The Eye of the Rakshasa

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Just a fragment of improvisation. I'm not good at it. Nevertheless, maybe some short moments are good. It's me, simply, no mix, no add-on. My first post.

(A Rakshasa is a goblin or spirit of the Hindu mythology. There are many kinds of them, not equally evil.)

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Song Stats

Hits: 1486
Comments: 20
Fans: 6
Plays: 234
Downloads: 95
Votes: 14
Uploaded: Aug 18, 2005 - 11:33:47 AM
Last Updated: Oct 19, 2005 - 02:02:33 AM Last Played: Nov 16, 2009 - 06:50:00 AM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Hardware:

Clavinova CLP 240, UA-25

Software:

Logic Express

Comments

davajonah	davajonah said 1561 days ago (August 18th, 2005)
	I like this a lot This is really nice - lovely sound and great improvisation. You should do more with this - add drums, bass, multi layer it - whatever. You obviously have loads of talent on the keys, keep 'em coming! [Thanks also for the "Icon" comment - much appreciated!] DJ :) Check out my latest song called Pavlov's Dog

alley-oop	alley-oop said 1561 days ago (August 18th, 2005)
	Nice vibe! You have a very nice touch. Cool jazz chords and progression. Wow! great run there. Very nice! Check out my latest song called anymore

allsaints	allsaints said 1561 days ago (August 18th, 2005)
	Title This is a damn fine track. It has great mood and feel. You don't get bored when listening to it. I'm always curious where you'll go next, and you're not redundent. I look forward to hearing more of your music. Check out my latest song called Color Permutation Of Composition Two

rik	rik said 1561 days ago (August 18th, 2005)
	Thanks I thank you all very much for kind appreciation and encouragement. Makes me think I will double my efforts to achieve real improvement. I don' know either what comes next. :) Check out my latest song called Kind of Electric

ziti	ziti said 1560 days ago (August 18th, 2005)
	i'll chime in very nice improv....sultry, smokey, just enough off kilter monkish stuff to keep it interesting...very nice... i believe with the gear you got, a little reverb and eq would turn this into a great peice of listening. please post more, rik z Check out my latest song called All Smokey

rik	rik said 1557 days ago (August 22nd, 2005)
	Thanks Thanks a lot, ziti...still the off kilter stuff is not intentional... I've got just to improve my aim at the keys...:D Happy you enjoyed the mood anyway. Check out my latest song called Kind of Electric

Tadashi Togawa	Tadashi Togawa said 1560 days ago (August 19th, 2005)
	Time of mellowness I like this piano. I like this sound. I feel the time of fine quality. Check out my latest song called Mexican taste

rik	rik said 1557 days ago (August 22nd, 2005)
	Time of mellowness I think you're right, Tadashi, it's about time for me to learn playing piano. Thanks a lot for stopping by. Check out my latest song called Kind of Electric

I.G.M.	I.G.M. said 1559 days ago (August 20th, 2005)
	Great tune! I love it! Damn, you`re an understatemented kinda guy. Please, go on posting! 4 times 10! I.G.M. Check out my latest song called I`m Gone

rik	rik said 1556 days ago (August 22nd, 2005)
	... You're really too kind, IGM! Check out my latest song called Kind of Electric

TennesseeVic	TennesseeVic said 1558 days ago (August 20th, 2005)
	Professional This is quality stuff. Very well played. Check out my latest song called Tecmo Superbowl 2009 w/ Dead End (MJRF 2004)

Mystified	Mystified said 1558 days ago (August 21st, 2005)
	Mellow and moody.... I like the 'colors' in this piece. The way the tone shifts from cool to warm and then to cool again. Lovely playing, too. Thank you for posting this. Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

	Anonymous said 1558 days ago (August 21st, 2005)
	very good... More like that! It`s great! Relaxed! Skilled! Fresh! Interesting! Ambitious! Very good! .......................................................................................... Awesome! .......................................................................................... junk

swood	swood said 1555 days ago (August 24th, 2005)
	DECENT SOUNDS REAL GOOD AND THAT IS COMING FROM AN OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM I LIKE THIS TYPE OF MUSIC AND YOU DID GOOD I'M NOT ALL GANGSTER RAP HOPEFULLY YOU CAN APPRECIATE A FEW OF MY WLD TRACKS Check out my latest song called WHO SHOT YA

Jimbo	Jimbo said 1554 days ago (August 24th, 2005)
	Good Song for a First Timer Cool... jazzy and improvisation is excellent. Thanx for letting us know what's a Rakshasa and some Hindu mythology :)

rik	rik said 1554 days ago (August 25th, 2005)
	Too kind Thank you for stopping by, Jimbo. Check out my latest song called Kind of Electric

	PG172A said 1544 days ago (September 4th, 2005)
	Doesn't need anthing else if you ask me. It reminds me of Joe Sample and Alice Coltrane. Alice Coltrane did some albums on very similar themes as yours in the early seventies, which have just been re issued. You might want to check them out.

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1536 days ago (September 12th, 2005)
	Lovely Beautiful playing Slimmie Check out my latest song called Not Enough

Our Man Duff	Our Man Duff said 1534 days ago (September 14th, 2005)
	bravo! do i need to say more? Check out my latest song called silence is a rhythm too

The Composer

The Composer said 1510 days ago (October 8th, 2005)

Reminds me a little of Keith Jarrett
... reminds me at least of his Dark Intervals Album. Thats because it
sounds like you have a vauge idea of what you're going to do before
you do it... at least you almost have a sense of structure, you started
off slowly with just the chords... and then expanded out and elaborated
your improvisation from that and theres nothing wrong with that at
all... very nice playing and being a pianist I've got no choice but to
listen to your other pieces now.

Some suggestions I will make though, is to either pre-plan or try to
think about the overall structure of your pieces when you are
improvising with them. It can be as simple as start with playing
chords, start playing faster, then get louder, then play a little slower
and go back to chords, but it will add a lot of shape to your pieces
(plus you won't need to fade it out at then, the piece will end itself
when you want it to).

In all music, especially jazz... the thing that separates many of the
fantastic players from the average is the ability to think and hear into
the future.

Great work, I'm gonna go listen to the rest of your work now

Check out my latest song called 25 Minutes in a Japanese Restaurant (Readers Digest Version) (MJRF)

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Name: Riccardo

Hey, no big artist here! Just trying to have fun with my Clavinova. Although I am really dissatisfied with what I write, sometimes I succeed in listening back to my improvisations. Will I be able to improve my music by practicing improvisation and ... [see more]

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