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Friday, March 15, 2013
77 Greek artists sing for change
Erotokritos means 'he who is tortured by love.' It's the 500 page poem written by Cornaros in 1600. This particular piece is 'Thilvera mandata', the sad news. The hero tells his love, Aratusa, that he's banised by her father, the king. The music was composed in 1966.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Mystical Garden
A masterpiece from the Album "Mystical Garden" (1996). Listen & Enjoy it.
Omar Faruk Tekbilek had been studying Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, with the thought of becoming a Sufi cleric. At 15, he quit school to become a professional musician. "But I never quit studying, though," he maintains. "In fact, I am still studying; it's endless. Music for me is not something to show off. It's my life. It's the shortest path to God. Playing is prayer for me." He went to Istanbul and at the age of 17 met the Mevlevi Dervishes, the ancient Sufi order of Turkey. He did not join the order, but felt profoundly influenced by their mystical approach to sound and to the spirit. Another, almost equally mystical influence would soon appear, from an unlikely source. The young Tekbilek became friend with flute and saxophone player named Ismet Siral, who had some unusual ideas about music theory. "He would say things like, let's play for birds, let's play for pictures." OFT says about Burhan Tonguch, his rhythm teacher: "He put the idea in my mind that everything is a rhythmic instrument. And everyone is a percussionist. Without the strike, there is no sound."
Despite, or perhaps because of, this unconventional outlook, Faruk's skills were much in demand in the studios of Istanbul, and in 1971, at the age of 20, made his first brief tour of the United States with a Turkish classical/folk ensemble. The Tree of Patience was about to put out an unexpected limb. "I try to play a song the way it's supposed to be," Faruk explains. "If I play an Arabic song, I use an Arabic style; if I play a Turkish song, I use a Turkish style."
Faruk feels a strong affinity for Arabic music, which differs in several important ways from the Turkish tradition. As a child he spent a lot of time listening to Radio Kairo and became acquainted with the giant musicians of that time like Umm Kulthum, Abdul Wahab, Abdl Halim Hafez, Farid al-Atraš, Fairuz, Sabah Fakhri. Because he was playing the flute he was inspired by the melodies and the sound of ney (nay). He was also inspired by Sheikh Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad recitations of the holy Qur'an whom his father was listening a lot.
Faruk pauses, considers, and then admits, "Sometimes I can't keep myself from making a bridge between them. I just try to listen to the song; it will tell me what it wants to be." The process of creating his own songs is similar: "There is no set formula or method", he says. "Each song comes out in a different way."
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Pisces New Moon
The Pisces New Moon message is to follow our heart. Only the heart can make our dreams come true. We need to stay out of the ego mind. We are to live from our heart. Allow our heart to open wider. Let Creator's Love/Light healing energy flow through us. This will heal our past. This will heal our body, mind, heart and soul. Pisces is our opportunity to return to Source. We are to dial out of the over-stimulation of modern life.
We allow the magic and mystery of Pisces to take us deeper into our soul. We do this through meditation, music, art, dancing, singing, writing, resting and being in nature. Doing what we love. We merge with the Divine. Make time for yourself at the New Moon. We are to plant seeds of gratitude, appreciation and faith. Take advantage of the New Moon invitation to rest and retreat. Mars the planet of action, energy and drive fires into his home sign Aries on March 12. We will release the past, racing towards our future. We move from our inner journey to the outer world and new beginnings.
"When we say to you, make peace with where you are, we want you to make peace with where everyone is; we want you to make peace with the world events; we want you to make peace with where your friend is in relationship with where your friend wants to be. We want it to be all right with you where anybody is." ~ Abraham
Astrological Events
Mercury retrograde Feb 23-March 17
Mars enters Aries March 11
Sun enters Aries March 20
Spring/Fall Equinox March 20
International Astrology Day March 20
Venus enters Aries March 21
Libra Full Moon March 27
The Pisces New Moon holds magical healing power on March 11. We can experience profound insights and breakthroughs. We can heal old wounds. We can release the past. This emotionally empowers us. We have the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Chiron and Neptune in Pisces. We have a whole lot of Pisces going on. We are tripping with the light fantastic.
Pisces energy is spiritual, sensitive and dreamy. This is not the time for facts, figures and fast decisions. In Pisces, it is wise to step back and review how far we have come. We are to dream. We are to flow with the energy. Release our need to control. Here we play, dream and visualize what we want.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
O pinoklis
Ο Γιώργος Κουτουλάκης στο τραγούδι "Ο Πινόκλης". Απο την εκπομπή "ΟΝΕΙΡΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΣ" του Κώστα Φέρρη.
Monday, March 4, 2013
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