Do you ever see faces in tree bark? Or does a shadow on a wall transform itself into a memory of an old, and long lost friend? Does music do more than entertain you with pleasant airs or catchy grooves? Do you find yourself imagining that the musical notes of a wordless song are actually telling you a story? Can you follow along and let your imagination paint scenes, cast characters in the place of instrument voices? Do you reach the end of the album only to press play again, and again, and again, each time finding a new way to feel...
Feel what? You may ask....Feel yourself, I answer. Does music reveal you to yourself, like a passionate conversation with a friend will reveal your inmost desires and secrets? Are you open to such openness? Do the vibrations of strings cause sympathetic harmonies to resonate inside you? Are you in harmony with your own self to such a degree that you find it possible to feel harmony with all living (and non-living) beings? Can you feel compassion and kinship with a sound, a song, an album?
There is a place, a quest, a destination and a journey - it is called the Seven Valleys, wherein the search for love, knowledge, unity, contentment, wonderment, true poverty and absolute nothingness can all be experienced. Do you see faces in tree bark? Do you hear songs on the wind or distant drums in the rumble of traffic? Do you hear your own soul resonating in harmony with the world as it is? Can music change you? Can it change the world?
If you do not know, I encourage you to find out....
Alain Valodz' album can be listened to, purchased, and downloaded here:
