Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Gonna be on iTunes and/or CDBaby?

Very cool!

The new Sounds True catalog lists the Shakuhachi Water Meditations CD from Riley. No track listing, but the blurb says "A melodic, soothing album, perfect for meditators, healing practitioners, and anyone seeking deep relaxation".
Hm, interesting... my spellcheck tells me there's no such word as "meditators".

Ned says that "Ryu Nashi" will be available on iTunes, but that it takes a month or so before it shows up.

Yes, Elliot is right; Sounds True is releasing a 'new' CD of mine, called "Shakuhachi Water Meditations", but not until September.
Yes, Edo-san is also right; it's a re-release of an earlier CD, one called "Sea Drift". It was never distributed by anyone but us, so it will be new to most people.

I too, questioned the word/spelling of "meditator". It was pointed out that the Dictionary program that is pre-installed on Apples, lists it as a derivative of 'meditate'.

Tracks are Shirabe, Tamuke, San'an, Daha (all honkyoku), Adrift on the Sea of Tranquillity (R Lee), Raftsong at Sunrise (Ross Edwards), Being Time (R Lee), Birdwing (Frances White). The original CD title was taken from the title of the fifth piece.

Only three out of eight pieces ostensively have anything to do with water, but who am I to question the marketing prowess of Sounds True? The cover is pretty, though. :-)

Yes, the blurb for Riley's "new" CD is from the Sounds True "fall 2010 frontlist" dealer catalog featuring upcoming releases (I'm a dealer for Sounds True through my shop), and, yes, it shows the release date as September.
Considering the tracks Riley mentioned, I'd have to say that their description is a bit of a stretch...
"With Shakuhachi Water Meditations, Lee captures the essence of our experience of water --- from the expansive sense of peace that comes from listening to the rhythm of the surf, to the serenity that we feel when we gaze out over a mirror-smooth lake."
Wow. Must have been written by a Pisces...
Nonetheless, sounds like another great album, Riley. Isn't Birdwing the piece you had us working on at Camp a few years ago?

Is this like thinking no one has ever heard the CRS story before?

I took that class, too--6/24/06 in the dome (Yeah, I can't seem to throw anything away).

Riley Lee wrote:

But returning to the original topic of this thread, I think that Ned's new CD, "Ryu Nashi" is much more interesting than my soon-to-be released Sounds True recording, "Birdwing" notwithstanding, especially in terms of the non-traditional and the technically demanding but rewarding (both to players and listeners) ways of playing the shakuhachi found in Ned's compositions.

I had a sneak peak of Ryu Nashi a couple of months ago when Ned played it for one of Ralph's workshops. Both exquisitely performed and wonderfully recorded. It was a sonic delight!