Dreams in Music
Dreaming life, like waking life, involves all our senses. In addition to inspiring visual creative work, dreams also inspire audible creative work — both narrative and music. Here are some great examples of the marriage of music and dreams.
The Opposites — A Journey of the Soul by Jana Hutcheson
Dream inspired music illustrated by dream inspired art; art and music with heart and soul for the new millennium, seeking to “the opposites” with their conflicts and resolutions that lead to a growth in consciousness. Dreams and visions are traditionally a source from which people have received spiritual nourishment and guidance. This art is about the grand adventure of the growth in consciousness. The love songs speak of wisdom. Themes are of the future and from the beginning of time. They draw from mythology, alchemy, and both eastern and western spirituality. Some of the substances of the opposites are spirit and instinct, heaven and earth, spirit and matter, masculine and feminine. Symbols of initiation, rebirth, sacred marriage and the healing of Mother Earth are some of the themes of this work. It is written from the feminine spirit and the artist’s own healing journey but it speaks to a cultural healing as well. The artist draws from a spirituality which emphasizes the continual observation of psychic imagery. Some of the songs might be called psalms or meditations and they are presented in lively, soulful music.
The Longest Dream by Revival
This beautiful album is a flowing mix of classical and ambient music, interspersed with brief, almost mystical narrations, which blend effortlessly from piece to piece with the instruments. This is music for LISTENING, and allowing yourself to get swept away. Visit the website, which is almost as dream-like in quality, where you can also buy this CD online.
Starfooted by Metaphor
http://www.metaphor.org
Starfooted is a beautiful CD; a rhapsody of music that lets your spirit soar and glide in-between and over again. Like all good progressive rock this is a concept album, and it is centered lyrically around Gnosticism and musically around the memories of Genesis, Yes, and Dream Theatre. I suppose that if you are not interested in all that these gorgeous lyrics have to offer, then pay attention to the music. All of the players weave the most amazing passages. I get lost in the flow of guitar and flute against vocal pure. If you are really brave put both lyrics and music together, forget about comparisons, and become becalmed in the gentle sway of Metaphor. I was intrigued with the new workings and found that overall this music becomes special on its own. I was not aware that there were so many really great new progressive rock bands. I have Metaphor to thank for this discovery and for this terriffic CD. Review by John Hardee, San Francisco Herald (USA) Reprinted with permission of the author.
