Vision Quest

Inuit

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

**************************************** U P D A T E i reworked the chord progression and the modulation scheme of this song into something entirely different. but it's the same chords believe it or not! http://www.macjams.com/song/37195 **************************************** It might be best to listen before reading all this crazy stuff. rather mathematical this one it started with the title that led to the idea of an endlessly descending 12-tone scale. the scale starts at Ab that led to a chord progression with a 10 beat length. the chords are: E G B C# E B Asus4 A C G each time the chords repeat they start 2 half-steps up from before picked out the notes from the chords that persisted for 2 or 3 beats as the primary notes for the main melody line built a 20 beat melody constrained to only using notes directly from the chords, and being sure to not reuse notes from the first half in the second half (important in a moment) built a second 10 beat melody made up of the left-over notes from the chords not used by either the first or second half of the 20 beat melody then arranging proceeded from these elements the whole song is built of repeated playing of the 10 beat cycle. every 6 times around is 60 beats. the endless scale (12 beats) fits in there exactly 5 times started with piano playing portions of the chords building to playing them fully then the flute plays the 10 beat melody through a full-circle of 5 repeats the percussion comes in to help the listener stay oriented as more elements enter (also, the gong introduces each of the changes coming up) an oboe then echoes the full-circle next, the french horns play the 20 beat melody for a full-circle 10 beats into the second repeat of the full-circle, a second section of horns come in again suitably modulated (up 2) the melody is a round due to its construction from notes only from the chords, and is a counterpoint of the 10 beat melody as well then the voices sing the chords for a full-circle finally, the endless scale slowly fades in, as all the rest fall away and the endless scale fades out This chart might help clear things up, or else muddy the waters further? This is like a GarageBand note editor, low pitches towards the bottom, high pitches towards the top, time goes left to right. The blue blocks show each repeat of the chord progression.

this song was inspired by the voice of calendargirl see http://www.calendarsongs.com/months/march.aspx ~~~~~~~~ sound effects used in this song: March by calendargirl http://ccmixter.org/media/files/calendargirl/9607

lyrics:

Nothing whistling firs bow low to the wind catch a falling star from the skies hear the whispered prayer begin sense a million songs in your eyes she only sings to get away when things seem hopeless and there's nothing left to say the whistling wind takes her away there's nothing i can do to try to make her stay (c)2007 Bill Grundmann

pouncing white tiger zero-visibility just as quickly gone

on sudden realization of lossage

lyrics:

We Lost Touch give us a clue show us something that we know is true give us a sign grant us peace of mind bring us a son give us something that we know is gonna make us know love all the time --- we lost touch with our dreams with our future with our humanity we lost touch with our son with our daughter with our humanity we lost touch with our love with our passion with our humanity we lost touch with our gods with our demons with our humanity --- give us a clue (c) 2008 Bill Grundmann

this is time for peace at the end of Christmas Day when the kids are sound asleep our home is quiet once again this is time for relaxing by the fire time for peace ~~~~~~~~ sound effects used in this song: Fireplace.WAV (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=44322) By inchadney (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=28867)

the human condition it's a sliding scale from desperation to ecstasy

I plan to have some fun while I'm still on this little orb.

Three dimensions Two dimensions One dimension

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i'm building up a sculpture one voxel at a time chocolate rabbits i'm building up a picture one pixel at a time candy corn daffodils chocolate coins i'm building up a song one sample at a time autumn leaves a meadow lark candied apples white snow drifts a cricket chirping slices of life a green leaf drifting down the stream a rainstorm slices of time blue sky thunder rumbling a grain of sand dark gray clouds snow falling a green rock children laughing the silver light before sunset the wind blowing through the trees a blue robin's egg chocolate rabbits the night falling clouds i'm building up a sculpture one voxel at a time (c) 2007 Bill Grundmann

i see a hawk circling in the sky and i'm up there too soaring the thermals

this song is for the Lost Songs Project. perhaps this one is more like a song lost from an alternate reality. Heraclitus said something like: No one can ever step in the same river twice. here i tried to capture the impression i had as a kid when i first heard a particular new song. since then, the world has changed, and i have changed. so this is not a copy of the style of that song, but perhaps an exaggeration of the changes it ushered in. can you guess which group and single inspired this? (in the just-for-yucks department, part of the chords here originated from this song: http://www.macjams.com/song/36887)

lyrics:

People (Running Through My Mind) in the village square children meet playing hide and seek people running through my mind there's an old guy walking his dog and the women jog people running through my mind every day the sun comes out it fills the sky with rainbow colors every night is filled with dreams the shining light of endless peace and the mailman solemnly walks dropping off a box people running through my mind there's a carousel in the park spinning in the dark people running through my mind there's an old guy walking his dog and the women jog people running through my mind in the village square children meet playing hide and seek people running through my mind every night is filled with dreams the shining light of endless peace in the village square children meet playing hide and seek people running through my mind (c)2007 Bill Grundmann