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<title>Tranquility</title>
<link>http://heathpatrie.com</link>
<description> New-agy harp music by Joan (and some other stuff).  For edgier Live Electronics by Aliengirl
visit http://alien.libsyn.com - or go to our website at http://strandgeist.com</description>
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<itunes:subtitle>Warning!  Not suitable for night driving ;-)</itunes:subtitle>
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visit http://alien.libsyn.com - or go to our website at http://strandgeist.com</itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>harp, flute, piano, Rhodes, acoustic, live, coffeehouse, mellow, magic, mood, contemplative, groove, patrie, strandgeist</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Joan Patrie</itunes:author>
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<itunes:email>joan@joanpatrie.com</itunes:email>
<itunes:name>Joan Heath Patrie</itunes:name>
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<title>Break-in</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=362505#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sigh...&nbsp; Okay, a lot has been happening.&nbsp; Sorry that i've not posted anything new in ages, but, alas...&nbsp; 4 weeks ago someone broke into my apartment and stole my Mac and some recording equipment -- including my main recorder (but they didn't take my harp; let us be thankful for small mercies).&nbsp; They also took both of my phones (including my Skype handset) and my little black book, so i've been rebuilding my contact list from scratch.&nbsp; If any friends haven't heard from me and wonder why, now you know.&nbsp; Email me, or message me via MySpace or Facebook.&nbsp; I can still get my email via web client, etc.&nbsp; Find me at my website, or http://myspace.com/hypatiaheath, or 'Joan Patrie' in Facebook.&nbsp; I've totally lost contact with some of you.&nbsp; I've been going through some rough spots on the road of life these past months.<br/><br/>The good news is i've found a job i like, i'm working 48 hours a week to get caught up on my rent, and i'm not getting evicted.&nbsp; Oh, and i came out in skirts for Pride Weekend and marched in the parade.&nbsp; Punk, glam, black mini-skirt.&nbsp; A lot has changed.<br/><br/>Seattle is a Scorpio town; it doesn't care about you until you die or leave.<br/><br/>]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:keywords>news, seattle, scorpio</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Strandgeist</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Okay, it can stop now.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Curiosity</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=347239#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Now what am i up to?  Testing the text-blog capability of this feed. I lost my job, so i'm in a funk in the coffeehouse.  I have new podcast episodes in the fire, but life is getting in the way and i have to survive.&nbsp; Who was that, Maslow?<br/><br/>I'm curious to see if this text-only entry will show up in iTunes (or if it will just show up here in blog form at libsyn.com).  I chose 'general' rather than 'podcasts' for the category; i'm curious to see what happens.  Micro-enjoy!]]></description>
<category>general</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:keywords>text, text-only, test</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Strandgeist</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Will text-only show up in iTunes?</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVIII.a [harp] Harp in Seattle raw file 0113</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=335545#</link>
<description><![CDATA[I'm sitting in front of Kaladi Brothers Coffee on East Pike Street in the Capitol Hill district of Seattle.  Life has taken a bizarre twist for me in these past few months.  I'm now divorced, missing my little one, and starting a completely new life on the West Coast.

I haven't settled in yet - no project studio set up, so i can't do any editing.  This is the raw 320 kbs mp3 out of the MicroTrack.  I really felt i needed to 'get back on the air'.  I'll try to get something uploaded at least every other week.  I have some myspace profiles you can link to from the website as well.

And now Niki is taking the chairs in, so i've gotta stop typing.

Enjoy.

Copyright MMVIII Joan Heath Patrie,
Creative Commons Deed 3.0 = attribution/non-commercial/share alike]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 4 May 2008 04:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:18:02</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>harp, mellow, improvisation</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Strandgeist</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>First posting since moving to Seattle</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.23 [harp] Outback Art Fair 11</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258272#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

~joan

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Copyright MMVII Joan Heath-Patrie
___

website:  http://strangeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:60:15</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, harp, contemplative, tranquil, mellow, improvisation, artfair</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Joan Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this past summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.22 [harp] Outback Art Fair 10</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258271#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Copyright MMVII Joan Heath-Patrie

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:00:39</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:author>Joan Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this past summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.21 [harp] Outback Art Fair 09</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258269#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Copyright MMVII Joan Heath-Patrie

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:01:42</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:author>Joan Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this past summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.20 [harp] Outback Art Fair 08</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258267#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Copyright MMVII Joan Heath-Patrie

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:05:56</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:author>Joan Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this past summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.19 [harp] Outback Art Fair 07</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258266#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Copyright MMVII Joan Heath-Patrie

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:00:26</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:author>Joan Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.18 [harp] Outback Art Fair 06</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258264#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Copyright MMVII Joan Heath-Patrie

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258264#</guid>
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<itunes:duration>00:13:25</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, harp, contemplative, tranquil, mellow, improvisation, artfair</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Joan Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.17 [harp] Outback Art Fair 05</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258263#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Copyright MMVII Joan Heath-Patrie

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258263#</guid>
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<itunes:duration>00:00:53</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:author>Joan Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.16 [harp] Outback Art Fair 04</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258261#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Copyright MMVII Joan Heath-Patrie

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258261#</guid>
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<itunes:duration>00:10:22</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, harp, contemplative, tranquil, mellow, improvisation, artfair</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Joan Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.15 [harp] Outback Art Fair 03</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258260#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258260#</guid>
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<itunes:duration>00:60:45</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, harp, contemplative, tranquil, mellow, improvisation, artfair</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.14 [harp] Outback Art Fair 02</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258258#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258258#</guid>
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<itunes:duration>00:00:45</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, harp, contemplative, tranquil, mellow, improvisation, artfair</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.13 [harp] Outback Art Fair 01</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258254#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is from my week-end gig at the Outback art fair in Marquette Michigan earlier this summer.
___
This was a gig without an amplifier so you get to hear just the harp -- without an amplified room sneaking into the mikes.  Some of the numbers are intentionally very short so you can use them as ring-tones.  Enjoy!

___
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

___
website:  http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=258254#</guid>
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<itunes:duration>00:08:06</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, harp, contemplative, tranquil, mellow, improvisation, artfair</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at the Outback art fair this summer</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.12 [harp] Moody Suite IV</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=234870#</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is 'moody suite IV' -- the last of the evening.

I play with the lights low.  The wind blows the trees and the moon peeks from behind the swift moving clouds.
___

Music composition and sound recording
Copyright MMVII Heath Patrie.

Creative Commons 2.5 License =
Attribution/NonCommercial/NoDerivs.
___

When this is automatically published (on Friday June 20th) the 29th Annual Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival will be kicking off -- but i'll be missing it because i'll be playing at the Harry Potter Festival (also here in Marquette).  Not to worry.  Saturday i'll be working all of my shifts, and i'll be spending the weekend camped at Tourist Park and playing into the wee hours of every night -- which in my opinion is really the best part of Hiawatha.  {Come check it out.}

Share and Enjoy.

strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=234870#</guid>
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<itunes:duration>00:04:58</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>harp, mellow, calm, moody, melancholy, adagio, inprovisation</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>another moody suite at home after Megan's rehearsal</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.11 [harp] Moody Suite III</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=234865#</link>
<description><![CDATA[After playing Megan's wedding rehearsal earlier
i came home and played a few suites by myself
alone in the living room at night.

This is 'moody suite III'.

Tommorrow i will play as the wedding guests arrive,
and i will play some more as they leave.

But tonight i sit alone with my harp, and i play with the lights low with the wind in the trees and the moon peeking from behind the swift moving clouds.
___


Music composition and sound recording
Copyright MMVII Heath Patrie.

