WAH! SAVASANA

by
Wah!

Notes by the creator: , I wanted to study how I sourced divine energy, understand it, and refine my skills in healing and sound. Allowing the music to create itself was a key factor in being able to source healing energy. I had to take away the foundation of what I knew, what I thought, what I expected. It had to be completely new, improvised; indeed, it had to be pulled out of thin air. And so I started each time with nothing. I allowed the melody to come to me from the wind and I played what I heard. Play was the key word - I played with the music, venturing off into improvisations before returning to the melody. I watched the music play on people's psyche. I could beat them mercilessly with certain tones to break up blockages. I could soothe, caress, and heal.

As I played for yoga classes throughout Europe and the US, it was completely different every time! It was evident that I would not be able to prepare for a recording session. So I booked the studio for three days around Christmas and waited without rehearsing. When it came time to record, I was less than excited. Exhausted from the European tour, my voice was scratchy, my body tired. Recording a CD was the last thing I felt like doing. Shouldn't I be sparkling fresh, shouldn't I get a massage, some healing treatment, something? Being present meant being here now, no matter what the circumstances. So I sat down for 8 hours and sang. Every moment revealed a different melody. A few tracks were thrown out, but everything I recorded that day stayed. I played bass on a few tracks and then started calling musicians. The first was Baird Hersey, an overtone singer from Woodstock, NY (www.pranasound.com). He agreed to sing on the project, so I sent him some tracks. When I heard what he created, I was overjoyed.

Joyousness arose from the project. The musicians felt it, I felt it, and I hope you do too. jai