Northern Snow (Cori Ander)

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This can best be described as an improvisational guitar landscape. A "snow-impro" as Cori Ander calls it. He recorded this between takes of another song for the Noel Project CD "Splendor Bright." It was so good that Mystified and I asked Curry if we could add "Northern Snow" to the CD, too.

"I was associating to the different faces of snow," Cori Ander says. "Snow can be soft and beautiful. It can be hard and grim. It can be wet. It can be dry." It can also be cold inspiration for a wonderful guitarist. Thanks Curry!
-- Tom Atwood

Photo by Cori Ander
November 29, 2005

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Uploaded: Nov 29, 2005 - 05:06:48 PM
Last Updated: Nov 30, 2005 - 08:02:59 AM Last Played: Nov 23, 2009 - 01:55:15 PM

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cjhoose	cjhoose said 1455 days ago (November 29th, 2005)
	snowy indeed :) Does feel like snow. Beautiful playing... a definate download. Glad it's going to be included on the CD! Check out my latest song called Julia

Cori Ander	Cori Ander said 1455 days ago (November 30th, 2005)
	snowy indeed :) Thanks a lot cjhoose! Happy to hear that the "mood of snow" has come through! Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

jgurner	jgurner said 1455 days ago (November 29th, 2005)
	Haven't seen snow... ...in my part of the world in years. But this made me think back to all those snowfalls I remember from my childhood - beautiful, delicate and dreamy. Wonderful. Check out my latest song called Bourbon Street Dawn

Tom Atwood

Tom Atwood said 1455 days ago (November 29th, 2005)

In my dreams...
I wish I could create a piece like this. But I am not envious of you, or
jealous. I know I will never play guitar like this. Instead, I enjoy
listening to you, like I am in on a huge secret. How long will you
remain hidden? Up there on the West coast of Sweden in all that snow?

Thanks for letting us steal this piece for the CD.

Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

Cori Ander	Cori Ander said 1455 days ago (November 30th, 2005)
	In my dreams... Thanks a lot Tom! And thanks also for letting me in on this project, it has been a true joy working with you guys! Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

Jim Bouchard

Jim Bouchard said 1455 days ago (November 29th, 2005)

Ideal expressive guitar playing
Curry is once again totally enthralling me with such perfect guitar
playing. I love this! It's so much like snow. The last little note makes
me think of the red nose you get when walking in sub-zero (farenheit)
temperatures when your breath freezes. Where I grew up in on the
border of New York and Canada it was like that, so I have an affinity for
that sort of climate (though I couldn't say a great love for it) I'd say this
is mostly dry snow in this song...

Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

Cori Ander

Cori Ander said 1454 days ago (November 30th, 2005)

Ideal expressive guitar playing
Yes, think you're right ... it's probably mostly dry snow.

And thank you for the red nose association! It really fits and now I am getting
that picture of my cold nose .. ping ... every time listen to that end ...

And most of all thank you for your appreciation, you being one of my greatest
singer-songwriter-guitarplayer-heros, that means a lot!

Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

Slotogenic	Slotogenic said 1455 days ago (November 29th, 2005)
	another example of some fine pickin' This is fantastic. I love the way you speed and slow down. Like the wind picking up and letting down. I also love the notes you play ever so slightly out of key. If I was a dog my ears would perk up. I love how you ended it and the length of it too. It demandss multiple listenings, which is a good thing!

Cori Ander	Cori Ander said 1454 days ago (November 30th, 2005)
	another example of some fine pickin' Thank you Eric! Well, you hitted some of the details that made me keep the tune and not just discard it .. the speeding and slow down and the notes slightly out of key... Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

Mystified	Mystified said 1455 days ago (November 29th, 2005)
	Beautiful, delicate and fleeting ...like snow dancing on a brisk breeze as it settles to the ground. Fabulous playing, as always. So glad you've added this to the Noel Project CD :) Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

Cori Ander	Cori Ander said 1454 days ago (November 30th, 2005)
	Beautiful, delicate and fleeting Thank you for your appreciation Cat! I feel very privileged that you let me in! Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

Ed Hannifin

Ed Hannifin said 1455 days ago (November 30th, 2005)

Yeah, Cori...
...you found a bit of the spirit of snow in this piece...

It's a nice match with the photo, too. It really brings me into that first
moment on a snowy morning, quietly watching the snow come down
while the rest of the house sleeps...

Another beautiful one, and an offering from the Noel Project that I can
play year-round...

Ed

Check out my latest song called Next Time Around (w/jiguma)

Cori Ander	Cori Ander said 1453 days ago (December 1st, 2005)
	Yeah, Cori... Thanks a lot Ed! And I know that you've got snow in Massachusetts too, they said so on the radio (... yes, on the radio here in Sweden...)! Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

ziti	ziti said 1455 days ago (November 30th, 2005)
	I really hate snow i mean i really really hate it...... but after hearing snow thru your playing, i guess i gotta rethink my position. this is improvisation???....it is of the highest quality improv i have ever heard. it is a masterpiece. humbly yours z Check out my latest song called All Smokey

Cori Ander

Cori Ander said 1451 days ago (December 3rd, 2005)

I really hate snow
Yes it is an improvisation. In the beginning of it I was resting, just gazing out
the window while the guitar worked by itself. Then suddenly I became aware
of some affinity between what the guitar was playing and dancing snow
flakes. So then I stared to conciously associate to different faces of snow as
the inspirational base for the improvisation.

