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Our good friend's son Jason passed away over the last weekend at the age of 22 after graduating with honor from Arizona State University.
Any parent here knows that is a worst-case scenario. Their worst damn nightmare..
In any case, I started thinking about Jason’s soul and what its journey might sound like to an observer if we were able to take a "ride" along with him.
This piece is a second draft of my original idea also posted here. It's based on something I've been working on for some time, but (un)fortunately found the inspiration to complete upon hearing of our friends loss.
It’s all original and mostly improvised on the fly. All recorded with Garage band. The Alto Sax and vocals are all me recorded 10 tracks in harmony, with some vocals at the end to symbolize the connection between the soul and our physical being rejoicing as it transcends to the next level of existence.
Now, to those who know me, I am not a very religious person, but I am spiritual in many ways.
I don’t mean for this to be a religious representation of my feelings, but rather a spiritual expression to invoke the feelings of beauty, wonder, progression, rejoice, and uncertainty as the soul travels from cradle to grave, and beyond.
It’s a big departure from the other songs I’ve posted but I've learned you don’t get in the way of inspiration.
It is wrapped around a very popular piece that just about everyone knows called TAPS.
Taps is traditionally associated to military funerals, and although Jason was not in the military, his father was for 20+ years, and Jason led his life in a manner that any military man would have been proud of.
Its commonly accepted that TAPS is not meant only for military personnel, but was originally written as a "lights out" signal to the troops, and later adapted to be played at services to say good-bye to a fallen comrade.
Good-bye Jason. Many will miss you.
Any parent here knows that is a worst-case scenario. Their worst damn nightmare..
In any case, I started thinking about Jason’s soul and what its journey might sound like to an observer if we were able to take a "ride" along with him.
This piece is a second draft of my original idea also posted here. It's based on something I've been working on for some time, but (un)fortunately found the inspiration to complete upon hearing of our friends loss.
It’s all original and mostly improvised on the fly. All recorded with Garage band. The Alto Sax and vocals are all me recorded 10 tracks in harmony, with some vocals at the end to symbolize the connection between the soul and our physical being rejoicing as it transcends to the next level of existence.
Now, to those who know me, I am not a very religious person, but I am spiritual in many ways.
I don’t mean for this to be a religious representation of my feelings, but rather a spiritual expression to invoke the feelings of beauty, wonder, progression, rejoice, and uncertainty as the soul travels from cradle to grave, and beyond.
It’s a big departure from the other songs I’ve posted but I've learned you don’t get in the way of inspiration.
It is wrapped around a very popular piece that just about everyone knows called TAPS.
Taps is traditionally associated to military funerals, and although Jason was not in the military, his father was for 20+ years, and Jason led his life in a manner that any military man would have been proud of.
Its commonly accepted that TAPS is not meant only for military personnel, but was originally written as a "lights out" signal to the troops, and later adapted to be played at services to say good-bye to a fallen comrade.
Good-bye Jason. Many will miss you.
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All Alto Sax harmony, and vocal harmony with no lyrics
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Nice job on this. I was a bit skeptical at first, but once I heard where you were going you had me all the way to the end.
I love the nice harmonies, and I think I can follow your "logic" on the story of this piece. It seems to go from joy to deep sadness, back to joy, back to sadness, and finally to acceptance and transition to final journey of the soul.
I am not very religeous either, but I know what you mean when you say spiritual as opposed to religeous. There is certainly a big difference.
I'd like to hear more of this type of thing from you. let me know if you would like to collaberate. You could send me the raw Garageband files and I could add my own tracks. My specialty is piano, violin, guitar, but these intruments would go very nicely with a track like this.
As for the loss of your friends Son, I am truly sorry. No matter the consequences behind that, its not something any parent should have to live with.
I too lost a son in the first Desert Storm conflict. 1991 in Iraq. After a while you learn to think about the good times, and focus on living your life the way you would have wanted your son to see you live it.
It also did provide me with much inspiration because of the close proximity of emotion and creativity. Sort of like love and hate, two very different things, but inseperable....
Keep up the good work. You are a very talented person, and I can see that you have a lot going for you. Your friend is lucky to have a friend in you.
Take care,