Creative Commons 2.5 License =
Attribution/NonCommercial/NoDerivs.
___

I've not had enough time to keep up with my podcasts; i apologise.  I had intened to do something more 'produced' for Tranquility this year, but i'm Mr. Mom to my precocious 4-year-old, and he takes all my time, and i'm not keeping up.
...

So, i've decided to put up the raw mp3 audio files (from my M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96 mobile digital audio recorder which i've been using at my gigs this year).

I run my harp mikes (which i've designed and installed inside my harp) directly into the recorder (which i place behind me on top of my amplifier), and then, using it as a pre-amplifier, i run its line output directly into a couple of Fostex PM 0.4 powered monitor speakers which i've bundled into a re-purposed practice amplifier case (my 'amp').  This is a much more compact and portable set-up than i used to drag around with me.  I can even use it with my Rhodes stage piano.  {Not that anyone's hired me to play Rhodes since i've been doing my harp.}
...

Anyway... As a result of my new 'modus operandi', i have a load of raw 320 kbs mp3 from the recorder (AKA: mike pre-amp).  This episode is one of those raw files.  I hope 320 kbs is fine.  {They do sound good.}  If you want to shrink them, just convert them to a lower bit rate ('Convert Selection' in the Advanced menu in iTunes).  However, i don't recommend going lower than 160.  Pure sounds suffer the most from over compression, and the harp is a pretty good example of pure musical sound.  I suggest 192 (which is what i was using normally).  And, remember: you can always archive the mp3 files onto an 'mp3' CD (which will play in most DVD players).  That way you'll always have the option to copy the original 320 kbs mp3 files into your next inevitably larger hard drive. [grin]
...

To hear the Live sets from Megan's wedding this weekend: i've uploaded them to my 'Heath and Friends Alive' podcast (at http://alive.libsyn.com). 

{To subscribe manually: remember to tag on the "/rss" into your podcatcher.  That flummoxed me in the beginning.}  You can easily find all four of my podcasts by searching 'Heath-Patrie' in the iTunes Store.

Share and Enjoy!

Find links to my blogs and other goodies at my website: http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/MegansWeddingE_moodyAtHome_suite3.mp3" length="27538075" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:11:01</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>harp, mellow, calm, moody, melancholy, adagio, inprovisation</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>lights down low, the trees quake in the wind, and the moon hides behind swift clouds</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tranquil MMVII.10 [piano] Heart Beat Suite</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=226135#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hey!  It's my first Anniversary!  Actually it was June 3rd, and i've missed it.  I was going to do something special, but i'm the live-in domestic servant to my almost-4-year-old, and that date went out the window.  So i've decided to upload something which is ready to go.  It is still special, though.
___

This is a recording my brother Brian and i made way back in 1991 (i think).  We were jamming in the wee hours with 'JoAnne Wurlitzer' (my 1917 Wurlitzer piano which i'd recently purchased for 400 dollars).  We had "a couple of quarts of beer" (as Frank Zappa once crooned; actually they were Mickey's 40-ouncers). This was in the makeshift 'Studio' i had set up in the Fernando Street house in Grand Rapids Michigan (with the two-and-a-half dozen size cardboard egg crate squares stapled across the ceiling), and Brian had come over from next door for an evening of making music.

About the performance:  Brian is improvising against my ostanada in the upper register.  Brian starts out playing a nice melody on the bare strings with a wire brush, then progresses to laying down some nice harmonic structure in the 'usual way'.  It was a very good groove (and we didn't even finish the beer).
___

This is from the best surviving copy i have: a TDK SA-90 Compact Cassette copy from the Reel-to-Reel master (recorded through my Sony NR-335 Dolby B CoDec).  There's a bit of discernible flutter, but it's the best copy i have.  It's still a good recording as i had the piano well miked in my special way.
___

Incidentally: i have posted the prelude to this piece from the same session as 'Tranquil MMVI.35 [piano] Piano For Hands' last year in this same podcast.  I figured i would get around to posting the rest of it, and here's my opportunity.
___

Creative Commons Attribution/Non-commercial/No derivatives license 2.5
___

strandgeist.com
___

"Share and Enjoy"
___

Yes, that picture is of my little son Claude; and tes, that is a cup of coffee he's holding.  Hey, this is the midwest.  We start 'em early here! ;-)]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Heart_Beat_Suite.mp3" length="32417814" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:22:20</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>acoustic, piano, improvisation, Brian, anniversary</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>1st Anniversary Episode</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVII.09 [song, surf] Sea Fever</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=214537#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sea Fever
___

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and sky,
And all i ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking.
.....
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may nought be denied;
And all i ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
.....
I must down to the seas again to that vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all i ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
___


Poem 'Sea Fever' by John Masefield, 1916, public domain.
Tune by Heath Patrie, 2002, Creative Commons license 2.5
= some rights reserved = attribution and commercial use.
Lake Superior, perpetual, for all beings.]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 05:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/SeaFever_asSong1.mp3" length="8147930" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:04:57</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>poem, poetry, sea, shanty, song, surf, beauty, star, sailor, sail</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>all i ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVII.08 [poem, flute, surf] Strandgeist</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=214532#</link>
<description><![CDATA[like a ghost upon the beach,
inhabiting this fractal strand of existence,
we live in the cusp of being
and nothingness...

in the crack of eternity.

like a creature
newly crawled from the sea
we lay gasping in the wash.

mind, discovering consciousness,
noting its locale on this limb of being...

it yearns
for the meaning
of life.

grasping at ideas...
gulping at the rare air of knowledge...

it yearns
to know why...

blinking soggily
at the surf of being
which has washed it here
to wander...

like a ghost upon the beach.
___


words and music and sound recording copyright MMVII by H. J. Heath-Patrie.

Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Share and Enjoy...

strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 05:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/GhostUponTheBeach.mp3" length="12907530" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:08:22</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>poem, poetry, native, aboriginal, flute, existential, ephemeral, zen, surf, beauty</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>like a ghost upon the beach inhabiting this fractal strand of existence...</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVII.07 [poem, Rhodes+flute, surf] EveningSpells</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=214512#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Evening'sBells_EveningSpells
___

evening casts her spell...
dusky hues upon the sea...
this night song of waves.
___

haiku and music copyright H. J. Heath-Patrie - 
Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license -
strandgeist.com
___

Rhodes played Live at Emmajoe's 2002, 
flute played Live at Emmajoe's 2003, 
haiku scribbled at home 2007, 
Lake Superior never ends...]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 05:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/EveningsBells_EveningSpells.mp3" length="19601646" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:13:14</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Rhodes, flute, mellow, live, emmajoe, coffeehouse, electric, improvisation, surf</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Evening casts her spell... dusky hues upon the sea... this night song of waves...</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVII.06 [poem, kalimba, surf] Stones</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=203475#</link>
<description><![CDATA[the ice has melted.
once more waves lap against stones,
clattering in the wash.
___

poem and kalimba composition Copyright MMVII H. J. Heath-Patrie -
Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license
___

kalimba played Live at the Holistic Health Fair at NMU earlier this month.  Enjoy!
___

strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Tranquil_MMVII.06_Stones.mp3" length="6521361" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:04:12</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>spring, thaw, surf, poem, kalimba, live</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>at last, the thaw; the ice breaks up, and the birds sing.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVII.05 [poem, harp, surf] Snowbound</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=203473#</link>
<description><![CDATA[i scan the desolate shore...

iceclad and snowbound,
the northwind tearing at my thoughts.

a blizzard confines my view -
foreshortening the limb of my understanding.

yet, i remember spring -
the unlocking of winter's grip -
the rejuvenation in the cycle of life.

so, i continue
my walk upon the strand -

imagining the weather
as it can be...

projecting myself 
into spring -

awaiting the thaw

as i scan the desolate shore.
___

poem and harp composition Copyright MMVII H. J. Heath Patrie -
Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license
___
wire-strung harp played Live at the Holistic Health Fair earlier this month.
___

Whew.  I've been out of commission for a bit.  Just busy, mostly -- being a domestic servant to my 4-year-old, doing some Audio work for a friend, and getting a case of mike-fright -- weirded out by 10,000 downloads.  Hello!  There are a few hundred of you, and i'm flattered that you love my music.  Thanks!

