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(« Enigma » by Matías Argudín)
« Leaving The Ashram » is the third chapter of « Entering The Stream, » a trilogy describing an episode of intense introspection that will open our second album, « Satori.…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on October 20, 2012 at 2:00am —
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(« Guardian Angel, » sculpture by Josep Llimona, photography by P. B. Obregón)
« On The Wings Of My Guardian Angel » is one of…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on September 10, 2012 at 1:00am —
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(Based on « 4D virtual 3x3x3x3 sequential move puzzle, scrambled » by SpinningSpark)
« Integration » is the seventh and final chapter of « The Chrome Lake. »
This instrumental section starts…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on August 20, 2012 at 12:30am —
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(« Introspection II » by Christopher Stewart)
« Introspection II » is the fifth section, and second with vocals, of « The Chrome Lake. »
The chapter is an almost-but-not-identical twin to « Introspection I. » And again, the subject matter is pretty much self-explanatory.
Here are the lyrics :
I see you feel restrained,…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on August 6, 2012 at 12:30am —
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(« Surface Tension » by darkmatter)
In « Surface, » the sixth chapter of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is gradually returning to activity after having transformed into who they feel like being. Ultimately, they reach the…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 30, 2012 at 12:30am —
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(« Introspection » by Alberto Baumann)
« Introspection I » is the third part of « The Chrome Lake, » and its first section with vocals.
As implied by the title, the piece is about looking into oneself. More precisely, it speaks of having the courage to look at the…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 23, 2012 at 12:30am —
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(« Goldfish Pulling a Snail Cart » by James Pollock)
« Perseverance » is the fourth of the series of segues composed to join the tracks of…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 22, 2012 at 12:30am —
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(« Detail of a poster for the International Hygiene Exhibition 1911 in Dresden » by Franz von Stuck)
« Understanding » is the third segue in the series that I have written…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 12, 2012 at 12:00am —
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(« Between the waves » by Ivan Aivazovsky)
The seventh chapter of « The Dam » is entitled « Flow » and presents the situation once the obstacle has been overcome, the dam has been levelled, and the test…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 9, 2012 at 12:00am —
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(« Lebenslauf » by Adi Holzer)
« Vigilance » is the second of a series of short segues that I have composed in order to combine already existing pieces into one larger, continuous whole.
Each of the segues highlights a…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 5, 2012 at 12:00am —
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(« Moonlight Night on the Volga river » by Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov)
The second part of « The Dam » is entitled « River » and expounds the original situation, before the obstacle is recognized and dealt…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 2, 2012 at 12:00am —
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(« Primeval Center » by Christopher Stewart)
On a background of Wall Street Bailouts and Large Hadron Colliders, « Void » paints sunyata, the Buddhist concept of emptiness.
In Buddhism, the…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 30, 2012 at 2:00am —
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(« Dance Of Fire » by SarThePhotographer)
« Purposefulness » is the first of a series of short segues that I have put together in the hopes of joining existing compositions into one continuous piece of music.
In order to preserve the surprise, I won't disclose the…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 28, 2012 at 12:00am —
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(« Painting of the Zola dam near Aix-en-Provence in France » by Paul Cézanne)
The fourth movement of « The Dam » is entitled simply « Dam. » In the storyline, this is when the obstacle is recognized and the…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 25, 2012 at 12:00am —
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(« Stromschnelle » by Gerhard Rießbeck)
In « Rapids, » the third part of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is being carried from a mostly disappointing river straight into an heretofore…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 18, 2012 at 11:30pm —
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(« Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven » by Gustave Doré)
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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 14, 2012 at 11:30pm —
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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 11, 2012 at 11:30pm —
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(« Pocket stereoscope » by Joaquim Alves Gaspar)
« Stereoscopy » is the definitive title of a song which I used to refer to as « Point Of View. » I changed my mind about the title while writing and singing the melodies, thinking that the former word doesn’t get the chance…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 10, 2012 at 2:00am —
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(« The Winged Man » by Odilon Redon)
« The Winged Life » takes its name from William Blake's poem « Eternity » :
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He who binds himself to a joy
Does the winged life…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 4, 2012 at 11:01pm —
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(Detail from « American Quilt » by Natasha2006)
When I complete a composition there are often unused ideas left. Some of those I find actually pretty good but if I can’t see how to fit them into the piece then there’s not much choice but to discard them. For a…
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Added by Christopher Stewart on May 29, 2012 at 11:39pm —
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