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haiku #548:The sound of silence / is all the instruction / you’ll get

In Your Life

Enjoy the accompanying visuals at https://youtu.be/Bh-qlCM85Es

The sound of silence
is all the instruction
you’ll get

Like other “Beat Poets”, Jack Kerouac was attracted to Eastern philosophy, perception, and poetry. Together with Ginsberg and Whalen, he helped “Americanise” the haiku form and introduce it to a wider audience outside of Japan.

“The American Haiku is not exactly the Japanese Haiku. The Japanese Haiku is strictly disciplined to seventeen syllables but since the language structure is different I don’t think American Haikus (short three-line poems intended to be completely packed with Void of Whole) should worry about syllables because American speech is something again…bursting to pop.

Above all, a Haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and make a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi Pastorella.”

(Kerouac)

Haiku by Jack Kerouac: https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/livinglegacies/2650-jack-kerouac.html

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

visuals (YouTube)

halF instructioN [naviarhaiku548]

Recorded, mixed & mastered 30 Nov 2023, 01 Dec 2023 & 03 Jul 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2024 Jim Lemanowicz

Process notes

This started life in Nov 2023 along with Disquiet Junto 0622, which is to say a recording of acoustic guitar I made in 1988. (https://ift.tt/MwTqgeO)

Tools used - Ableton Live, a handful of Max for Live devices, K-Devices Shaper, AudioDamage Fluid, AudioDamage Ratshack Reverb, AudioDamage AdVerb, Monolake PitchLoop89 & Ableton native devices, along with iZotope Ozone 9 for mastering.

This original version of "The Distorted People That I Know" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 548, The Sound Of Silence

The sound of silence
is all the instruction
you’ll get

by: Jack Kerouac

Like other “Beat Poets”, Jack Kerouac was attracted to Eastern philosophy, perception, and poetry. Together with Ginsberg and Whalen, he helped “Americanise” the haiku form and introduce it to a wider audience outside of Japan.

“The American Haiku is not exactly the Japanese Haiku. The Japanese Haiku is strictly disciplined to seventeen syllables but since the language structure is different I don’t think American Haikus (short three-line poems intended to be completely packed with Void of Whole) should worry about syllables because American speech is something again…bursting to pop.
Above all, a Haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and make a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi Pastorella.”
(Kerouac)

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

The Distorted People That I Know (naviarhaiku548)

Guitar improvisation without touching the strings, only the volume poti. The prerequisite is high volume, Marshall JCM 800 and 4x12 Cabinet, line six delay, Overlord overdrive and Ibanez tube screamer, and the willingness to destroy one's ears. And,of course, a Fender Contemporary Strat, white.

Silent Breakers Naviarhaiku 548

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
548
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku548-the-sound-of-silence/

2024-07-04

The Sound Of Silence ¨(Naviarhaiku 548  )

Electronic piano tracks with a little reverb.

The Silence of Sound (naviarhaiku548)

Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 548.
Sur un haïku de Jack Kerouac:
The sound of silence
is all the instruction
you'll get

Naviar548

A Big Thank You to https://soundcloud.com/dreamingwhileawakemusic for providing this wonderful bass and drum section. Please take a listen to his version of the song:
https://soundcloud.com/dreamingwhileawakemusic/the-tree-rough-take-1-collab-w-xian3?si=bd834c45b7a44b9aa467fadb0dc32338&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

It’s been a great honor and pleasure to collab…
The picture shows my favorite tree in my favorite park

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The Tree

You are probably
An old tree
Standing exactly 
Where you should be
Your condition…
It is ideal

You’re obviously 
An old tree
Standing exactly
Where you should be
Rooted deeply 
Down in history,

Scratching solid rock,
That’s where you stuck
Your bark 
Is notched
Tells the whole story
From the bottom to the glory

Roots and crown they radiate
Where a far too early 
Meets a far too late
And your branches spread out with might
Spreading to the light
Expand into the light…
Expanding to the light

In the threatening heat 
You provide me a retreat
Just letting me breathe
Just for a little while
In an escalating delta 
You offer me a shelter
Oh, just letting me breathe
Just for a little while

Letting me breathe

Lean on you 
For a couple of ys
And get through…
And be inspired by you
And sing my way through 	    			

Lean on you 
For a couple of ys
And get through…

The Tree (wt DWA)

Cast of Characters:
 
Cgmaness – @user-419254289-15129531 – Chris – foundational acoustic guitar and seed idea
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- organ, piano, synth oboe, lyrics, and vocals
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken– drums and percussion 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 – four string fretless bass
The Eclectic Collective — composition and mix

  This is the second song in a row that The Eclectic Collective is releasing in as many weeks that was written by Chris. We love working on his songs, and all jumped at the chance to play with this one, as well. He wrote it on an acoustic guitar, onto which he also put some heavy reverb, giving it an ethereal, chordal sound. To that bare bones, Josh fist added his four-string fretless bass to a click track, of all things. Luckily, Ken swooped in soon after and gave it a proper beat with his lively percussion performance. 
  Once the rhythm section was complete, Tez added his melodic, golden-tone guitar in there. Then, it was JJ's turn. He added not only the piano and synth, but wrote the lyrics and sang it, as well. 
  This song was actually mixed by the group, as we all added our parts, although Ken did some final adjustments, too.
  JJ's lyrics tell the story of the first people to reach Easter Island, millennia ago. The wonder of the journey and the discovery of a new home, while using the materials available to survive. Here are his original lyrics.

Original Lyrics by J.J. Terrell:
 
Through the eyes of the gentle rain
Monuments raised where the Lapwings stay
All the sand, the hourglass of man sifts here
A traveling band of gypsies in this land appear
Crowd the fire as the night sets in
Listen for tales of enlightenment
Until dawn
The flowered down of a bird so true
Pure as heaven, the chosen few
It's all waiting for the night

Unabashed (Eclectic Collective)

Rip A Raw Hole

original here https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-95-disquietjunto0698
More on the 699th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Third Third — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0699/

Chef Money (Junto Trio with Boundary Objects and Krakenkraft )disquiet0699

Today In The Near East...

Thoroughfare Of Collapse

"Honest Life"
Original song and lyrics by
Courtney Marie Andrews

Honest Life (Cover)

If anyone is actually interested..... recording notes: 
- This was dumped from Logic onto a lightly used TDK-SA90 cassette from 85 or 86 before being dumped back into Logic for mastering. It is not a fully analog production and I am not claiming it to be. Dropouts/overload/etc are desired. Just wanted tape sound and went this route rather than using a plugin. This is probably best listened to on headphones for the full effect. Lot of things panning around, etc. 

- "Vlideliot" was split up into two tracks for the E.P. This gives the listener options.... I realize the intro is maybe three hours too long..... The single version is just one track. 

-There is a hidden track on the Bandcamp version. Perhaps not safe for work. It's a bunch of vocal tracks arguing. If I put it here it would not be hidden. In fact, forget I said anything. There is no hidden track.

1. Vlideliot (Part 1)
2. Vlideliot (Part 2)
3. Renemesaclont
4. Tregloth's Path
5. Tregloth

Personnel:
Jason: Guitar,bass,drum pads/programming,vocals,field recordings, tape machine, lawnmower, production.
Thanks.

"Tregloth" (Full E.P.)

Alantrios

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