BTW: thanks, Seaducer, for the iTunes review!
___
strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Tranquil_MMVII.05_Snowbound.mp3" length="16002076" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:11:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>shore, strand, snow, storm, blizzard, poem, harp, music, surf</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>this blizzard can only delay spring for a while.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVII.04 [poem, piano, surf] Wondering</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=191755#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Wondering
___


and so i wonder
as i wander
upon this strand
...

knowing myself to inhabit
a thin line
dividing sea from land
...

this fractal coast
keys a memory...

a memory
of distant ancestors
wandering
...

finding themselves
upon this cusp
betwixt sea and land
...

and...
wondering

___
Poem by Heath Patrie,
Music by Heath Patrie - 'Swoopy for Derek' variation, from performance on MMVI November 4
...

Copyright MMVII H. J. Heath-Patrie
Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license
...
Share and enjoy!

website = strandgeisst.org]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Tranquil_MMVII.04_poem_piano_Wonder.mp3" length="8557293" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:05:42</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>poem, poetry, zen, piano, ephemeral, surf, beauty</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>a memory  of distant ancestors  wandering</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVII.03 [poem, flute, surf] Awakening</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=179302#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Awakening
___

Before pale first light,
impressions flee...
dissolving as i wake.

My dream-world hovers
on the edge of existence,
as i quaveringly realise
the dream-nature of my thoughts.

Awakening,
they seem to linger
for a moment...
then dissolve

- a metaphor
for life.

For, consciousness...

it seems to linger...

a mind, awakening
long enough to know
it is as ephemeral
as that lucid moment...

ephemeral
as the dew drops
on green leaves,

sparkling,
and evapourating
in the illuminating dawn
which gathers.

The dawn
of understanding,
of knowledge,
of impermanence,
of mind.

And, knowing,
ceases

- a dream,
on the edge of existence,
quaveringly realising
the dream-nature
of... itself.

___
{Poem and flute music by H. J. Heath-Patrie,
copyright MMVII.
Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

Share, and enjoy,
"for music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."
(William Congreve)

P.S: i got this flute for 3 dollars at a pow-wow.

website  strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Feb 2007 06:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Tranquil_MMVII.03_Awakening.mp3" length="9110329" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:06:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>poem, poetry, native, aboriginal, japanese, zen, flute, ephemeral, surf, beauty</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>before pale first light, fleeting thoughts before waking.  impressions dissolve.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVII.02 [haiku, Rhodes patch, vocal, surf] Rhodes Less Travelled By, visit II</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=172830#</link>
<description><![CDATA[rhodes less travelled by.
what has drawn me to this place?
to shores once hidden?
-

Rhodes Less Travelled By, visit II
-

Lake Superior surf,
haiku, vocals,
'Rhodes' synth voicing - tweaked
(composed in GarageBand 3)
-

haiku and music copyright MMVI H. J. Heath-Patrie,
Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.

website = strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=172830#</guid>
<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Tranquil_MMVII.02_RhodesLessTravelledBy_Visit2.mp3" length="10571661" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:06:55</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Rhodes, electric, improvisation, garageband, sequencer</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>rhodes less travelled by.  what has drawn me to this place? to shores once hidden?</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVII.01 [haiku, harp, flute, vocal, surf] By the Sea, Departure</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=168423#</link>
<description><![CDATA[by the sea i go. 
upon the strand i saunter, 
lost upon a wave. 
...
 
[harp suite] B Natural, Dorian-Ion Groove variations 
...
 
a kiss sweet and long. 
we linger as lovers will, 
hot upon my lips. 
...
 
[flute song] In a Wood, songlet II 
...
 
[harp song] To Be My Dream/Song 137 [harp with vocal] 
...
 
haiku and music, copyright MMVI Heath Patrie ... 
Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.
... surf by Mother Nature (courtesy of Lake Superior)
... http://strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 7 Jan 2007 04:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Tranquil_MMVII.01.mp3" length="24617507" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:16:52</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>haiku, harp, flute, surf</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>by the sea i go.  upon the strand i saunter... lost upon a wave.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.53 [flute] Langiappe</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=163832#</link>
<description><![CDATA[something extra. 
an idea we all could embrace. 
langiappe. 
 
And you thought there were only 52 weeks in a year!  Here's something extra.  I couldn't decide whether to post this music.  Yet, everyone must admit, it is the last true folk music.  That is to say: music that everyone knows.  I hope you enjoy it.  Here is a medley of a few personal favourites, from an album i recorded this week for my friend, Jaquey.
 
 
'for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.' (William Congreve)
 
Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution/Non-commercial/ShareAlike license.
___
strandgeist.com]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Tranquil_MMVI.53_flute_Langiappe.mp3" length="14010655" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:09:11</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>flute, mellow, acoustic, christmas, holiday, folk</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>something extra.  an idea we all could embrace.  langiappe.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.52 [tiny synth with Live flute] Postscript</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=161963#</link>
<description><![CDATA[postscript to a thought. 
often it intrudes again. 
was i here before?

This is one of my Live experiments. 

I found a tiny little Yamaha keyboard at St. Vinnie's for 75 cents one day (a PSS-1 [i think; i can't find it], perhaps it's the first 'Yamahopper').  I played around with it that morning - getting a cool little groove out of it.  So, i put one of my 500-dollar studio mikes on its dinky little speaker (it didn't even have a headphone jack), and recorded its little sequencer playback - pasting together a long version with a MiniDisc recorder (the sequence only ran for eight bars or so).  Then (i think) i layered another part onto that - some arpeggios.  I then took this to my gig at EmmaJoe's that Monday night, and played it back through a stereo digital effects processor, and played my flute - improvising a nice melody over the ostanada.  I think it turned out okay.

Enjoy, "for music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." (William Congreve)

~heath

Creative Commons deed 2.5 = attribution, non-commercial, share alike]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Postscript_ostanada_tweak_E_flute_Lev_trimming_T6_B6dB.mp3" length="9799192" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:06:40</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>flute, mellow, electric, live, emmajoe, coffeehouse, effects, FX</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>postscript to a thought.  often it intrudes again.  was i here before?</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.51 [synth] Enovariation 17</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=159740#</link>
<description><![CDATA[a variation. 
a theme i recognise. 
eno on the brain. 
...

And, now, for something completely different - with a beat.

Believe it or not, this was done on a hand-me-down 'consumer grade' keyboard (from a deceased granny).

