Name: Sketch for Woodwinds by Steve Marsh 13
Duration: 2 min 15 s
Description: An original composition for overdubbed woodwinds and keyboard. Steven Marsh played all the instruments heard here: flute, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, electric piano.

I wanted to start this year off by covering one of my favorite songs by Elton John. After listening to the Disney+ stream of his Farewell concert, and checking out plenty of early performances on YouTube, I wanted to cover this song.

The drums were played on the keyboard using Sonar’s Steven Slate Black Bird library. The piano was performed on Nord’s White Grand sample (which is still my personal favorite). I played my five string bass with my bass pod, the MarbleHead guitar mixed with the Vox amp, and a little shaker here and there.

Then with my Victor Reader Stream and mixer, I recreated the crowd using plenty of samples Brian sent me a while ago.

This was a lot of fun for me, and I hope you all enjoy it too!!! (Smile)
R F

Bennie and the Jets

Benny And The Jets - Elton John Cover

An original composition for overdubbed woodwinds and keyboard. Steven Marsh played all the instruments heard here: flute, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, electric piano.  

Sketch for Woodwinds

"Om mani padme hum" (ॐ मणिपद्मे हूं) is an ancient Sanskrit 6-syllable mantra. It means "the jewel in the lotus."
Chanting this before sitting practice or yoga allows the initial dust of thinking to drop away, exposing the no-shadow light of don’t-know, our original nature, the true Self.  Not chanted in the head, or with the throat, but from the center, the lower-belly.
The chant stretches the length of one full out-breath, making this version of the chant an excellent technique for attaining just-now mind very quickly and deeply. The length of the breath is not forced, but is watched, intently, especially at the end. The in-breath is also an important part of the chant. “Who is doing this? Who is doing this?” “What controls this breath?” 

Chants mastered and produced by Erik "Yogi" Moeller, of Zen House, Oslo, NO (http://zenleadership.no/musikk/).

Sketch for Woodwinds

Steve Marsh 13

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