*Screen shot of instrumental layers : Song For Judy A few weeks ago I had a beautiful email from a member thanking me for the music I make. I was so touched that this month’s composer’s choice is composed and dedicated to Judy. In my email I replied: “… when I was 12 …I would play sustained, slow, ambient, Erik Satie/ dreamy Debussy-esque improvs to put my dad to sleep. He saw this as a very good investment in my music lessons! So, it goes way back, and I think this process was also dropping my own brainwave-states as well- and then Id record and play and speak on a cassette player, my own meditations.” My whole aim is to slow down the heart rate and drop your brainwave state as well as to take you on a journey. As a process, I imagine that I’m flying over an ever-changing landscape. These compositions are multi layered with interweaving layered sounds (polyphony- thankyou J.S.Bach) and I tend to get the whole structure down in the first sitting. Because I’ve been meditating for years, I can go into deeper brain states and still be composing/awake and I think the elevated ‘flying place’ placeSong for Judy-Composer’s Choice by Stephen Fearnley
Cherry Blossoms – by Stephen Fearnley
The inspiration for this month’s Composer’s Choice music download was unavoidable – it’s spring here and the blossoms are out. Gazillions of them. And I’m looking at my orchard and thinking: Goodness me what a lot of fruit is on its way! Pears, apples, cherries and peaches. So much to do, I’m going to have to learn how to preserve and bottle them, maybe I’ll just take my share and leave the rest to the birds and the worms to replenish the soil…Maybe I’ll just sit here instead and compose some music for One Mind Live… There are a few elements worth mentioning about this month’s music, aptly called “Cherry Blossoms”. It’s unabashedly Asian-sounding – which forms a large part of my musical and visual aesthetic anyway (a psychic once told me that this life was my ‘first western incarnation’ and I thought at the time, “No wonder I love sushi so much!”). However that could explain the reccurring lucid dreams I’ve had since childhood, of living in a Tibetan monastery….hmmmm, but that’s another story… I always start a composition for OML by sourcing my mood or state. I can never compose when distracted or grumpy, though I can oftenCherry Blossoms – by Stephen Fearnley