the imagined sound that rocks inside a mountain might hear as a rainstorm passes over...

Rocks Inside A MountainListenToTheRainOutside(NaviarHaiku487)

Created on iPad with AUM and several AUv3 synths and effects:
SoundScaper, Hilda, Euclidean, FLUSS, Wires, otherdesertcities, RoughRider, BLEASS Granulizer, Eos 2
 
Mastered with Cubase 12 and Ozone 10.

Photo by zenbytes (2014, Vosges Mountains, France)

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 487:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/05/03/naviarhaiku487-sound-of-mountain/

Poem/sample by PlatypusVA:
https://freesound.org/people/PlatypusVA/sounds/440579/

rain - Naviarhaiku 487

"That which divides us..."

Gretsch Streamliner
eBow
Korg Monologue synth
Microcosm

Mixed with Cubase

The Dividing Tree

The Dividing Tree (naviarhaiku489)

Sound Fantasy on:

Dividing the autumn sky
Into two
A huge chinquapin tree

Naviarrecords Haiku Challenge

Autumn Sky

Autumn Sky_Naviarhaiku489

https://youtu.be/nFlCmypblQo
Naviar Haiku 489

Dividing the autumn sky
Into two
A huge chinquapin tree

Takahama Kyoshi was a Japanese poet active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was the editor of the haiku magazine Hototogisu (previously edited by Shiki), where he promoted a more traditional style of haiku, as opposed to other popular schools which did not follow the pattern of seventeen syllables at that time.
Kyoshi also highlighted the symbolic function of the kigo (the seasonal reference), even though the more modern trends were already tending towards seasonless haiku.

Trees and Tangents

Trees and Tangents (Naviarhaiku489)

The cold forest flaunts
A newly webbed blanket of
Wood anemones

Pritee Rel is a teacher living in Alberta, Canada, with her husband, two children, a dog, and a cat. Besides reading and writing, Pritee likes going on long walks/hikes with her dog.

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

Deadline: 31st May 2023

Haiku by Pritee Rel https://twitter.com/PriteeRel

Picture by Annie Spratt https://unsplash.com/photos/pfBwKO8rzjY

Wood Anemones (NaviarHaiku490)

This week’s haiku, by Santōka (1882-1940), inspired this improvisation. Played on a Dean 12-string bass guitar, with multiple effects added. Recorded and mixed in Reaper. Edited with CloudBounce.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Morning Star (naviarhaiku492)

Early morning,
One star remaining,
It’s a good day too.

A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku.

Santōka’s poetry emphasizes the necessity of sabi (solitude) in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment and serenity.

One star remaining (naviarhaiku492)

Fitz & The Snow Flakes go on adventure.

And I'm sharing their adventures.

Stuck in an elevator? In need for lessons on how to kneed your dough this winter? Wanna have fun falling on the rink? No worries, Fitz & The Snow Flakes have got you covered this winter!

Easy listening album for those dreamy winter days. Inside under a blanket enjoying the nothingness whilst holding a warm cup of hot chocolate. Or outside visiting a winter holiday market gathering your mittens, scarfs, and woolen hats.

Either way... you're invited to join Fitz & The Snow Flakes on their adventures.

Have a jolly good season, folks!

Fitz 1

The First Flake Of Snow

help from above

Winter in Holland

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.

Trees and Tangents (Naviarhaiku489)

Raymond Stull