Leonard Cohen's brilliance...

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:48:10 -0000

..shines beyond measure in his soul wrenching song, Alexandra's Leaving (from his 2001 CD Ten New Songs). If there is one new song you hear, let it be this one. It is that amazing. I can't even write about it. You just have to hear it. http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/tennewsongs.html#16 You just have to read it. http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/alexandra.html Everything is in it.

Singer, Sung & Listener--indivisible

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:38:28 -0000

Thanks Brian for welcoming me to the Zaadz e-universe. What a great internet community initiative you've seeded....

It was so rewarding to play music at the ILP seminar you attended. The audience is always such an active collaborator in the musical exchange. And integrally inspired audiences know that in their bones and in their blood. Yet not every audience is self aware of that tremendous power of receptivity. Playing for an audience who is awake to their impact and influence, through the generosity of their surrendered listening receptivity and engaged listening dance, draws the singer, the sung, and the listener ever closer to the circle of one...and breaks down the barriers among those stances. To have even one person in the audience who carries this awareness can shift the whole show, and render it electric, much in the same way a single song of the night can ignite the whole concert.

Like so many artists, and so many people in this emerging e-community, I am compelled by those intoxicating moments where the transcendent rises above any singular point of view (singer, song, listener) and suffuses the ground of being with its appearance. Basically, I am compelled by finding my Self in losing my self. Which is ultimately a draw, through practice, to a deeper level of being, as opposed to any momentary flow state, however intoxicating...not to mention the fact that this all occurs through a committment, a devotion even, to self expression....but that's another story as we know....

On that note, if any of you happen to be in driving range of Denver, my band and I will be playing at the Rocky Mountain Women's Institute Artist Associate showcase at the King Center of the Auraria Campus on Thursday April 13th. It would be so great to share the new album, Bowing to Venus, with Zaadsters in the zone.

Here are the details...

http://www.lionessroars.org/news.events.html

In town Zaadsters, let me know via email if you're planning to come, so we can connect after the show. Would love to meet you...

In the music,

Willow

Indie Artists

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:53:56 -0000

Hi Zaadzsters,

This is "my first blog". Kind of like my first....well, probably like alot of firsts I bet.

As an indie musician, I have a passion for sharing the inspiration of kindred artists. We ignite one another.

One such catalytic indie heroine is Gilli Moon, founder of Warrior Girl Music. Gilli makes Tori Amos look tame at the piano. Truly.

I've posted a recent audio interview with her on my site at www.lionessroars.org/coaching.html.

Hope you enjoy it. Let me know what connects to your creative pursuits...

Warmly,

Willow

Gaia Community: willowmusic's Blog

Leonard Cohen's brilliance...

Singer, Sung & Listener--indivisible

Indie Artists