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Adventure 168 ~ Sing All The Harmonies Of My Song Together [9]

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tolkienToday I attempted to record myself singing the three harmony lines and then I tried to blend the recordings together. I have to admit that it was a bit of a faff (and there are probably very clever and sensible ways to do this which might have made the task a little easier!).

So, I sang the main melody into my phone and then uploaded it onto my laptop. Then I played the melody on my laptop and sang in the bass line whilst recording this with my phone … and then uploaded that … and repeated the operation until all three lines had been recorded together.

I had a bit of difficulty balancing the volumes for each of the lines (and  D minor performance had to be lowered to C minor – mainly because singing the top line in D minor made me sound exactly like the mice on Bagpuss .)

You can listen to the vocal version of my choral piece on SoundCloud here. It’s been really helpful for me to test its ‘singability’ and for detecting “harmony issues”! Now I’ve heard it sung, it definitely needs a huge cave or a cathedral for optimal performance – and maybe an Elvish mass choir 😛

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 167 ~ Compose A Third Line Of Harmony For My Song [8]

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hildegardToday I add in a third line of harmony to my choral piece! It’s getting a bit tricky now (my brain feels pulled in several directions!). You can listen my song “The Call” in a 3-part arrangement on SoundCloud here. The latest harmony line is the loudest ~ this is so my transcriber can pick the new line out with ease.

I’m really looking forward to hearing human voices singing this together 🙂 .

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 166 ~ Write The Base Line For My Song [7]

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bachOooooh. Last night I picked up an 80’s classic from my brother-in-law : a Yamaha organ! I’ve had a lot of fun working out how to use it and I really couldn’t help myself playing it “to the max” today 😛 .

For today’s adventure, I’ve written the base line for the piece. You can hear the base line and the main melody together on SoundCloud here (and yes, I couldn’t help myself fiddling with the Yamaha settings … ). You can hear my voice against the base line here (this is what I’ll send to Gareth, my transcriber).

One of the main things I’ve learned about composing so far is that when you’re relaxed, the music flows!

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

 

Adventure 164 ~ Compose A Song For A Choir To Sing [Day 5]

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spinal tapToday I wrote the second verse of my song (I’ve put the lyrics below today’s video) and came up with a name for the piece : The Call. I sense things are heading in quite a melancholic direction 😛 .

The Big adventure of the day has been speaking to Gareth Hamill, a professional viola player whom I have never met before today!

Find out what happened here ~

The Call ~ Verse Two

Where Hope rides the breeze

And icy waters, they never freeze

Where the fish swim the strawberry forest.

 

Where the bluebells ring

For the Lavender King

Where the old are young and fearless.

 

I’ll meet you there

With my hands in the air

A dance in my heart

And my soul without care!

 

Where hanging stars in minor key

Sing the song of you and me

Where the moon whispers all of her secrets.

[ Jane Talbot © 2014 ]

 

I am just going outside and may be some time 🙂 .

JT

Adventure 162 ~ Compose A Song For A Choir To Sing [Day 3]

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teslabigIn today’s adventure, I complete the melody for an entire verse and muse about the notions of connection and resonance. You can listen to the complete melody on SoundCloud here (sorry – it’s still the same out-of-tune piano and the same “rusty” pianist’s fingers).

 

 

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT 🙂

Adventures 160-161 ~ Compose A Song For A Choir To Sing

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HandelGosh – things are really hotting up at Adventure HQ! My new series of adventures is well under way all thanks to my adventure radar’s new upgrade  🙂 .

I’ve decided to write a choral piece with a view to it being performed by a choir. This appeals to me for all sorts of reasons :

 

  • I’ve never done this before!
  • It feels good to be creating something FOR other people.
  • It feels good to be creating (full stop!).
  • I feels like an act of connection.
  • I’m not quite sure where the music will come from 🙂 .

There are two videos today (for yesterday’s and today’s adventure) and a SoundCloud link too (see how adventurous I’ve become – I’m even hanging out with rockstars now 😛 ). What’s on SoundCloud is the start of a basic melody/leitmotif. At the moment, what’s in my head sounds ‘a capella’  and like it’s in a huge cave or cathedral!

Day 1 Of My Composing Adventure In this adventure, I get the insight that the calls to adventure are making themselves loud and clear. Day 1 is all about getting ready to create.

Day 2 Of My Composing Adventure Today I create some of the basic melody and play it on an out-of-tune piano. I’ve uploaded what I’ve done so far to SoundCloud and you can listen in here .

