I've read Nick O plays music so wonder if anyone else do such a thing here on DhO  

I play guitar and usually come up with riff ideas but lack arrangement skills. And I'm terrible at writing lyrics. 

share if you dare  

aloha che,


   I don't play, and they won't let me sing, but I love music and listen to it all the time. Andf I love musicians, right brainers all, intuitive and present.

   What I can share is a story about socrates. Socrates famously had a daimon, a familiar being who counseled him from the invisible world from time to time. The daimon only indicated that he should not do something, always in a negative way, often saving him from error. Only once did it speak and it told him, "Make more music."

terry

Hi CheGB,

A few weeks ago, I released my first album, something that was in my bucket list. Sort of "rock latino" , if you ever heard about this style. Here's a dharma related song of mine (lyrics are in Spanish) uploaded in Spotify: Desde el Umbral. There I sing and played the arpeggio guitar. Hope you enjoy it!

PS: In order to open Spotify (for free), a Facebook acount or gmail is required
 

Thanks Terry. That's a lovely story. 

Pepe I'm looking forward to hearing your album. I like fusion styles and Latino grooves. 

I like Botinera It does remind me of an old partisan song called Bella Ciao which I also like. I also like the Migrantes, shame I cant speak Spanish to be able to understand the lyrics.

Nice! There is this gypsi feel to it which I like and can also be found in Hungarian and Serbian gypsi music. Fine stuff! Well done!

Here are some songs I made with a frind of mine. He is the one writing lyrics and arrangement and Im behind the riff/melody


https://soundcloud.com/papa-dusko/sets/the-harley-benton-band

I like the songs!  In general, they show cool sonic landscapes, that sometimes I relate to The Cure or early U2. My favourite is Grain of Salt , it reminds me of The Black Keys' Gold in the Ceiling  and Lonely Boy. Tribes No More is an excellent track, it needs lyrics! Into The Spring has a great riff, it's has a U2 vibe I love, add it some lyrics too! Last Dance for the Wicked has a cool intro and solid background guitar. In Damascus you are using an Harmonic Minor scale, isn't it? That's what I think you found a gypsy vibe in some of my songs. I loved the chorus of Chop Wood, Carry Water. It remined me of Pink Floyd, The Wall.  Roots are Showing reminds me of some 80's american rock band, I can't recall now. Keep on with the good music!

Regarding my songs, good to know you liked Botinera most. It's about soccer stars girlfriends. It describes in comical way -with soccer lingo- how beauty queens of sorts find a career path by chasing soccer stars. In fact, some botineras actually have more space in the news than their partners   This song and others may have a gypsy feel, as they mix Natural Minor and Harmonic Minor scales, and that coupled with a ska groove, sounds similar to Klezmer, a jewish variant of the Gypsy/Balcanic styles. 

Migrantes is inspired in african and sirian refugees crossing the Mediterranean. Below, a loose English translation of the first half of the lyrics. The poetry is unfortunately lost, but at least you'll get the meaning. Hope you like it.

Cold at dawn,
lost gazes on a never ending flat horizon.
Nothing to lose,
with an illusion clinged to a few vague promises.
A matter of faith.
Intertwined fates,
a major milestone in their lives
No plans for D-Day,
a creed to hope ...

Anonymous trips of joint destination,
Exiles, migrants, their hearts in suspense.
Errants at the seas, weather-beaten skins,
Peace awaits ahead, nothing to be afraid of.
Uh... sleepless night on the high seas, 
so far from home...

Hey Che, I am a musician as well, glad to see people talking about it here.  Recently I've been thinking more and more about how to incorporate music into my practice in a more formal way.  Would love eventually to find and help grow a community of like-minded spiritual musicians.

Here's some of my tunes if you're interested:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/45J4yniJbxmwheNqO0UAJO?si=t7C6A8tDSWecW_Y-s0xdcw


Working on new stuff now that is a little but more, uh... Buddhist...

I've been playing power chords on Rickenbackers and banging drums since my teens. After stream entry, though, my interest took a nose dive and I hardly play anymore. 

Some of you might like this recent track by "Van the man" called "Dark night of the soul":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GqszEwXPlc

It's clearly about the progress of insight, and meditation is mentioned in the lyrics.  Van has a longstanding interest in spiritual matters so it's no surprise that he knows about this stuff.

Conal

PS In reply to the question posed for this discussion (which I've hijacked!), I am learning to play saxophone, late in life, mainly because I always regretted not being able to play an instrument.

Today I saw an episode of Explained (Netflix series) on Beauty, where it's discussed that aesthetics are intimately related to the sense of self. So it makes sense that for some meditators, once the sense of an separate self is seen through, aesthetics interest & preferences drop too. But, as aesthetics is also a cultural construct, it may remain for others.

This is the only related link I found so far.
DMN Wikipedia link.

I play drums. I spent a few years not practicing, kind of let it go after a while of practicing meditation, but came back to it last year. It's amazing how much concentration and mindfulness skills help with playing the instrument. My sense of rhythm is better, my co-ordination is better, I have clearer tactile and audio senses. I remember I would always fuck up the rhythm because I'd end up distracted thinking about something. Not so much of a problem any more.

Makes complete sense. Certainly the idea of being a musician was one of many facets of persona that have fallen away. Thank you for the links.

Hi Pepe and everyone else!

I am Che Guebuddha but for some reason my old account could not reply any longer hence me not replying in a long time. I could log in but had no reply options for some strange reason (Admin is trying to figure this out). So I've opened a new account that has no issues.

Love those lyrics man! Nice one!
Yeah , Grain of Salt is a song about Trump also one of my favorites  

Tribes No More is an instrumental that was a collab between 5-6 people. That raging solo is not me as Im suck at soloing. Its a very fine player from Down Under. Love collaborations! Maybe we could start one DhO Band as an online collab think?

Damascus is a fine song. I wish we could have found a singer that has that Gypsy feel. The singer is my mate from UK and he just cant bend and vibrate his voice that well as lets say a Spanish could. The melody/music is great but would love to find another vocalist for it.
I dont know what mode Im playing in as I cant read music nor do I know theory. I kind of go by the ear. Sorry for that  

I see we have a few who still fiddle around and some who dont feel like doing it any longer.

I felt this year some sort of dispassion for music. Maybe I was in the Disqust state of mind   Now I do Just Playing  

Me too! I have a song of mine dharma related with lyrics in English (I'm half way yet) that could be fun to work on. I'll PM you 

great stuff! I have a few good riff ideas which are trying to find a new home