New recording “Nectar”

Just had a new recording come out that was in progress for 3 years. It’s Jorge Alfano’s “Nectar”. There a couple of very sweet cuts, plus all the musical diversity & artistry in playing and producing he brings in. Jeff Deen brings tabla, set, Hapi and much much more.
Title track Nectar ….I think the love is palpable. We recorded first take, sat back and found it was so complete. We were stunned and intoxicated by the music, in that moment. Magic moments in music and spirit!
That 3 yr period …they waited until I recovered from one surgery after the next. From the physical and the emotional of sep/divorce, to the next, the long chemo..
It’s very meaningful to me that I kept getting back up and rising to play.
From Chumba Wumba : “I get knocked down but I get up again. Ain’t never gonna keep me down” (repeat)
That they were there to encourage, drive me to play, bring me in to play for the making of the healing medicine sand mandala by Tibetan Monks in Miami. It all helped keep me going. That’s not on the album jacket….it’s the inside story of healing with music and love. Prayer and friends.

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categories acoustic music, ambient music, breast cancer, breast cancer support, cancer, chemotherapy, healing music, healing visualization, music for relaxation, relaxing music, violin guitar music | VickiRichards | datetime April 26, 2010 11:34 am | comments Comments (2)

Shedding the snake skin

Here it is, lovely Spring in the Berkshires when a girl’s thoughts turn to….
Shaman healing practices from Peru.
Love is always in the air & I bet you thought that’s what was coming, right?
Childhood traumas, ingrained patterns, unhealthy habits..over the decades where does that damage hide? in the body, mind and spirit. Is a disease triggered by some of this stored memory? What causes the chemicals that never before affected the cells to suddenly spark them?
This week is a beginning in learning a wee bit about Peruvian Shamanistic Healing Practices. Removing small deposits, long held boo boos caused by early childhood injuries or one kind or another. A parent said something, or didn’t do something.. so many things we can choose from.
i figured being a “victim” of a disease was enough to survive . Cutting, chemo, counseling all help survivors. Then when things have settled into some modicum of stability..perhaps noticing the origins of patterns that no longer serve us is a beginning of another type of healing.

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categories breast cancer, breast cancer support, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, healing | VickiRichards | datetime April 5, 2010 8:53 pm | comments Comments (0)

Music Permeating the Space

Ever think about the tune you are humming? Subconscious notes and melodies. Where do they come from and where do they lodge?
Ever play recorded music, different genres and notice how you begin to view the world? Or feel it? It’s like color was just introduced to B & W TV
The mood shifts, the light changes somehow. An old friend, favorite composer, piece, raga….comes into “view”.
Thinking about how we color our environments with sound. Silence is good.
It’s Spring. I’m noticing the return of the bird song and sounds to the area! Wind in the pine trees is a powerful presence. All winter long.
In April I’ll have the chance to listen to the palm trees swaying: )

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categories General Comments | VickiRichards | datetime 8:51 pm | comments Comments (0)

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