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Last Played: Nov 19, 2008 - 10:05:20 AM
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Uploaded: Jan 27, 2008 - 04:36:57 PM
Last Updated: Sep 13, 2008 - 11:27:32 AM
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Description:
album: Vision Quest
track 1: 3:20 Vision Quest
track 2: 4:49 Falling
track 3: 7:28 Nothing
track 4: 1:11 Snow Squall
track 5: 4:22 We Lost Touch
track 6: 1:36 Time For Peace
track 7: 8:04 Oblate Oblivion
track 8: 8:23 Little Orb
track 9: 12:54 Tripping
track 10: 6:35 Soaring The Thermals
track 11: 4:10 People (Running Through My Mind)
...more albums...

Album Description

Inuit

Song Description

Vision Quest

Lyrics:
Vision Quest

i have been sent out into the wilderness
my father did not really explain why
and my mother cried as i walked away

after two endless nights alone,
hungry and exhausted
a rabbit hopped into the trail before me
its single eye looked deep into my soul
and sent a dream into my mind

~~~

years later, once i had mastered my craft
i suddenly remembered that dream

i wonder
how can i sleep at night without really knowing why
i do the things i do

i wonder
if ancient people thought about these things gathered about their fire at night
long before they had words to express these ideas

i wonder
if we actually have the words today to
properly express these things

i wonder
why
i wonder

i wonder
how can anyone lay claim to knowledge
of the meaning of life

i wonder
if i could ever go so far into my own beliefs
as to demand that others see things my way

i wonder

(c) 2008 Bill Grundmann
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Smokin"! &mdash 01/27/08 - 08:20:13 PM
That's what I'm talking about! Well, if I was as eloquent as you, that's what I'd talk about.

Sweet.

Joe

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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 06:22:05 AM
mostly i don't know what i'm talking about - it's all an illusion

thanks

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That is &mdash 01/28/08 - 01:25:35 AM
simply beautiful.
Cheers
Len



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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 06:23:24 AM
less is more?

thanks!

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Born to wonder.... &mdash 01/28/08 - 01:46:19 AM
... but never find the answers.

Great work, Bill - you have a really unique, insightful view on this place!

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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 06:25:11 AM
it's all a long strange trip.

thank you Steve

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Very nicely done &mdash 01/28/08 - 06:05:44 AM
Your voice works very well on the spoken work, and the ideas (and the depths of the ideas!) expressed here are truly insightful and thought-provoking. Love the background instrumentation - sets the stage, adds a nice touch of drama or mysticism, but does not intrude or overwhelm the voice at the center of the piece. This is a fine piece, my friend. Nicely done. Peace.

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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 07:59:58 AM
this is one of the few songs i've done with a definite goal in mind. i needed an intro song for album number 12. i had worked out a playlist that seemed to tell a story, but it needed a unifying statement. this is that song.

there were other recent tunes left over after i gathered the tunes for album 12. i put most of those in album 11 (Omega). in a sense they're opposites of each other.

thanks

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~ &mdash 01/28/08 - 11:27:31 AM
Well said...

Cool album setup...

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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 06:32:36 AM
thank you Bob

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Impressive work Bill &mdash 01/28/08 - 12:05:20 PM
Musically and lyrically this is excellent.

A true Vision Quest

Cheers

Dick


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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 06:39:29 AM
my wife has a CD by R. Carlos Nakai - that inspired the flute and echo here

thanks

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very nice &mdash 01/28/08 - 03:20:16 PM
reminds me of Carlos Castaneda for some reason; i like the sounds you have put behind the spoken word. very nice.

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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 06:45:42 AM
a different Carlos, and about Peru, rather than North American Indian, but i can see the link. there is likely a common heritage.

i mentioned here a number of Inuit notions around the traditional Vision Quest rite. lots of interesting meaning of life concepts in their traditions - perhaps we should all pay more attention to them.

thanks



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Vision Quest. &mdash 01/31/08 - 05:20:49 PM

This is really good.Everything fits just perfectly, the background music and your Voice. Very thought provoking.



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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 06:49:16 AM
thank you very much - i spent a bit of time trying to make it right. i had a rather stuffy nose when i recorded this, and it's funny (to me anyway) that you can hear it if you listen for it...



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Beautiful piece Bill &mdash 02/02/08 - 09:06:44 PM
your voice and ideas flow straight to the brain with clarity and distinction - and the backing track is perfect. Years ago my brother had an LP that was supposed to hypnotize the listener and it sounded something like this.

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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 06:52:36 AM
i think you mentioned that LP before; i'm intrigued, can you find out the name? maybe i can find a recording of it somewhere.

this song is supposed to be the glue for this album. i guess it stands on its own pretty well too.

thanks



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The pic is fantastic &mdash 02/13/08 - 10:23:10 PM
I think that it is a real pic into the solar system, Amazing.

Nice word content and really fits in superbly to the music.

Thanks for sharing and taking the time out to upload!

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. &mdash 02/18/08 - 07:01:39 AM
this is a NASA picture that has an urban myth behind it. it was circulated as the "Eye of God" - although it's actually the Helix Nebula. you can find some more info here:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030510.html

there is also another picture referred to as the "Eye of God" - the Hourglass Nebula:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960118.html

what attracted me to this picture for this song and album was the "eye" aspect of it. a mix of the "I" and God - and the sky - as well as "vision". it all fit nicely with the ideas and mood of the song.

thanks

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I wonder, too &mdash 11/07/08 - 10:54:06 PM
If you don't have the words to express a feeling, then you don't have the feeling....?

Nice song; very soothing. But I was really convinced at 1:20.




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