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Ula Hemla


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SmokeyVW

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album: After
track 1: 4:02 Feedback
track 2: 5:12 Breathing
track 3: 7:12 Marching Through The Visible Man
track 4: 3:52 Cleft Synaptic
track 5: 5:08 Sippin' From The Big Dipper
track 6: 5:08 Ula Hemla
track 7: 2:54 Yaa Yaya Yeya Yeyeah!
track 8: 3:03 Rolling Down
track 9: 5:29 Piano
track 10: 4:07 Lucky
track 11: 7:34 How Ah Ya
track 12: 5:07 Smokey's Embers
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Song Description

I once was deeply in love with Ula Hemla. Infatuated. Obsessed. But that was another lifetime. On a long and winding road.

For many years this place was called "The Seven Sacred Pools" a name that was actually a marketing gimmick intended to attract tourists to the area (the pools are not sacred and there aren't seven of them). It is a series of lovely waterfalls and swimmable pools that cascade until reaching the ocean at the volcano's base. The flow of water that made its way through volcanic rock and rain forest engulfs the place with lush vegetation. It's a very lovely spot.
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Comments: 15
Fans: 5
Plays: 42
Downloads: 44
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Uploaded: Sep 08, 2007 - 03:12:44 PM
Last Updated: Sep 13, 2008 - 02:10:27 PM Last Played: Oct 19, 2009 - 12:02:38 AM
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bud said 805 days ago (September 8th, 2007)
Take me to the volcano
wash me in the water
washing me down - washing me down
Ula Hemla - Ula Hemla
tonight I'll dream of Ula Hemla

Masterful piece - beyond description really - I love it.

BTW - you're one twisted dude.

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SmokeyVW said 799 days ago (September 14th, 2007)
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J vs T V

Talking Heads

Ula is way twisted - just look

but really, no idea where this one came from, it just happened.

thanks
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said 805 days ago (September 8th, 2007)
Exciting
Great stuff, keeps the listener enthralled, ahh love that liquid sound
SmokeyVW said 799 days ago (September 14th, 2007)
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not sure which part is liquid, but thank you
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SmokeyVW said 799 days ago (September 14th, 2007)
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not sure which part is liquid, but thank you
Check out my latest song called One For Me
michael2 said 805 days ago (September 9th, 2007)
when
i was there, i drove up from Hana and couldn't go in the water. it had raines so much, they wouldn't let you in. man was i pissed. this is a great piece. love when the drums drop out and the choir and strings come in.
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SmokeyVW said 799 days ago (September 14th, 2007)
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for a while, my wife and i were going to move to Maui.

but it didn't happen. mostly because of family ties...

but for a while, we had island fever big time.

thanks for listening
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echoroom said 805 days ago (September 9th, 2007)
groovy
like a skewed version of the Batman theme - this is a rollercoaster ride - nice work , Bill.
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SmokeyVW said 799 days ago (September 14th, 2007)
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thank you

i guess it might possibly become a Hawaiian Superman theme ?! :D
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Vic Holman said 804 days ago (September 9th, 2007)
one big waterslide
just slips you through the tune. Like all the shifts this goes through.
splashingly good.
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SmokeyVW said 799 days ago (September 14th, 2007)
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i had fun with the chromatic descending steps in this - that became the falling water idea once i got around to mapping the music to words...

thanks

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ktb said 802 days ago (September 11th, 2007)
ula
I was once hopelessy in love with uma thurman. I know that doesn't count. Still your track conjures up those embers of desire as well as create imagery of an exotic locale. well done
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SmokeyVW said 799 days ago (September 14th, 2007)
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wow thanks for reminding me of Uma

Ula Hemla came from the few syllables the voice synth could produce - it all spun out from there

i put that strings interlude in there at first only for contrast, but it grew on me as i worked on this, and i stretched it out and embellished it. it does have some sort of glowing embers thing going, doesn't it?

eventually that part became the "island fever" concept i suppose...
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said 795 days ago (September 19th, 2007)
Man alive!
Couldn't sit still listening to this Bill! Bass and percussion are awesome...Your piano playing blows me away, and the production really messes with my head (in a good way). Well done!

Be well!

http://www.macjams.com/song/35310 (It won't trouble your waters!)


SmokeyVW said 789 days ago (September 24th, 2007)
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thanks MW - glad you enjoyed this little ode to another place and time...
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Eclectic, at best. I learned some music theory at school, and read a ton about it since. I've listened to lots of music over the years. I once played guitar in an actual garage band and actually got paid to play! Once. Although live performance is an... [see more]

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