tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34499612024-03-13T11:45:09.978-07:00Unjay- "Rumi Songs: a day in the two worlds"original poetry and
a project to write music for the poetry of Rumi (trans by Coleman Bark)Unjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817023437322925640noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449961.post-59367085418510047162009-05-20T17:03:00.000-07:002009-05-20T17:16:27.511-07:00... and then, once I had re-recorded "Some Kiss" from scratch, I dumped it because it was worse than the original which had been badly slated over at GarageBand.com... and I started again. This is all after the whole album had already been mastered. Just shows- do NOT rush your creative process!So I re-re-recorded "Some Kiss" (v4) and sent it off to Queensland to get mastered. It came back and I Unjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817023437322925640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449961.post-8097570974171437902009-05-20T16:58:00.000-07:002009-05-20T17:03:26.333-07:00Hmm.. well that elusive last song, "Some Kiss" sure was hard to get down. My "particular drummer" did not materialize, having gone back to Bohemia (the actual Bohemia, in Czech Republic), so i had to rely on loops again. Really, I would have liked to have recorded this song like Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen, huge backing band, multitudes of singers- but clearly this was not possible, so Unjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817023437322925640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449961.post-71578289358151301642008-01-14T05:21:00.000-08:002008-01-14T05:23:53.634-08:00So... still not finished the album!Waiting on a drummer, a particular drummer, to record the last track, "Some Kiss"... he's just told me he's not available til February... sigh...Will it EVER be finished?Unjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817023437322925640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449961.post-1135869220022146732005-12-29T07:06:00.000-08:002005-12-29T07:13:40.033-08:00Hurray! Today I finally finished my 3 track demo! Now it's time to mail it to far away places and see what happens!Unjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817023437322925640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449961.post-1118963181188677352005-06-17T08:35:00.000-07:002005-06-16T16:19:31.986-07:00then the snowAutumn leavesLike youScarletBrands and scars my heartIn the wood between the worldsTime holds its breathYour words fell into silenceA stone into still waterThe small tsunamiOf a single lifeEarth folds her handsThen the snow©2005 UnjayUnjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817023437322925640noreply@blogger.com