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MP3 Jeffrey Fisher - Satyagraha - Songs of the Earth
8 MP3 Songs in this album (61:05) !
Related styles: New Age: Meditation, New Age: Healing, Featuring Bass
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Award-winning composer Jeffrey Fisher'' s unique new album Satyagraha - Songs of the Earth, is an outstanding collection of meditative, ambient and healing, instrumental music, featuring his 160 year old Bass Violin. Satyagraha, the power of truth, was Gandhi’s term for non-violent resistance, and is the name of Jeffrey Fisher’s off-the-grid retreat in the San Jacinto Mountains where he composed and recorded this album.
Jeffrey also plays Native American Flute and keyboards. His compositions and instrumentation depicts both the peacefulness and intensity of nature, the colors and textures of the land and reveals musical influences from the entire planet. Jeffrey Fisher is a well known author, Tai Chi teacher, painter and healer. Jeffrey is continuously touring the USA, performing from Satyagraha and lecturing at various centers, stores and other venues throughout the year.
His healing work incorporates Reiki, Acupressure, Reflexology and Auricular Medicine. He is a museum-shown watercolorist, poet and speaker on wellness, nutrition and the principles of Tai Chi Chuan. His other albums include Ocean of Consciousness---the Bhagavad Gita Suite, Triumph of the Spirit (written to accompany the series of paintings by New Mexico visionary Charles Collins, and award winning album Fairy Tales—Music from the Ballet ‘Hans Christian Andersen.’
Satyagraha—Composer Notes
I was a born improviser, and I played nearly all the instruments in the school band, including tuba and string bass, but it wasn’t until the late 70’s, when I was working as a blues guitarist in the clubs in East Oakland, that I fell in with the bass. I was taking lessons on the guitar with an incredible musician and bassist who had switched to guitar—Fred Marshall, who can be heard on some of Vince Guaraldi’s albums. He turned me on to theory and the bass, and for the next few years I was privileged to play with some great musicians—not only jazz pianists, but singers, rock and folk groups—everybody needed a bass player!
My first instrument was an old plywood Kay; I ended up stripping off the varnish and turned it into a blonde. A few years later, I sold my house in Berkeley and bought my present instrument, which was built a hundred years before I was born.
The bass violin is a social instrument—its role in the orchestra and in small groups is very defined. It holds the bottom and establishes the rhythm in small groups, and adds weight and emotion in the orchestra. Its value as a solo instrument—its range of sounds and textures and expressiveness—is often ignored.
Satyagraha was Gandhi’s name for non-violent resistance. It means “the power of truth,” and I took the name for this off-the-grid ranch and retreat to not only align with and honor Gandhi’s ideals, but also because it fits the experience—politically and spiritually. The water comes from the earth, the power from the sun; we sleep in a tipi and cook the wild food and garden food on a wood stove. Such simplicity is not always simple to maintain, but it is health-giving and inspiring.
In my years playing and listening—especially blues and traditional styles, I’ve heard and felt an underlying connection with the earth, the specific area that music came from. In this album, I’m tapping into that feeling directly—not just in mimicking the sounds of birds and coyotes but in portraying the landscape musically. I know the digital recording process is one step removed from the actual sound, but out here at Satyagraha, we at least power the computer with the sunlight that makes it down into the canyon.
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