OldSkool Mountain Styles by Rodney n Will(AKA So

[will]

Turn it up loud

Enjoy

btw For those who don't know, there is lo fi and a hi fi play button. I recommend the hi fi (the black button)

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( Thanks Jundo )

Gassho Will

When you see what's in front of you
Is it really there?
You reach out and touch it, but
Are you aware
That things come and go
But do they disappear?
It's like riding on a bicycle that's out of control
We get back on the cushion and we
Go go go
Forget about the body
Forget about the mind
Drop the issue and what do you find?

Gotta sit up straight
Shut your mouth
Don't try to wonder what it's all about
Don't you know that Buddha is in the house
So put away the hammer
Give a great big shout
Take it off the cushion
Take it in the Rain
Take to the laundry
Take it for the pain
East West North or South
Come on and let me hear you shout
KATZ

Day after day
we sit right down
We look at a wall
and don't turn around
Some days we might have a little frown
But like a mountain
We get down

[Jundo]

Hey Guys,

The themes aside, I just love the music.

Many other folks around composing Zennish tunes like this?

G, J

[will]

Not that I know. Rodney might know some.

G,W

[Shohei]

Great collaboration guys!! I love eet! I tried to dl but its still waiting clear ... my ipod is soo hungry lol. - oh and thanks

Gassho
Dirk -rockin out

[Jarkko]

Hey oldschoolWill!

that was like a hiphop in a good old days!


Gassho

Jarkko

[will]

Glad you liked it Jarrko. It just kind of came out like that. The original idea was to just have bass and drums. Like early Eighties style when Software was a myth.

G,W

[Jun]

Fly!

Well done guys!

[Rev R]

Thanks for the listens and the kind words gang. Don't forget to snag some t-shirts.

Not that I know. Rodney might know some.

G,W

I haven't run into any bands with a direct Zen or Buddhist influence during my forays into the online indie music world.

John Cage and Phillip Glass turned up in a quick google search.

Donovan released an album called Sutras a few years back. Never got around to checking it out.

There is a breakbeat label called Electric Zen.
Trance artist DJ Krush released an album called Zen.

But I think in some cases the influence is the stereotypical puff. Relaxed, sparse, with an exotic overtone.

[will]

I took out the KATZ at the end and just added a bit of rain sounds instead if you want to update your copy.

Gassho Will

[Jarkko]

Hello

I think that music is the universal language. You are doing important job will.

Gassho

Jarkko

[Stephanie]

Donovan released an album called Sutras a few years back. Never got around to checking it out.

Don't have the album either (and still haven't seen the movie it's apparently on the soundtrack of, though I want to), but this song has become one of my favorites:

Audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-_uaggBNb4[/video]]Video (not the full song)

"There Is An Ocean"
by Donovan

There is an ocean
Of vast proportion
And she flows
Within ourselves

To take dips daily
We dive in gaily
He knows
Who goes within himself

The abode of angels
The mystical Promised Land
The one and only Heaven, the God of man
Is but the closing of an eyelid away

There is a silence
Of pure excellence
And she flows
Within ourselves

To appreciate
Re-deactivate
He knows
Who goes within himself

The domain of devils
The fearful land
The one and only Hades, the Satan of man
Is but the closing of an eyelid away

All is as it was and evermore shall be
Though they try to tell us it's not so
Over all the earth there's nothing new to see
Excepting every seed will newly grow

Innocence in childhood false men misconstrue
To be years of darkness spent in shade
Denying childhood's vision of the God of love
So that truth be turned about and untruth made
And untruth made

There is a reason
For every season
Of change
Within ourselves

To navigate
We appreciate
And know
The flow within ourselves

The deliverance from deluge
The good dry land
The one and only haven, the rock of man
Is but the closing of an eyelid away

There is a season
There is an ocean
There is a silence