The first part i laid down was the melody without any harmonic structure (except perhaps an imaginary one in my head).  I synced to the metronome, i think - or possibly a version of the drum track.  I then experimented with playing different chord structures (in real time - 'straight ahead', as they say in jazz) over the melody (accompanying the little 1-track onboard sequencer as it played back the melody), and found that this identical melody with different background grooves could run quite a gamut of moods.  I had the 'Patented Carlos Santana Chord Progression' (as Frank Zappa once put it) on one take, various mono-chord grooves, and this take is the one i liked best.  It has a Brian-Eno-esque quality - the 'Patented Brian Eno Chord Progression', if you will; so, i named it 'Enovariation'.  {Both Frank and Brian would approve of my composition technique, i think - melody first, possible harmonic variations second.}  Also, the index number (on the raw CD master) happened to be '17' -- which i decided was catchy, and fitting for the title - in honour of the ensemble Heaven 17.  Enjoy - for music hath charms...

~heath        CreativeCommons 2.5 - attribution, non-commercial, share alike
...

PS - new website (finally) - http://web.mac.com/heathpatrie - and two other podcasts - i'm putting up all my Live gigs in one (at alive.libsyn.com), and sharing a few oddities in another one at the site - check it out.  Hmm... i wonder what will become of Tranquil Music by Heath?]]></description>
<category>podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Enovariation_17_EQ_T6dB.mp3" length="8742713" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:05:55</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>synth, groove, beat, improvisation, eno</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>a variation.  a theme i recognise.  eno on the brain.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.50 [flute] Windsong</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=158827#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Oops!  I accidentally deleted this from my feed. :(
So, here.  I'm republishing it.
___

wind blowing a door. 
a spirit wandering by. 
welcome to my song. 

___
Another courtship song to Jo, from Medicine Flute. 
___
Special thanks to Kimberly Wilson, who played some of my music in her 'hip tranquil chick' podcast, which is a cool blend of yoga and hipness.  She's written a book that my wife and i are reading together, which is helping to inspire me to "be the change" i wish to see in the World.  {Thanks, Kimberly!}
___
Some of my music was also played on Skepticality -- another of my favourite podcasts.  {Thanks, Derek and Swoopy!}  I feel honoured to be part of these shows.


~heath        namaste

Changing the World, one song at a time, "for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."  -William Congreve

flute music by Heath Patrie
Creative Commons License 2.5
(attribution/non-commercial use/no derivatives)
(podcasters contact me at http://heathpatrie.com)]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 2 Dec 2006 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:06:14</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>tranquil, flute, love, lovesong, wind</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>wind blowing a door.  a spirit wandering by.  welcome to my song.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.49 [wire-strung harp] Valentine suite IV</title>
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<description><![CDATA[lovers drinking wine. 
candles on tables glowing. 
love-light in their eye. 
...

From 'Valentine' suite IV - Myxed Dance... B Natural... Afterdance as Well.

Played Live at the Nordic Bay Lodge (Marquette, Michigan USA), on Valentine's Day evening, to a restaurant jammed with lovers (some even married ;-), with candles on the tables, and wine-tasting the featured activity (other than romance), and me playing my little harp for them.
 
I played well (not perfectly), my harp was in fairly good tune (though it's difficult to tell in a crowded room), and i decided to publish the recording as an album.  What to call it, i wondered briefly.  But, what a perfect excuse to name it 'Valentine'.  I might never get another chance
...
 
BTW, this was also my first recording using GarageBand (with a MOTU 828 24-bit linear audio interface, recording 6-tracks simultaneous), which now has become my new way of doing things.  {What you hear in this recording is just the stereo pair of mics inside my harp - 'straight up'; the room was too noisy to mix in to this stereo version; i'll save it for the surround in a 5.1 thingy some day.}
...

Upcoming gigs - Nov 30th (tommorrow) at the Upper Peninsula Medical Center lobby at Noon (harp and piano), December 3rd (Sunday evening) at the Peter White Public Library (on flute, with Charlie Nevil on piano), and New Year's Eve in the Restaurant at the Holiday Inn, 7~9 pm (harp), all in Marquette.  Nothing else booked in December (yet ;-)
...

Listen in peace and joy.  Universe unfolding.  namaste

...
 
unfolding, one song at a time, "for music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve
...

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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:17:32</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>harp,love,valentine,live,mellow,calm,NordicBayLodge</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath-Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>lovers drinking wine.  candles on tables glowing.  love-light in their eye.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.48 [Rhodes with flute] Mandala</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=154875#</link>
<description><![CDATA[plaintive song played soft.
my flute encircles a thought.
mandala of mind.
...

Live at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse.  Rhodes recorded Sunday afternoon,  then played back at gig on Monday night to 'self accompany' my Live flute.
...

I'm sitting in a coffeeshop downstate uploading this, and Zach just asked me what my influrences are.  Hmm...  Paul Horn, Steve Reich... 

And, Vangelis.  I have his 'Opera Sauvage' (on vinyl :-).  He is one of my strongest influences.

A few months ago i was listening to Opera Sauvage.  It feels very romantic to me (something i've been accused of, myself) - very moving, in a way that is difficult to describe.  As i was listening to a certain passage (played on Rhodes piano), i realised Vangelis does something i feel is at root to why i play music.  It is part of an ancient paradigm, wherein the purpose of music is to 'dampen out' chaotic mental noise, - to put a kind of 'bias' on the mind - which might otherwise howl with feedback, like an amplifier with too much gain and no signal.

The first "savage breast" i soothe is mine own.  My music, firstly, is my own homemade music therapy - a folk remedy as old as human conciousness.
...

And, i wonder, how can i take full credit for creating my music?  Nature has equipped me, but can i truly say i understand the process?  We study it, and 'understand' it, but have we really invented music?  Or, are we 'hard-written' to make it?  Music is in my 'ROM', and my cerebrum mostly goes along for the ride (and "what a long beautiful trip it's been").  All our Theory we cook up (like Music Theory)... but what do we really know?  As Duke Ellington famously put it, when asked by a reporter, "Mr. Ellington, how can you tell if it's 'good' music?", he answered: "Man, if it sounds good, it Is good."

Just as a mother can be thought of as a 'steward' of the process of life, i realise that i too am only a steward of a creative process.  I like to think of my music as something i've brought forth - something which nature has equipped me to do (for which i am inexpressibly grateful).  I can accept that i am a producer.  But, where does it comes from, really?  It is quintessentially unanswerable - the question for the Philosopher, Sage, or other thinking person, to which the answer is '42'.  Have i ever been satisfied with the answer?  I don't even know the question.  It feels beyond the limb of my understanding.  It may be ever beyond it.  Perhaps the same can be said for any intelligence: we are but stewards of it.

I view my knowledge of music as metaphor for my knowledge of anything - for anyone's knowledge of anything.

Which is why i'll just settle in, and play, "for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." (William Congreve)

~heath
...

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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:10:27</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Rhodes, flute, mellow, live, emmajoe, coffeehouse, knowledge, intelligence, improvisation</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>plaintive song played soft.  my flute encircles a thought.  mandela of mind.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.47 [Rhodes stage piano] Lament for the Lost</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=152434#</link>
<description><![CDATA[the buildings fell down.
before my eyes i saw them.
still i disbelieve.

...

I had my weekly gig to play (at the Holiday Inn, where i played lounge music on my Rhodes for happy hour, 6 to 9).  It was the week after the tragic event we now call '9-11'.  I was in a real funk, and was having trouble playing.  The drunks were just doing their 'displacement activity' - getting more drunk than usual.  It comes natural to drunks.  They're not there for self examination.

I couldn't focus.  Everything i played was a bit distorted.  This lament came out of my hands, from wherever, and i listened to it many times afterward, trying to grok how the World had shifted, and what could i possibly do about anything.  I tried not to become a drunk.  Years later, i started this podcast.
...

