After being together just a few short months, Nyle Steiner, Kristin Lish and I have finished our first CD as Pungent Lily. This compilation of songs is incredibly eclectic, and all the songs were done live. We have a great way of working, and love just improvising our music. Four of the ten tunes were created on the spot; we just turned on the recorder and started playing!
It's amazing what can come out of you when you totally trust not only your instincts, but your fellow musicians. In order to effectively improv, you've got to be fearless. You've got to be so open that you're almost unconcious. It's like you're speeding down the rapids on a raft you have no control over; YOU JUST GO WHERE THE RIVER TAKES YOU. It's so exciting. We'll play a song back after we've recorded it and won't even remember what we'd done! All true inspiration comes from a higher power, and when you're really flowing with that, IT takes over. You become the vehicle for the music to flow through.
Tomorrow night we'll be doing an event at Harvest Lane where we'll be creating music for meditation and reflection - a Solstice celebration to honor Midsummer. All of us in Pungent Lily are looking forward to creating Solstice music that will never be played again. It will be created spontaneously, then, like a sunset, will just blaze away, poof!
We're going to record the evening's music, though. Look for some sound samples on my website soon!
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