Waterfall of Grace - Layered Improvisations, Voice And...

by Yonti Ma

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1.	Vol De La Nuit (featuring Abraham Weiss) 06:59	info	buy track
2.	Yin 10:27	info	buy track
3.	Among Mermaids 04:16		buy track
4.	New Breath 10:12		buy track
5.	All That You Are 05:28	lyrics	buy track
I am Joy; I am Wisdom; I am Splendor; I am Passion and Purpose; I am a Sacred Gift of Life; A Transfiguring Flame of Divine Love; I am All That I Am. You are Joy; You are Wisdom; You are Splendor; You are Passion and Purpose; You are a Sacred Gift of Life; A Transfiguring Flame of Divine Love; You are All That You Are.
6.	We Are Love 08:13	lyrics	buy track
I am Love; You are Love: We are Love
7.	Breaks Us Open 05:31	lyrics	buy track
Life Breaks Us Open Spilling us, spilling us, spilling us One heartbreak at a time One mockingbird song at a time One sunset at a time One breath, one kiss, one heartbreak at a time One death, one flower at a time Life Breaks Us Open
8.	WhyWhy? 03:48	lyrics	buy track
We shed the blood of our brothers, why? why? why? We steal the breath of our sisters, why? why? why? We end the joy of our children, why? why? why? In the background are some words of Pablo Neruda from a poem about war called "Spain"
9.	Waterfall of Grace 06:28		buy track

about

This album originated in a dare of sorts - could I learn to use Abelton Live and make a full record in approx. 10 days. Yes! and No. I lay down and kiss the feet of the people who made that amazing software and in gratitude to those who fed me the clues I needed to step inside it. Wow.
This is a very rough document of my learning and my stepping into a fuller form of my musical expression. Some tracks pan only L or R and the overall sound quality is strange --an artifact of my learning curve with the software. I decided the improvisations captured were worth sharing despite the tech issues.

This album is also a departure from the solo piano improvisations of the other albums here. It's a new, multi-instrumental and multi-layered set of improvised soundscapes built around some of the mantras and questions I use to stay connected to this Source.

We live in a Waterfall of Grace. Whether we think to look up and drink from it, it pours down without charge or condition, magically falling onto all our days from where we cannot know. We are of and for and from this immense gift of connection to what is Holy. What we make from it feeds back to the source. Thus music is a gift --first received and then given.

I hope these sounds will serve you in some way. Enjoy! And please share with your friends. Links through Facebook or other sharings help get this music into the hands and hearts of more people than I can reach on my own.

Ever Blessed! ~Yonti Ma

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released April 4, 2013

Yonti Ma - vocals, piano, harmonium, flutes, viola, percussion
Abraham Lev Weiss - clarinet

Cover Design - Yonti Ma

Gratitudes to All My Relations, those skilled hands who produced the instruments used, and in particular Abraham Weiss, Alex Jacobs, and Heath Papinchak --for their inspiration and their generous encouragement and technical advice. Muses, friends, soul-kin.

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Yonti Ma Portland, Oregon

Using voice and sound to make sacred spaces for us to BE. Made from surrender, I hope my music inspires it in others. The untethered boat takes the best journey. Cryptic? Yeah, expect cryptic. Musical koans to break the mind and open the being.

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