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

Adventures 158 &159 ~ Have An Out Of Body Experience [6/7]

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sgThe last two forays into the world of Out Of Body Experiences have been fascinating and , at times, a little overwhelming. I’m not sure whether I can make conscious, rational sense of my experiences yet. However, what I can say with total certainty is that  these past seven days of adventuring have had a profound emotional impact on me (in a really positive way) . As a tool for personal discovery, OBEs are certainly both rapid and effective!

I am looking forward to continuing this inward journey. The territory is  wild yet inviting ; strange yet familiar ; vast and immense  yet intimate and cradling.

If you want to try this for yourself, I really recommend that you maintain an open, curious and allowing state of mind. I expected to have an experience of something – even if that meant that nothing at all happened or that I remained firmly in my body. I decided to allow all experience to be valid and I think that really helps. I would also recommend William Buhlman’ s CDs – not just for the “training” but also for the stories about his OBE adventures which are fascinating.

Day 6 Of My OBE Adventure In today’s adventure, a part of me knows that it’s really the right time to sit up and pay proper attention 🙂 .

Day 7 Of My OBE Adventure This is my final (recorded) OBE adventure and today I had the most profound experience so far. I set the intention to experience my Higher Self. You can watch what happened here ~

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

 

Adventures 153 – 157 ~ Way Out Of Body Weirdness And Webinar Wonders!

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Ooooff! It’s been a full-on week of adventuring and have I got big news for you 🙂 !

You can find out how my Out Of Body Experience adventuring has been going in the first 4 short videos (day 3 and day 4 of my OBE adventure are particularly … unusual 😛 ) The 5th video of the week is all about the preparation for my live webinar adventure on the 19th June . The webinar is free and it would be brilliant if you could join me for this adventure : you can get more details and register here.

My Out Of Body Experience Adventures

Day 2 of my OBE adventure [153] Today is all about learning how to condition and target our conscious attention away from our physical body.

Day 3 of my OBE adventure [155] Today I learn the protection technique and the target technique … and something very strange indeed happens!

Day 4 of my OBE adventure [156] If you thought yesterday’s adventure was a bit “out there”, well today’s is even further “out there”!

Day 5 of my OBE adventure [157] Today I learn the energy vortex technique.

My Webinar Adventure [154] Well, I got there in the end! I’ve made a new welcome video for the event, set up everything on the webinar platform and launched the event. You can sign up for the free event (and watch the new welcome video) here. In this adventure, I start to realise something important 🙂 .

I am just going outside and may be some time.

JT

 

 

Adventure 152 ~ Have An Out Of Body Experience [1]

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OBEToday’s adventure choice took me a little by surprise ~ it’s almost like I didn’t choose it consciously! I received an email with details of an audio programme sale and clicked through to the product page. As I scrolled through the programmes, one jumped out at me “How To Have An Out Of  Body Experience” by William Buhlman. When I say it jumped out at me, I mean exactly that : it was as if it rose out of the page!

It’s a 7-hour programme and I’m definitely going to give it a full whirl having listened to the first CD today (at one point I got the tingles!)

In today’s video you can hear about what I’ve gleaned so far. At one point I mention that 80% of people can have an OBE. I should correct that by saying that William Buhlman believes that such experiences are possible for all of us and that 80% of people who follow this particular programme have been successful in transcending their physical bodies.

This is a whole new order of adventuring and I’m up for it! 🙂 . In today’s CD, William described OBEs as “the cutting edge of  human exploration” ~ if that isn’t an invitation to adventure, I don’t know what is!

I am just going outside [my own body 😛 ] and may be some time.

JT

Adventure 151 ~ Go To An Astro Tarot Webinar [And 2 Guest Adventurers!]

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starGosh ~ it’s already the end of the month which means that this post is going to be a bumper edition! In this post, you’ll find a video entry for today’s adventure, my monthly adventure summary report and two guest adventurer videos too!

Today’s Adventure ~ Today I’m attending a astro- tarot webinar. I’ve never been to an astro tarot webinar before and I wasn’t really sure what it might involve. I read a little bit about tarot cards on Wikipedia, so I was expecting some divination to be going on. The description for the webinar mentioned an “energy forecast” and that piqued my curiosity enough for me to give it a whirl. Here’s how I got on ~

May’s Adventure Summary ~

May’s Guest Adventurers ~ This month I’d like to introduce you to Karen Hamill and Flemming Funch. See how Karen gets on with her first ever 5k run and go on a forest adventure with Flemming!

I am just going outside and may be some time 🙂 .

JT