Harping in Place; tranquil folk harp by Joan

Arabesque 1 [redux] Moved into my new place—which is a huge relief.  It is SO much nicer, and it will be conducive to playing.  But, I've not been playing enough lately to get my chops back; so here is a republishing of another one of my favourites from during the pandemic.  —Joan on Broadway,  Namasté  file = 200330_1215 Arabesque 1, 7 mins [320 kbs mp3]   2019 © Joan Patrie please enjoy this ori...

Harping In Place IX (again) I've been in the throes of moving into Senior housing for the past 2-1/2 months.  My present apartment (with its nerve-wracking pervasive 120 Hz hum) runs interference on my ability to create music, and I haven't been able to play anything new, so here is another one of my favourites from during the pandemic.  I'll be in a new apartment soon (next week) which I hope wil...

LIVE outdoors at Kerry's Handfasting, Seattle Album: Handfasting Song 6 incidental music interlude before vows w/Kerry's Theme DR40 file + 190621_0378.mp3 320 kbs/48 kHz 12 m iTunes Season 5 Episode 11

volume XVI = a somewhat rusty warmup after a far too long absence ^_^ omg  I've spontaneously started playing again this week (after a creative block for the past two years)!  DR05x [C] file = 230504_1943.mp3  raw 320 kbs  notes = lev12, condenser electret 'Lyra mics' mkII, 7m35 iTunes Season 5, Episode 10   Please use for your personal enjoyment ©2023 Joan Patrie [all rights reserved]

LIVE outdoors, at K's Handfasting, Seattle 2019 June 21 Album: Handfasting Song 4 (including random sounds of people listening & visiting) DR40 file = 190621_0375.mp3 [320 kbs, 48 kHz] iTunes Season 5, Episode 9   Please use for your personal enjoyment ©2019 Joan Patrie [all rights reserved]

LIVE outdoors at K's Handfasting, Seattle 2019 June 21 warmup 2, random sounds of people listening & visiting Album: Handfasting DR40a file = 190621_0373.mp3 [320 kbs, 48 kHz] iTunes Season 5, Episode 8   Please use for your personal enjoyment ©2019 Joan Patrie [all rights reserved]

volume V = album Modus Operandi, song 3 = Arabesque 3 DR40 file = 190614_0227.mp3  raw 320 kbs   5 m Recording Notes:  pre-pandemic, at home, stereo miking = two SCM-1000 dual-element large-diaphragm condenser microphones (-10 dB attenuation) in perpendicular figure-8 configuration with 42 cm baseline, in bottom [L] (with bottom-end rolloff) and middle [R] (no rolloff) sound holes on back of my Du...

volume V = album Modus Operandi, song 1 = Arabesque 1 DR40 file = 190614_0215.mp3  raw 320 kbs   7 m Recording Notes:  pre-pandemic, at home, stereo miking = two SCM-1000 dual-element large-diaphragm condenser microphones (-10 dB attenuation) in perpendicular figure-8 configuration with 42 cm baseline, in bottom [L] (with bottom-end rolloff) and middle [R] (no rolloff) sound holes on back of my Du...

raw file = 190613_0213.mp3 / 320 kbs / SCM-1k microphones Ravenn harp back catalogue: volume IV, song7 D-Lydian reprise [warmup, then begins at 33s]  3m35   ©2019 Joan Patrie please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use [Apple season 5, episode 5]

file = 190613_0212 back catalogue: Ravenn harp volume IV, song 6, 2019 June C-Mixolydian theme, Camping at 8th Street Café  5m raw 320 kbs 48 kHz Stereo mp3 using two Nady SCM-1k studio mics in perpendicular figure-8 configuration, mounted in Ravenna 34 harp's middle and lower sound holes ©2019 Joan Patrie please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use [Apple season 5, episode 4]

file = 190613_0210  volume IV  song 5  Beloved Jo  5m20 this is a motif of a song I originally improvised (on Rhodes stage piano) for a former partner (as she wrote her Masters thesis) when we lived on Ridge Street

190613_0206 vol IV song3 Nice n Gentle 3m24 more unpublished back catalogue Nady SCM-1k micos in Ravenna 34 harp sound holes Warning: extremely tranquil! ;) ©2019 Joan Patrie please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use [Apple season 5, episode 2]

for 2023, I'm delving into my back catalogue for some unpublished material.  I hope you enjoy it! Warning: excessively tranquil folk harp music!  Do not listen while driving at night! ^_^ file = 190613_0201  volume IV  song 1 This was my first use of a couple of my Nady SCM-1000 large-diaphragm dual-element studio microphones (which I've used for Live recording since the 1990s), in the sound holes...

I've not been playing my harp lately (creative block), but I've been noodling around creating ideations on keyboard instead.  Perhaps you might enjoy them This one is a spontaneous piano improvisation with Rhodes voice, synth pads, and acoustic piano voice sound file 220606_1439.mp3  320 kbs  5 mins   ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved provided for your personal enjoyment

another something from the archives—from 'the before times' namasté

another something from the archives—'the before times' namasté

here is something from 'the before times'. Please enjoy (as I am now, in review).  namasté

here is another something from the archives—'the before times'. namasté

I haven't been playing lately; so here is something from 'the before times'. Please enjoy (as I am now, in review).  namasté

I haven't been playing lately; so here is something from 'the before times'. Please enjoy it, as I am now, in review.  namasté   from pre-pandemic Joan Omni Harp collection original filename: 190613_0199 Ravenn harp • descending 2m46.mp3 ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved [please enjoy for your personal use]

Something extra from the pre-pandemic Ravenn harp archives file = 1907_0533 wee Celtic themes 8m04s   ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

Something extra from the pre-pandemic Ravenn harp archives file = 190621_0356 crisp theme 5m28.mp3   ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

Something extra from the pre-pandemic Ravenn harp archives  file = 190613_0199  2m46s ©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

This is the first song that came into my head in a dream this month [July], and this is essentially how I heard it in my dream.  My best songs come from my dreams   I share it now in celebration of re-establishing contact with my long-lost daughter after 13-and-a-half years

Lagniappe. In Cajun French: something extra Here is something suite IV: Evening Spells  [warning: this will put you to sleep, so don't listen while driving] Notes: from my archives, from a time when I did my composition on a Rhodes 73 stage piano.  Before I picked up the harp, the Rhodes was my main instrument In this recording, I'm playing my Rhodes live at a venue; and then, using the recording...