This isn't the original version.  {That was played on an out-of-tune acoustic bar piano.  I can't find it; the raw CD Master is kicking around in a box somewhere.}  This is a redux i played on my Rhodes in May of this year.  It's a bit moody, but i hope you like it.

Now, go out and help make the World a better place.  Get off the couch, because we're not going to do any good sitting around complaining about what might have been.

~heath
...

vainly hoping, against all hope, to change the World (one song at a time), because he read something once which a Playwright had written long ago, "for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."  (William Congreve)
...

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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:08:31</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Rhodes, improvisation</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>the buildings fell down.  before my eyes i saw them.  still i disbelieve.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.46 [flute] Selena</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=149800#</link>
<description><![CDATA[small luminous world. 
barren aunt in the night sky.
sister to all life.

...

This is another courtship song, played for Jo, before she came home from China.ÃÂ Good medicine.

I sent her eleven tapes.  I wrote her 64 lettres (i know this, because i serialised them with Roman Numerals). ÃÂ I proposed to her in a lettre, and she chose to walk with me.

...

{Also, i apologise for not using one of my own photographs for the art.  I have some Lunar photography, but they're all Kodachrome slides which have never been scanned (some day, probably).  So, i've resorted to using a public domain image of my favourite sister-planet -- another beautiful World -- especially considering what she's done for us (stabilizing out our wobbles, so that higher life-forms had a chance, eh?  What a cool aunt.  Thanks Selena).}

~Heath

...

Helping to make Reality, one song at a time,
       "for music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."    ~William Congreve

...

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...

Ah, also, i'm the Featured Artist this week at ezFolk.com.  Ace!  {Google it,
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Nov 2006 05:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Selena.mp3" length="7575367" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:04:58</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>flute, mellow, acoustic, love, courtship, found space</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>small luminous world.  barren aunt in the night sky.  sister to all life</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.45 [wire-strung harp] Mood Nr. 2</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=147843#</link>
<description><![CDATA[beloved life mate. 
for you so often i play. 
oh mate of my soul. 
...

Mood Nr. 2 is another wistful Autumn piece played for Jo at home.  I actually had made a low-fidelity recording of this with a little pocket digital voice recorder, and liked it a lot, so i played it again with the CD recorder rolling.  Jo likes it.  I hope you do too.
 
Next week, solo flute in the stairwell.  Next harp (in 4 weeks) will be one more wistful autumnal thing from this recording, and then i'll shift gears into something more cheerful, to keep our spirits up for Winter.  {We do get cabin fever up here.}
 
Sorry, no haiku in the 'lyrics' field (in the id3 tags).  I forgot to write one before uploading (and if i try to figure out how to append it right now, this will take 'til tommorrow :-).
 
Enjoy!  And, thanks for that lovely second iTunes review whomever you may be.  It always makes my day (week, month... :-)
 
~heath, on Lake Superior
 ... 

The weather of a thousand years begins with but a single butterfly-wing flap.

"For Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve

 ... 

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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2006 21:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:05:52</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>harp, mellow, improvisation, adagio, autumn</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>beloved life mate.  for you so often i play.  oh mate of my soul.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.44 [flute with synthetic bells] Three Big Belz</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=146026#</link>
<description><![CDATA[big bells are ringing. 
calling from so far away. 
sounding of my mind. 
...

Three Big Belz.  Flute, Live at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse, with synthetic pealing bells backtracks (recorded previously at home).  This is another one of my experiments.  Without real bells, i have to make due with a keyboard.  Maybe someday i'll have some real tubular bells (which would be very cool).  I like playing my flute on top of various ambient effects, and this is one of my stranger doo-dads.  Enjoy!
  
~heath 
...

Boldly tweaking the Universe one butterfly-wing flap at a time!
  
"For Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve
  
  
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:14:50</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>flute, live, mellow, electric, effects, synthesizer, autumn, mood, bells</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>big bells are ringing.  calling from so far away.  sounding of my mind.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.43 [Rhodes] Odd Chor-data, visit IV</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=143189#</link>
<description><![CDATA[leslie speaker spin.  
swirly doppler shifter.  
twirl me 'round some more.

A warm and swirly Rhodes ditty, with some chorus and rotating speaker effect.  I wish i had a Leslie speaker, but i don't.  {Ah... some day.}  So, a digital effects processor will have to do for now.

Enjoy!

-Heath, in Universe 137, Milky-Way Galaxy, Carina-Cygnus Arm (unfashionable West End), Sol, Earth, Lake Superior, Whetstone Brook, East Bank.


The weather of a thousand years begins with but a single butterfly-wing flap.

"For Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve


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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Odd_Chor-data_visit_IV.mp3" length="5736089" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:03:58</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Rhodes,electric,improvisation</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>leslie speaker spin.  swirly doppler shifter.  twirl me 'round some more.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.42 [flute with synthesizer] First Snow (for Douglas)</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=140872#</link>
<description><![CDATA[beneath veil of night.  
patina upon landscape.  
sparkle in moonlight. 
...
 
A misty morning glomen brightens the luminous sky.  The first snow, having come (as oft it will) beneath the veil of night, reveals its frosty patina upon the land.  The first rays of Sol now touch the icy dust.  It sparkles in the chilly morning air.

My breath hovers before me.  I walk along, unhurried.  My footfalls crunch the crispy leaves, now dusted in sparkles.  Ah, the desolation before Winter.  This stark beauty, upon my Earth, my fragile island home.

How insignificant she seems, in the grand scale of Reality.  Yet, she is my whole World, the only home i've ever known.  This, the one life i know, i think to myself - crusty leaves crunching beneath my feet, my breath before me, sunbeams sparkling in the snow.

...

Composed with GarageBand2 late last night (finished about 2am this morning).  Episode 42 must, of course, be dedicated to Douglas Adams.  I met him 3 days before the untimely end of his sojourn.  Somehow the mood of this piece fits my thoughts of then.

Please enjoy, and don't get too moody.  :-]

~heath
...

Changing the World, one groove at a time, "for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve
 
...
 
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/First_Snow_-_Take_11_muted_synth_drone_flute_best.mp3" length="9033200" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:05:55</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>flute,mellow,electric,effects,synthesizer,autumn,mood</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>beneath veil of night.  patina upon landscape.  sparkle in moonlight.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.41 [wire-strung harp] Arpeggio of the Leaves</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=138237#</link>
<description><![CDATA[a chilly landscape.  
a breeze scuttling the leaves.  
so quiet the birds. 
...

The leaves turn to golden and red, quaking in the October breeze... The rustle of fallen leaves, scuttling across the path... i pull up my collar, and push my hands deeper into my pockets as i walk along, the wind picking up, and howling faintly through bare tress.

Coming is the season Kurt Vonnegut called 'the Locking' -- that long cold silent time before Winter.  For now, i nuzzle my face lower into my scarf, and think of the Autumn beauty about me.  I have lived through many Winters.  There will come an Autumn which will be my last.  I sometimes think upon such things, as the leaves turn golden and red, quaking in the October breeze.

~heath
...

Changing the World, one groove at a time,
"for music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve
...

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<pubDate>Sun, 8 Oct 2006 02:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:10:27</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>harp,mellow,calm,adagio,autumn,melancholy</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>a chilly landscape.  a breeze scuttling the leaves.  so quiet the birds.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.40 [flute with Rhodes] Morning Aire</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=135563#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Another 'Live at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse' self-duet. 

