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It's all about working with the wood... sometimes it
manifests as a little rustic Mesquite box, other times as a song. My life
revolves around vibration and wood; I live in the woods and it helps me vibrate
in a higher, more harmonious way.
In this current chapter, life is filled with music and my
living made by building musical instruments. Music
and playing instruments has been my life, its thread, and its river since I was
13.
About The Woodcraft
My favorite thing (next to building
Birdsongs) is to craft things of the leftover pieces... but as always the music
part comes first!
About The
Music
Music ~ my dharma, my prayer, my river... First attracted by the psychedelic
and powerful sounds of the electric guitar, then the purity of the acoustic, the
opportunities of electric bass, the craft of songwriting, and the process of
creation through recording & improvisation... and vibration, sacred
vibration. All important in my life has
been brought to me through music and all of meaning to me I have sought to
share through it as the teacher, builder of the tools, wordsmith and sound
artist life has molded out of me. From where I am, music is life. They are inseparable
~ they breathe as one.
Projects currently include gathering & collecting recordings into releasable
form from solo acoustic stuff, acoustic/eclectic...
folk to free jazz to spoken word, the wild improvised prayer
music of Sonic Light Embrace, improvised soundscapes of Skyett (one head, four hands, and some
beat up 4-tracks) and more.
Organic Sound Records is being launched as a
vehicle for a self-determined, largely self-contained wordsmith & sound
artist to release the music that comes through him without any regards
whatsoever to commercial viability. I'm not interested in "the ride"
of fame so big labels have nothing to offer me in return for what I would sell
out to them in the process. Organic Sound will grow to provide the adventurous
listener with music and recordings of other projects and artists.
CDs (also available as a set of mp3s for
download below...)
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All of my stuff has a mix of spiritual & worldly lyrics and a mash of
influences; this one is the truest to me at the time it was recorded, over the
past few years. It's eclectic and electric with some acoustic and I overlaid
everything myself except for the jam at the end; on that I overlaid others. Ever
hear psychedelic guitar, Native American flute and djembe over piano and drums
before? Neither had I... I hope you like it and it means something to you. Send check or MO to: Scott Beckwith PO Box 1745 Wimberley, TX 78676 and I'll get it right out to you. OR use the "Buy now" PayPal link... |
Download Brother Scott!
Current music projects "in process" and/or being prepped for release
in the mp3 age:
Wherever you go, whatever you're doing, stay connected with the Earth; stay in
touch with nature. It will keep you grounded and centered, a stable garden for
Greater Seed to take root. In moments of clarity I realize it is from the land I
draw much nourishment & inspiration.
I hoped to be able to compose, record, mix, and post for inexpensive
download a whole bunch of stuff in one spot...
And here it is! All things in
their time, with a little healthy push.
This will be an ever expanding section full of mp3 files available to
you...
various music works, whole projects, talks, readings...
all funds come directly here and support me, the homestead...
and more projects!
Downloading with dial-up can be tricky, high speed is best.
Please look for the email with the download link (junk mail folder?) ~
it was sent!
Please complete your download from that link within 24 hours.
Sonic Light Embrace
Instrumental electric prayer music from 2005. Textural ethereal
electric-guitar-as-voice, the intent is to have the vibrations of intentful
sound help one's own harmonize. A sonic Namaste. Much mellower than the second SLE album, in
which the intent was to up the dose & rearrange 'em by sheer sonic impact.
Coming soon!
Sonic Light Embrace ~ Sphurana
More electric prayer music that followed, mostly instrumental. Very wild
textural psychedelic fusion, the title track is an explosive excursion that in
spots sounds like atoms splitting & the cry of the universe. Coltrane meets
Blue Cheer by the Ganges. Remain in your seat until the room comes to a complete
halt. This is where the universe grabs you with both hands and Namastes the
living f@&% out of you. Coming soon!
Wrath of Saul
One of my favorite musical experiences has been finding some lower-dial college
or community FM station and listening to how random it gets during the
"overnight" programs. I just love this. So, having crates full of
decades of multitrack tapes to pull material from, I like to combine bits and pieces into
what would resemble an hour or so of a random late-night FM programming.
The name Wrath Of Saul came from my overactive brain which often forms gibberish
sentences when I'm half asleep & on my way "out." I write these
down, and there are some nuggets in there. I have no idea where this shit comes
from. The name Saul when googled comes up with several correlations - Guns 'n
Roses guitar slinger Slash's real name is Saul, but that has absolutely nothing
to do with this. Saul of Tarsus neither, nor the reference in "...and I
used to love her, but
it's Saul over now."
Scott Albert Trio & Friends
I'm hearing this weird, floaty, Eastern-influenced psychedelic jazz in my
head and I'll be recording it shortly. Deep, spiritual stuff to me. The
"Trio" refers to Me, Myself & I since I'll be playing the
main instruments with guest overdubs & overlays of friends past, passed &
present mixed in.
More to come, much more to come....
Working With The Wood
Here's what really floats the boat... the biggest pebble into the pond I've been
involved with. My main gig in this chapter. Birdsong
Guitars
was an inevitability; the music and its
tools hold equal fascination and magic to me, and as life brought woods &
building & woodcraft it was natural they all be an extension of each other.
For years my woodworking guru filled the world with rustic "found
wood" boxes and art. With his passing came the pull to continue his
tradition, incorporating woods from my guitar projects along with the
Cedar, Mesquite and Oak of the Texas "Hill Country."
Here's a wild Mahogany & Ebony box from a while back with crushed Turquoise in the cracks.
Rustic Cedar incense box. This is from a dead lower branch of a Cedar
tree still alive and well out at the homestead... it has been brought
back to life to hold incense around the workshop.
Pieces Available:
From time to time I may have a piece or three available and I'll post them
here. Use the "buy now" for
online payment. OR drop an email to vandweller1 "at" yahoo.com. I'll accept
checks or money orders (bank or postal) made out to Scott Beckwith.
All prices include shipping in the continental USA, and all profits go directly to
more projects at the homestead & workshop. Thank you for taking a piece of me into your lives... I hope
it brings you peace & good vibrations.
As a devotional act to honor my late mentor, I craft these
arrowhead pendants from a long edge cut of Mesquite, sterling silver
wire, and hemp rope. They all look different ~ yours will also be unique
in grain and coloration. All dollars go directly into the music fund. $25
postpaid.
Friend, mentor, guru
"Uncle Johnny"
John C. Kirtland
Departed January 10, 2007
There is an old saying, "When the student is ready, the teacher will
appear."
Sometimes the student awakens and realizes the teacher is already there...
The lucky student awakens in time to understand... and learns as much as he can.
In that, one is doubly blessed.
Thank you, John. "Ashoge."
Thought for the day: If I make
today "day one" anything is possible. Then all I have to do is
maintain.
