Overwhelm Us and Make Us Crazy

03 – Over-Into 3:45

Geese, birds, nature… The Soundtrack of Life. The universe is made of vibration. The world we live in is filled with musical sound / soundful music. Within it we find all the elements of what we generally consider to be music.  Rhythm and counter rhythm, melody and counterpoint, a tonal center, harmony and dissonance, tension and release, dynamics- loud or whispering, densely orchestrated and layered or elemental and simple. And on and on.

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Middle movement 0:32

Modern life assaults our perception constantly. If we had to process all of the sensory bombardment all the time it would overwhelm us and make us crazy. In order to be able to perform daily tasks effectively, our brains are conveniently designed to be able to filter most of our conscious awareness so we are not overwhelmed and can focus on whatever is necessary.

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Overture opening 0:47

Yet another spin on the 14 Days – Farmland Theme from the Yamaha baby grand piano. Flute and acoustic guitar odubs from Korg Trinity Plus and Yamaha Motif XS8.  Ambient bed orchestra of voices of nature- birds, crickets, water, people, kids, flying machines.

Deep Harp music (Escondido/ Circle Dr. 1993) created and performed spontaneously on Roland JD800 synthesizer in two real-time passes with no editing (channeling my inner Andreas Vollenweider, thank you). The JD800 was an awesome keyboard, a sort of analog/ digital hybrid, with so many top panel buttons, switches, knobs, faders and LED lights for real time tactile manipulation and control that most people were intimidated by it- too complicated. It was not an all-in-one sound solution, but was very effective and awesome in its unique specialties. Lots of personality, colorful, fat and warm- reminiscent of the best vintage analog synths, with digital routing and switching matrixes and tasty onboard sampled waveforms, the building blocks for creating unique new sounds and complex multi-element layers. Optional factory/3rd party expansion cards containing a few new wavesamples and 64 patches could be purchased for $175 each. I had every one available, even though you could use only one card at a time…Denver Clay

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Simple sez 0:36

Over-Into is Lava Songs‘ overture. Six distinct segments offer an overview of sonic elements that come together and make Lava Songs what they are. Starting with the simplicity of Denver on the acoustic piano and ending with complexity of the Simple Band. Natural elements include small waves rolling up on a Palo Verdes beach, springs bubbling up at the Wood River headwaters, herons in fields of Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge and a Saturday crowd on a Spring day in an urban community park. A pligrim’s footsteps along the 500 mile Camino – Santiago de Compostela join private aircraft on landing approach and a passing car on an empty street at night. Over-Into is a little of everything and much to do about all things possible as the reality of surrealism embraces each of us if we chose to listen… Anders Tomlinson

Lava Songs:
Piano with a View
Nourish … Just surrender to the virtuosic universe, and immerse…
Pianomomento … Floating on a delicate bed of distant murmuring humans and birds…
Wishy-WashyFarmer In The Dell reinterpreted on the Yamaha baby grand…
Fantasee … This is one of Denver’s all-time favorites from his library…
Angerlee Wangsdt … Music is excerpt from song Wonderlone created in 1989…
Under-OutLava Songs’ epilogue begins with The Perfection of Simplicity…
Simplexity
Over-Into … The world we live in is filled with musical sound / soundful music…
Fangalina Riffa … Blended syncopation and layered with rhythmic percussion section contributors, man and nature…
Cistern Blues … Straight ahead mainstream chaos with a heart…
Triology … Mother Nature is one creative diva in this surrealistic sound-scape…
Davey Crocket’s Dream … The universe is always ready to play with you, you just need to be loose and playful and open to all outcomes…
Atmosonics
Floatus … You may feel swallowed up by the primeval enormity of this track…
Float-Me … The “Rumble of Youthful Enthusiasm” envelopes and sustains…
Floatees … This is an exquisite sparkling living breathing sound-scape space…
Lakecide … Beautiful and gentle, yet it sweeps us up and propels us along powerfully on this journey like a small raft floating down a mighty river on its journey to the sea…
Amournacana … Tone poem of an anonymous loner serving out life’s remaining days somewhere on the frontier of earlier Americana…

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