The Rhodes stage-piano part was played Live at EmmaJoe's, on either 2001 November 26 or 2002 June 24 (i forget which date; i'd have to go find my raw Masters), which i then later played back as self-accompaniment for my flute, played Live at EmmaJoe's on 2003 January 6.

This is Number 2 from a collection of four pieces alternating between jazzy and mellow, now titled 'January Juxtipose' ("Juxtipose-Ay" - with an accent acute, folks - which will not appear properly on the libsyn page).  

I imagined i was producing for LP ('vinyl'), where the music is divided into two 'suites' (side A and side B).  I've often said that a good LP is produced with this in mind: each side can stand alone as its own suite.  So, i began each 'side' with an up-tempo piece, and followed it with a mellow meditation.  The up-tempo pieces probably won't fit into this 'tranquil' podcast.
 
You've already heard Number 4 (it's Tranquil MMVI.36, Evening's Bells).  So, here's the other one (the 'first' mellow one, from 'side A' :-).  As always, enjoy!  {But don't listen while driving at night, please.}
 
-Heath ;-] 
 
...
 
Changing the World, one groove at a time, "for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve
 
...
 
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/Morning_Aire.mp3" length="17396747" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:duration>00:11:53</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Rhodes, flute, live, emmajoe, coffeehouse, electric, improvisation</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>the first 'meditation' from January Juxtipos&#195;&#169;</itunes:subtitle>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.39 [animation, with Rhodes and vocal] Song for Jo, and Myst</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=130577#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here is an unusual animation technique, which i've flown together with a couple of Rhodes stage piano pieces.
 
I did this Video Feedback in Napoli, Italia (Naples, Italy) in 1982.  Essentially, this is done by aiming a video camera at a video monitor to get a kinematic version of feedback (the howling and squealing you get from microphones too close to speakers being the familiar Audio version).  Having said that, the results i got involved a lot of patience and some fairly high-end (but accessible) gear.  I used a Sony camera which allowed Manual over-ride of the Automatic exposure controls and Colour Inversion, etc.  I recorded it onto one of the early Betamax decks.  I kept two Beta tapes (about 3 hours worth), and gave one tape to the Salesman who let me use the equipment.  {If you're out there somewhere Mister, please contact me.  I'd very much love to make a copy of that third tape, which i've never seen since doing it, all those years ago..  remember Seaman Patrie?}

The music track is something i played years later for Jo (who was sitting there reading a book) in our 3rd year of Marriage.  I was just testing a mixer.  I usually don't do vocal (for some unknown reason; i have to get over mic-fright or something), but i was testing levels, and started singing to Jo 'just sitting there' (as you hear in the words).  I just made up some 'lovey-dovey' words, but the more i listened to it, the more i liked it, and it's become a personal favourite (though i've usually been too embarassed to play it; it is rather schmaltzy).

The second piece, a Rhodes instrumental meditation, is from my official 'first effort', Nu-foria.  I've variously call it 'Mysterium' or just 'Myst', because it is rather mysterious and mysty.  I've put both of these 'songs' into a collection i call Max Rhodes, which i don't actively distribute anymore.  But, this is part of why i'm doing this Podcast - as a means to give out some of my more obscure offerings, which would otherwise probably get totally lost in the sauce.  {I hardly ever play the Rhodes anymore; people just want to hear my harp.  I'll have to squeeze some playing in somewhere.}  I hope you enjoy listening, as i enjoyed playing - for Jo, and for you.
 
-Heath ;-] 
 
...
 
Changing the World, one groove at a time, "for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve
 
...
 
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/heath/VideoFB1982Italia1b_512v192kbs.mp4" length="41162119" type="audio/mp4"/>
<itunes:duration>00:08:14</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>rhodes,electric,improvisation,video,animation,love,</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Video Feedback, with a love song and instrumental on the Rhodes</itunes:subtitle>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.38 [Ojibwe flute] 'Our Fire' (a courtship song)</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=130557#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Here is another courtship song for Jo, played on a small wooden flute in the wee hours of the night.
 
As Jo did her service in the World in Wuhan China for a year, i pined for her, writing love-lettres and sending tapes of my flute in courtship of her.  This song is another selection from Medicine Flute - music i played in the natural acoustic space of the stairwell in our Post Office.

Caution, this music is not suitable for listening whilst driving at night.  Seriously; don't do it!  But, it definitely IS suitable listening for courting, loving, birthing, medition, yoga...  whenever you need a tranquil space to be in.  Enjoy!
 
-Heath ;-] 
 
...
 
Changing the World, one groove at a time, "for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve
 
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:05:13</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>flute, mellow, acoustic, love, courtship, live, native, american, Ojibwe</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>a courtship song for Jo, on wooden flute</itunes:subtitle>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.37 [harp video] Afterdance II (as Jo rambles)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is just Jo and me in our natural habitat.  I turned 49 on August 24th.  So, in honor of that passage, i thought i'd do something different, and post a video.  As ever, enjoy!  and feel free to email us or make a comment at my Podcast, at heath.libsyn.com.

Someone wrote a review!  Thank-you!  [grins broadly]  And, you're very very very welcome :-)

A bientot [sans diacritical marks, as they'll be messed-up looking]

-Heath, in Universe 137, Milky-Way Galaxy, Carina-Cygnus Arm (unfashionable West End), Sol, Earth, Lake Superior, Whetstone Brook, East Bank.


Boldly tweaking the Universe one butterfly-wing flap at a time!

"For Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve


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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:05:23</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>chat, harp, video, stereo, Heath, tranquil, habitat</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>what happens when Jo comes up to the studio to chat?</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.36 [Rhodes with flute] Evening's Bells</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is another 'flute-on-Rhodes' self-duet.  The Rhodes stage piano part was played Live at EmmaJoe's on 2002 june 24, which i played back as accompaniment for my flute at another gig at EmmaJoe's on 2003 January 6.  
  
Some of my fans like this flavour of my music best (more than my harp; go figure).  What do you think?  Let me know.  As ever, enjoy!  
  
-Heath the Tranquil :-]  
  
Changing the World, one groove at a time, 
"for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."  -William Congreve

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<pubDate>Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:12:24</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, flute, Rhodes, improvisation, emmajoes, mellow, groove</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live Rhodes, played back at another gig as accompanyment for my flute - also Live at EmmaJoe's</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.35 [piano] Piano For Hands I</title>
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<description><![CDATA[brothers of music.  
play the piano four hands...  
at four in the morn. 
...

This is a little thingy my brother Brian and i cooked up one 'morning' (in the wee hours) with a 40-ouncer of Mickey's and a Reel-to-Reel.  Brian came over, and we jammed on my 1917 Wurlitzer full-upright theatre piano (a Big piano, with a Big sound) 'til it got light out.  Brian plays melodic theme whilst i play an ostanada in the upper register.  

This is from back in my stuck-in-the-'70s bar band daze.  I've lost the original Reel (Brian thinks he might have it somewhere), so this is from a mildly fluttery cassette (sorry).  I hope you enjoy it.

{Addendum:  I'll eventually publish the 25 minute 'suite II' in a new podcast which resides in my new website.} 
  
~heath  
  
... Changing the World, one groove at a time,
"for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -Willian Congreve  

... Butterflies, flap your wings!


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{PS: that's Brian's picture.  Find his little experimental podcast at  brian.libsyn.com.}]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:04:36</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>acoustic, piano, jam, improvisation, Reel-to-Reel</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>brothers of music.  play the piano four hands...  at four in the morn.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.34 [flute] In a Wood</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Another courtship song from Medicine Flute.  
  
