Track by @naobamusic
Cover by @naturritu
Mastering by @xuqutopi

NAOBA - Medicine People

“Open My Heart” is a prayer to Self, to Spirit, to the world, to everyone and everything. To show me where I am still judging, feeling judged, and anywhere I’m still not loving, and therefore not living fully. It is a prayer for awareness and awakening as much as it is for the strength and courage to feel and face these parts, and, “love a little more.” 

Bless your Awakening 🎶💛🙏🏼

Open My Heart

David and Steve Gordon. Chakra meditation chants.

6th Chakra Ajna

German Girl Looking Like A Pearl

Wound Up/Unwind - Unwind for String Quartet and Hand Pan
Written: 2025
Total Duration: 10'
for string quartet and percussion (cajón with pedal and handpan—D Kurd 10: D) A, B-flat, C, D, E, F, G, A, C )
Commissioned by FAB5 quintet with support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
World Premiere: FAB5, Mostly Modern Festival | The Netherlands, Oostkerk, Middelburg, Middelburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands, May 2, 2025
US Premiere: Mostly Modern Festival. FAB5, Mostly Modern Festival, Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 18, 2026
Publisher: Bill Holab Music
For More Information: https://robertpaterson.com/wound-up-unwind
VIdeo: https://youtu.be/RPyXPYx-nuo


PROGRAM NOTE
For many years, my wife Victoria and her FAB5 quintet (string quartet and percussion), have entertained thousands of people at numerous performance spaces and travel hubs in New York City, including Moynihan Train Hall, Oculus World Trade Center, Javits Center, and Chelsea Market. Having seen many of their shows, especially those at travel hubs, there's a certain tension and release you experience watching people wait anxiously for their trains, and then the release they feel when they are finally on their way. I've had these experiences myself, so I wanted to create two pieces that emulate these feelings.

Wound Up/Unwind consists of two contrasting pieces for string quartet and percussion. The first, Wound Up, for string quartet and cajón, imitates the feeling of being worried, anxious, and frustrated, especially while waiting to board a train. The second, Unwind, for string quartet and handpan, is calm and soothing, perhaps emulating the satisfying feeling of relaxing in a quiet seat as the train leaves the station. Both pieces can be performed independently and in any order.

Wound Up/Unwind is written for and commissioned by the FAB5 quintet with support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Unwind for String Quartet and Hand Pan

Most of the pieces on Shanti Guitar are based on the concept of Raga, a traditional form of Indian music that has been in existence for centuries. It's important to note that these pieces are not traditional North Indian Classical music. Rather, they were borne from a personal musical style developed over many years - a style that is heavily influenced by this music.

The word Raga itself means “that which colors the mind." It is not only a scale or some fixed sequence of notes; it is considered a living musical entity (like a God or Goddess). The ancient Vedic yogis discovered that ragas have certain harmonious or antagonistic effects depending on when they are played. When correctly performed -- at the appropriate time of day or season of the year -- a spiritual connection between Raga and musician occurs, thus creating a "sound manifestation" between artist and audience. It is an experience that is literally out of this world.

"Music is much more than notes produced on an instrument. Every note should live and breathe with a connection to the Soul. Drawing from the infinite tradition of raga, as well as that of blues and those South African sounds of my youth, I have found a way to express my experience in a way that I hope will leave you feeling soothed, healed, uplifted and at peace with one's self and the world. Because that's the feeling I get from playing it. Namaste, Siyabonga and Peace." - Stevin McNamara, Ashland, Oregon, January 2012

Shanti Guitar

Song of the Sun Pt. 1 - Alap

Journey to the Crystal Mountain Pt. 1 - Alap

Shanti Guitar (digital version)

Song of the Sun (reprise)

Another Sneak From the forthcoming White Swan Records release "Shanti Guitar" (March 1012)
Digital Download - available now !
This piece is inspired by The Ragas Jhinjoti and Gara.

Romantic mood - Lovers meet in a Secret Garden - under the Mango Trees.
They dance lovingly beneath a silvery Moon.

Moon Magic (Chandra) (Part 1 - Alap)

MoonMagic Alap

Compra/Buy

El Instante Eterno

Buddha Garden

Flowering

World -Raga- Acoustic Guitar Music for Yoga, Contemplation, Meditation, Heart, Mind and Soul, or just to Chill. Real Instruments played by Real People. 

Stevin McNamara has been playing and recording music for over 40 years.
He is in the unique position of being an accomplished 
Composer/Musician and a Recording Engineer.
This gives him total freedom in any music/recording environment.

Born in South Africa, Stevin started learning piano and guitar at the age 
of seven. He played solo and in bands all the way through high school.
At the age of twenty one, Stevin moved to the United States, where he 
had more formal training at Berklee College of Music in Boston Mass.
He has been involved in music ever since.

Although Stevin grew up with the sounds of African Music, he also 
discovered Indian Music in the early seventies and studied the Sitar with 
Ram Chakravarty of Benares who was then professor of music at 
Wesleyan College in Connecticut.
This diverse exposure to such a broad spectrum of music, ranging from 
World to Pop has contributed to the unique musical style he has 
developed over the years.

In the late seventies, after spending considerable time as a session 
musician in recording studios, Stevin became fascinated with what was 
happening on the "other side of the glass", namely the recording process
itself. This passion developed into a highly successful career as an audio 
engineer.

He has worked in the fields of Popular music World, Folk, Jazz, Film and 
Television in top studios in South Africa, England, and the United States,
He is perfectly at home in any State of the Art recording facility, or Live 
Sound scenario, even at Stadium Concert level. He is qualified to teach 
Audio engineering at College level.

Stevin has worked with well- known producers such as Robert John "Mutt"
Lange and a huge spectrum of recording artists (see Artist List - www.yogitar.com)
- from Paul Winter to Tina Turner- from Bryan Adams to Zakir Hussein.

He now lives In Ashland Oregon where he spends his time doing 
freelance recording, original music production, and live performances


Solo CD Releases.
" Savasana Yoga Music: Healing Guitar for Massage, Sleep & Yoga Nidra"
 Nov 2016. White Swan Records.(http://whiteswanrecords.com/index.php/white-swan-healing-arts-series/product/323-savasana-yoga-music-healing-guitar-for-massage-sleep-yoga-nidra)

"Shakti Guitar - a Yogic Journey from Radiant Dawn to Deepest Midnight ". - released Sept 23 2014 - White Swan Records -http://whiteswanrecords.com/

"Shanti Guitar" - Released April 2012 - White Swan Records

"Prana Groove" - Released Feb 2011 - White Swan Records

"Om Guitar- Acoustic Meditation Music" - released April 2008 - Sounds True .

prior releases include:

“Caroline Myss Chakra Meditation Music” - Sounds True .
“Hafiz - The Scent of Light” - Sounds True
and “Yogitar” - Etherean Music.

Stevin's Music has also been recently released on various compilations:

Putumayo's - "Yoga Lounge"  Oct 2014
Sounds True - "Trip Tracks : Ecstasy"  Sept 2014
Putumayo's - "World Yoga" - 2012
White Swan - "Meditative Massage Music: Healing Instrumentals for Peace & Quiet" - 2012
White Swan - "Savasana Yoga Music: Healing Instrumentals & Singing Bowls for Meditation & Relaxation" - 2012
White Swan - "Spa Relaxation Music: Soothing Spa Sounds for Serenity " - 2012
Seva Foundation - "Poised to Give" - 2012
Ambition Entertainment, Australia - "Yoga Yoga Yoga - 2013

Journey to the Crystal Mountain Pt. 1 - Alap

Stevin McNamara

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