as an artist/designer/translator in his free time. He writes haiku under the pen name EKC and is currently working to self-publish his first book of haiku.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 18th October 2023

Haiku by Elliot Carson https://www.instagram.com/i.write.haiku/

Picture by Lazarescu Alexandra https://unsplash.com/photos/vRiylUiR6ew

@naviar-records

Dark Sound Rain - naviarhaiku510 – in pre-dawn darkness

naviarhaiku 514

gale in the mountains -
watch how the fallen blossoms
carpet the water

First part the gale, wind on the mountain,  trees creaking, branches falling
Second part the falling and fallen blossoms blown around carpeting the water. Third part - Epilog- The beauty of the water carpeted in blossoms.

gale in the mountains - watch how the fallen blossoms carpet the water II naviarhaiku 514

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

Haiku by: John Wright  https://soundcloud.com/thgirwnhoj

About this interpretation: 

My 'younger brother' here is my (much) younger self in the early 1980s, pictured here, when I proudly owned an Octave Cat monosynth and a 4-track portastudio to make music with. What you hear is pre-planned; each part played by hand, multitracked, and bounced down to extend beyond the 4 cassette tracks available. So, for example, drums were recorded part by part, as was each note of each chord, each sound created from scratch - with no presets ... So, please be kind to my 'younger brother' before judging TOO harshly! ;-)

This is an original mixdown to stereo cassette, no editing or remixing - including the terrible 'drum break'! - so it couldn't be more authentic! Enjoy! 😜

More information about the Naviar Records Weekly Haiku: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

more halF unusuaL

halF brotheR [naviarhaiku515]

In respons to this weeks Haiku Challenge, 515.

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

Haiku by: John Wright  https://soundcloud.com/thgirwnhoj

Picture by: Katerina Kerdi https://unsplash.com/photos/silhouette-photograph-of-forest–YiJvbfNDqk

Autumn Stares at Me

Autumn Stares At Me (NaviarHaiku515)

NLS 2023-11-17
This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
515

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/

2023-11-17

Last Bloom Before Autumn  (Naviarhaiku 515)

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

A Last Bloom (naviarhaiku515)

A track for the Naviar Haiku Challenge; 7 days to write and record a track in response to the haiku posted. Although I don't really listen to Chopin much, there is a definite influence in this one.

Stare Back At Me With A Smile (naviarhaiku515) - Adrian Lane

19Nov23

My naviarhaiku515 submission;
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/
:D

Last bloom before autumn [naviarhaiku515]

Created with AUM on iPad and Cubase 12 on PC

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 515:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/

Sample from:
https://freetousesounds.bandcamp.com/album/rural-american-ambience-sound-library-usa

Photo by zenbytes (2018, Germany)

with a smile - Naviarhaiku 515

Naviar Haiku 515

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

John Wright is a drummer, producer, and regular participant in our music challenge. A few weeks ago, John participated in our latest haiku workshop on Discord, and here’s one of the poems he wrote recently.

To participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Haiku by: John Wright  https://soundcloud.com/thgirwnhoj

Picture by: Katerina Kerdi https://unsplash.com/photos/silhouette-photograph-of-forest–YiJvbfNDqk

The Last Bloom

The Last Bloom (NaviarHaiku515)

Avarrus

RU!NED & ru1nmYself - stuck inbetween (demo release)

Raindrops

blessed vocals

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

The Last Bloom (NaviarHaiku515)

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