I've told this story before: my wife-to-be was teaching English in China; we wrote to each other every week or more - a real Elizabeth Barrett/Robert Browning style corrospondence.  I would go into the stairwell at the local Post Office after Midnight and play my flute in the beautiful sounding natural acoustic space that was the stairwell - recording it on my MiniDisc Recorder (the first one, the MZ-1), and then put it on a cassette tape to mail to her.  
  
It worked.  Now you know what kind of Medicine it is ;-]  
  
Enjoy!

-Heath 
  
... Changing the World, one groove at a time,
"for music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."  -William Congreve.
  
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:08:16</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>flute,mellow.acoustic,love,courtship,found space</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>another courtship song from Medicine Flute</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.33 [wire-strung harp] Moongroove</title>
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<description><![CDATA[suite III from A Little Harp, Please, played Live at EmmaJoe's MMIV April 12.
  
Another super-mellow endless groove: Moongroove, Step Nicely, Afterdance Variations & Lydia.  I have a friend whose middle name is Moon.  She really zoned on this 'groove', so i named it for her :)
  
This is one of my shorter sets from an EmmaJoe's gig when my playing was nice, the people were groovin', and my harp stayed in tune.  
    
Enjoy!  But, don't listen to this while driving at night!

-Heath  
  
... Changing the World, one groove at a time,
"for music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve. 
  
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:22:44</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, harp, improvisation, emmajoes, coffehouse</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Live at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse, from A Little Harp, Please II</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.32 [Rhodes with flute] Jim's Favourite</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tranquil MMVI.32 [flute with Rhodes] Jim's Favourite, from April ArK.  
  
One Monday night, at one of my regular gigs at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse, i had decided to just show up and play the house acoustic piano (which is all Jason ever said i had to do to get paid).  I did my infinite improvisation thing.  And, being at EmmaJoe's, i was under no pressure to play any prescribed stuff, so i was just cooking up some fresh stuff out of nowhere (perhaps Calliope was smiling upon me). 
    
After i had finished a particularly good set, my friend Jim Bedore said, "wow Heath; that was excellent; what was that?"  
       I said, "i have no idea; i'll probably never play it again."  But Jim and Amber (et al) said they really liked it.  So, i thought, 'okay', and played through it again a couple of times. 
       So, when i went home that night, i flicked on the MiniDisc recorder and layed down a version of it on the Rhodes stage piano.  I then took this to EmmaJoe's the following Monday night (my next gig) and played it as a backtrack for some live 'electric flute'. 
    
I hope you like it as much as Jim and Amber.  Enjoy! 
    
-Heath  ;-] 
    
... Changing the World, one groove at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." --William Congreve
    
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... 

{P.S: Yes, that is Tom Laverty in the leather jacket, at Dead River Cafe.}]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Aug 2006 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:08:28</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:subtitle>played this on piano, and Jim loved it - so went home and recorded it</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.31 [acoustic piano] June Fantasy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tranquil MMVI.31 [acoustic piano] 'June Fantasy' from Natural Excipients 
...
  
I got hired to play my Rhodes at this really huge dinner-party at Upfront & Company.  {There were something like 300 guests.}  They have this great sounding Young-Chang full-upright piano on the stage in the bar, so i asked the guys to roll it into the banquet hall where i played a set on it.
  
All i had on me was a MiniDisc recorder, so, i taped my tiny little omni condenser mics onto the top edge of the sound board (and got it into manual), and let it roll.  This works quite well (as you can hear), and i use it as one of my Natural Stereo techniques (for all you budding Recording Engineers out there).  Try it; you'll like it.
  
Natural excipients = the original plant or fungus or whatever (like willow bark) from which pharmacuticals (like Aspirin) are developed.  It's a metaphor for how i compose music; my improvisations are the natural excipients of my compositions.  {Refer to my Rap in the previous episode.}   Enjoy!
  
~heath
...
    
Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." --William Congreve
...

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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:13:59</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, acoustic, piano, improvisation, upfront</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Acoustic piano improvisations at a really huge dinner-party.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.30 [Ojibwe flute] n'Widgiiwaagan</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=110283#</link>
<description><![CDATA[one who hunts with me.  
life-mate with whom i would walk.  
the un-ending song. 
...

n'Widgiiwaagan, from Natural Excipients 
  
This is something i played on a borrowed flute, Live at the Psychic Faire, at Bay de Noc Community College, in Escanaba (in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan).  They'd hired me to play my harp (which everyone loved, of course), but there was a vendor there with some really nice authentic Native-American flutes.  I was trying them out and found one i liked a lot, so i asked if i could play a couple of songs on mic.  This was my favourite from that night.  {I couldn't afford the flute.}  Later that year i included this in a demo album i named 'Natural Excipients'  - a term borrowed from pharmacology.  Natural excipients are the original stuff (like willow bark) from which pharmacuticals (like Aspirin) are developed.  I thought it was a good metaphor for how i compose music; my improvisations are the natural excipients of my compositions.  Unfortunately, nobody ever got it, and i had to explain it to everyone.  This name, however, is, in some small way, now commemorated in this Podcast.  ;-]  
  
n'Widgiiwaagan is a pet name for my wife.  It translates literally as 'my Hunting-with-me-one'
... 
  
Baa-maa pii minwaa ka-waabmin ('fare thee well and we'll meet again').  
  
~heath
...
    
Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." --William Congreve
...
    
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:03:30</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>flute, mellow, acoustic, love, courtship, live, native, Ojibwe</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>one who hunts with me.  life-mate with whom i would walk.  the un-ending song.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.29 [effected harp] Suite Delay</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tranquil MMVI.29 [effected harp] 'Suite Delay' from Alive at EmmaJoe's MMIV nov 10
...  
  
This is a bit of a rarity.  I usually never play my harp through effects, as it's usually quite a different ethos at my harp gigs.  But, this night, i was playing a Rhodes gig, and decided to bring my harp along to play a set.  Of course, when i'm doing the Rhodes i bring some electric doo-dads along to spice it up.  So, when i did pull my harp out i patched it through the electronic nonsense for fun, and this is what came out.  {I've only done this at a couple of gigs, so i don't have much of this.}
    
I hope you have fun listening.  Enjoy!  
  
~heath
...
    
Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." --William Congreve
    
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:09:52</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>live, mellow, harp, emmajoes, coffeehouse</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Harp through delay effects, Alive at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.28 [flute with classic guitar] Jam 2, with Lee Moore</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Jam Number 2, from Jam in the Chapel with Lee  
...
    
flute played by Heath, with classic guitar played by Lee Moore  
...
    
This is something my friend Lee and i did a couple of years ago.  We had been jamming, and thought it might be worth doing a recording session.  So, we got together in the Morgan Chapel (at Saint Paul's in Marquette).  This chapel has a beautifal chamber acoustic, and i've used it for classic guitar and folk guitar. We did a whole session, so look for more of it to show up in future.  Enjoy!
...
    
{By the way, this snap-shot of Lee is from a Live performance at EmmaJoe's.  I usually don't remember to bring a camera to gigs or sessions.  Sorry.  Now that i'm Podcasting i'm trying to keep a camera on hand.}
    
~heath
...
    
Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." --William Congreve
    
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<pubDate>Sat, 8 Jul 2006 23:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:03:48</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>improvisation,classic guitar,flute,Lee Moore,Heath Patrie</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>a fun mellow jam with my friend Lee on classic guitar</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.27 [Rhodes] Swoopy for Derek</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=106052#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Swoopy for Derek, from Triage 219
   
Played on my 1974 Rhodes 73 stage piano in the wee hours at home.  I was testing a new Beringer 'twin-12' stereo instrument amp - crammed with digital effects, and this song came out.
   
I'm sorry about the low technical quality (noisy, low level) but it was very late, and i had the amp turned wa-a-a-y down.  Later, i was bummed to discover that the recording output was 'post volume', and the audio was quite noisy.  {Triage 219 is one collection of stuff which isn't good enough.  I may get around to fixing the audio with Soap or GarageBand3, later.}
   
Not long after playing this, i found out that a Presenter of one of my first favourite Podcasts, Skepticality, had suffered a stroke.  Like all of Derek and Swoopy's fans i was feeling really sad - hoping he was going to pull through.  I had just cooked up this new 'SWAIN' ("Song Without an Interesting Name"? - i could do "Tune...", but that's already taken :-) which was a kind of bitter-sweet lament, and so i named it for Derek, because i was feeling blue about Derek.  And, sorry about the goofy name, but i couldn't help myself. ;-]   When we are dust, no-one will care.
...

Recently, i heard Derek on Slacker Astronomy's bonus feed.  He's doing well.  So, we're all looking forward to some new Skepticality.

~heath
...

{Addendum: on 2006 Nov 30 i played an extended fantasy based on this composition, which is available at alive.libsyn.com}
...
   
Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." --William Congreve
    
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<pubDate>Sat, 1 Jul 2006 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:03:57</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Rhodes, electric, improvisation, skepticality, Derek</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Soon after composing this, Derek had a stroke, and we were all feeling down.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.26 [electric flute] Freeform</title>
<link>http://heath.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=103688#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Freeform, from April ArK.  Performed Live at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse, 2003 April 21.
   
More fun stuff, but still in the 'tranquil' catagory.  This was a lark.  I was playing flute on top of some Rhodes i'd played earlier, and for some reason (i think at the top of a new set) as i was twiddling around with delay effects parameters, i just started playing away.  I do this from time to time (though not as much since EJ's closed; but check out emmajoes.coop), but this is one of the best.  It's fun sometimes to toss some electronic nonsense into the mix.  I hope you like it.  Enjoy!
       
Recording Notes:  two condenser mics (one Lav taped to the flute), ART FXR Digital Effects Processor, Mackie 1202 Mixer (the original), and i forget exactly how the amps and speakers were set up, but probably an old used Pioneer Hi-Fi amp driving some Denon Near-Field Monitors in stereo into the house.  {My gear is a clever mixture of thrift-store happenstance and carefully selected new.}

~heath
...
    
Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." --William Congreve
...
    
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:10:26</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>flute, mellow, electric, live, emmajoe, coffeehouse, effects, FX</itunes:keywords>
<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Mix a flute with an effects processor and what do you get?</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.25 [wire-strung harp] Lusty May</title>
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<description><![CDATA[suite I: Lusty May, Away, another Aeolian Groove, and B Natural.  From Lusty May, performed Live at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse 2004 may 17.

Ahh, the beautiful mural in the background.  {Click on that art to see it well.}  This was painted by friends of Jason Schneider (jason@emmajoes.coop), LT and Woli.  Sadly, this mural has been painted over since the original EJ's folded; but, it is very cool.  There are a few pix, and it lives on in our memory.  Enjoy! 

~heath
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Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve
    
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.24 [flute with Rhodes piano] Lila</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lila [pronounced LEE-lah, meaning "playfulness"], from October Offering.
  
This is another flavour of my Live stuff, performed Live at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse (in Marquette, in Upper Michigan) in October of 2003.  I'm playing the flute live - layering this onto some Rhodes backtracks (recorded at home beforehand).  {I've not figured out any better way to play both instruments at the same time, but it is still me playing both.}
  
Recording Notes:  This is direct from the Live 2-Track Master with the Rhodes in the Left Channel (with a hint of the flute delay effect mixed over), and my flute is on a mic in the Right (so you hear a hint of the Rhodes through its chorus effect in the room).  I've never got around to producing this into a finished product, but i hope you enjoy it.  ;-]
   
~heath
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Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." --William Congreve
    
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 Jun 2006 19:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:08:36</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>flute played with Rhodes 'self-accompanyment, Live at EmmaJoe's</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.23 [piano] Variation Five</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Variation V, from Lost Improvisations
   
This is something i played at Saint Paul's (in Marquette) whilst waiting for some other Musicians to show up for a Taize rehersal.  I was hanging out, waiting for everyone, and just started noodling around on the piano when this came out (thanks Calliope).
   
Recording notes:  I had to fly this off the MiniDisc onto a CD, then back onto another MD and edit madly, because this was the one time the MD Recorder messed up.  The recording was very de-railed in parts, so i had to edit out about eight or sixteen measures.  That was a bummer, but i wanted to save the music because it was so nice.  Here it is; it's still worth listening to.  Enjoy!

~heath
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Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." -William Congreve
    
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<pubDate>Sat, 3 Jun 2006 22:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:05:23</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:author>Heath Patrie</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>random piano improvisation before a rehersal.</itunes:subtitle>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.22 [flute] A Wood Revisited</title>
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<description><![CDATA[my medicine flute.  
alas you're made of nickel.  
and so will not burn. 
...

A Wood Revisited, from Medicine Flute.
Poem: Medicine Flute
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Midnight in the Post Office stairwell, Downtown Marquette.
The doors aren't locked.  {'Nine-Eleven is not yet a word.}
I miss you.  You have been away for months, in China.
I turn on my clunky recorder, under my puffy vest (for warmth).
I address you in the semi-darkness...
 
I miss you.
I murmer sweet nothings...
for an hour, sweet nonsense.
Then my flute, i warm with my breath,
breathing into it - like life, from the Animator
of all living things -
animating all things.
I animate my flute for you -
for all the longing of my aching heart,
for my missing Love,
for my wife-to-be,
for my one i would walk with.

But my flute is made of Nickel
and will not burn,
later, when you marry me -
which suites me fine.
   
~heath
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Changing the World, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." --William Congreve
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<pubDate>Sat, 3 Jun 2006 22:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:08:01</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:subtitle>medicine flute.  alas you're made of nickel.  and so will not burn.</itunes:subtitle>
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<title>Tranquil MMVI.21 [wire-strung harp] suite II from A Little Harp Please II</title>
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<description><![CDATA[suite II = Playing by the C, Another Dorian Groove, and Camping at 8th Street Coffeehouse variations.  Played Live at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse in Marquette, Michigan
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This is a set from one of my regular Monday night gigs at EmmaJoe's Coffeehouse in Marquette, Michigan, played 2004 April 12.  {EmmaJoe's has unfortunately since folded, but it may yet return; there's a Co-op getting started. try emmajoes.coop}
...
   
Hello everyone, and welcome to this inaugural installment of Tranquil Music by Heath.  I took Steve Jobs' directive to "change the world" to heart.  So, i wonder, what can i do?  A friend said the most important thing i have is my music. "Get it out there", she said, and trust that the Universe will unfold as it should.  So, here.  Enjoy.  I boldly flap my puny butterfly wings - and maybe this will make all the difference.
   
~heath
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Changing the world, one improvisation at a time, "...for Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."  --William Congreve
...
   
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<pubDate>Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle>Improvisations on wire-strung harp, Live at EmmaJoe's</itunes:subtitle>
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