But then, dear Ziti, then I have cut out more than half of the impro and just
saved the best! So it is not made as you use to do; in one uncut take! That
would have required a pro!

Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

RickW	RickW said 1454 days ago (November 30th, 2005)
	Wonderful snowfall This piece reminds me of delicate flakes of falling snow. Very peaceful indeed. Check out my latest song called Picture of Perfection (MJRF)

Cori Ander	Cori Ander said 1452 days ago (December 3rd, 2005)
	Wonderful snowfall Thanks a lot Rick! Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

jiguma

jiguma said 1454 days ago (November 30th, 2005)

snowy wonderment
Curry, this brings back memories of 1986 in the north of England -a
harsh winter and the joy of the many faces of snow. It also brings back
the look on our (then) 5 year old daughter's face as she stared in
wonderment at her first sight of snow that year. Your "snow-impro"
describes that soft snow that coats the trees, after many hours, in icing
sugar-like transparent whiteness - viewed out the window from the
warmth of a log fire or from inside a heated car. I'd love to hear you
do the "horizontal" snow of howling northern winds some time too!
Absolutely beautiful chill out music - I could listen to this for hours!
Cheers,
Neil

Check out my latest song called Lost In Translation (w Mike Watkins)

thetiler	thetiler said 1454 days ago (December 1st, 2005)
	Like the open tuning sound of this Very nicely done, like the harmonics as well. Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

alley-oop	alley-oop said 1453 days ago (December 1st, 2005)
	Snow capital Wonderful music I live in The US's snowiest metropilitan area. This little track can go in my ipod to start my morning cross-country ski. Great improv. Great touch on the guitar. Open chording? Check out my latest song called anymore

alley-oop	alley-oop said 1453 days ago (December 1st, 2005)
	Snow capital Wonderful music I live in The US's snowiest metropilitan area. This little track can go in my ipod to start my morning cross-country ski. Great improv. Great touch on the guitar. Open chording? Check out my latest song called anymore

Cori Ander	Cori Ander said 1453 days ago (December 1st, 2005)
	Snow capital Not open chording but low E string tuned down to D (think there is a special name for that tuning but I keep forget) ... and, yes, capo second fret too ... Thanks for your support! Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

snowdragon

snowdragon said 1453 days ago (December 2nd, 2005)

Snow capital
It's called slack-key in my musical circles but some call it drop-down tuning.
There are probably other terms as well.

On another note:
The Dene have more than 100 words for "snow."

Guess we'll have to add one more now, eh?

---
When philosophy and reality collide, reality wins,
<a href="http://secondlife.com/ss/?u=523780b076305e8d810607813a3bec40">Snow Gretzky</a>

Check out my latest song called The Wolf 7

	xeroexecute said 1452 days ago (December 3rd, 2005)
	nice i like it

Al Terego

Al Terego said 1451 days ago (December 3rd, 2005)

The Inuits have lots of words for snow
I wonder if they have any that could decribe this. I can hear the wood of
your guitar, it almost sounds like a dulcimer in places, as if you were
beating it with small hammers. Your playing is so precise and yet human
and warm. As someone else said above it is as if you were watching the
snowflakes fall outside your window while a fire burned inside.

I have heard this three times already and every time it warms me a little
more.

I loved it.

rtcooper	rtcooper said 1451 days ago (December 3rd, 2005)
	There We Are Intimate. Surrounding. Embracing. Good Heavens, Man. It's quite Something. Best Regards, Cooper Check out my latest song called Intimate Anyway

sky shoes	sky shoes said 1451 days ago (December 4th, 2005)
	Nice Can I borrow your fingers? Check out my latest song called Baby You Can Do Much Better Than Me

	said 1450 days ago (December 4th, 2005)
	When I listen to... your music, and specifically this piece, I know I capture a glimpse or view through a window into Curry. And the more I listen, the more I like what I "see." As Tom said... you are a hidden treasure. So glad you have chosen to grace macjams with your music and your spirit. May God's blessing be with you and yours this Christmas season. Jack

kristyjo	kristyjo said 1450 days ago (December 4th, 2005)
	Just lovely It's very nice guitar playing, and very visual and programatic. I'm glad you have included it on the CD. Check out my latest song called What a Friend We Have in Jesus

I. Spike	I. Spike said 1449 days ago (December 5th, 2005)
	I can feel it on my eyelashes... I love this piece... Wonderful emotive playing. Cheers! Check out my latest song called Mighty Cracker Fly

dpower	dpower said 1449 days ago (December 5th, 2005)
	Well Done! I like the right hand pickin' techniques used in this. Good use of dynamics and cross picking to create a great feel - I wish it was longer - very relaxing and interesting composition. Thanks for sharing this piece. Check out my latest song called Meltdown (Live Band Version)

Noel Project	Noel Project said 1430 days ago (December 25th, 2005)
	Merry Christmas! Thanks again Curry for posting this lovely tune. Thanks everyone for listening and for your comments. Check out my latest song called Finale (Silent Night)

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