Physical Graffiti remaster - disc 1

These are a few of my reactions upon listening to just disc 1 of the Physical Graffiti remaster.

The clarity of sound is the greatest gift of these remasters, from Jimmy Page to the world.

As a guitarist, Jimmy Page at this point is beautifully balanced between technical brilliance and creative inspiration.

Such vast musical concepts, reaching into realms beyond what mere physical ears can perceive.

This remaster gives more and more, if one wishes to hear it.

Mr. Jones holding unbending in the winds of Magick. Bonzo driving hard, relentlessly shoving us to the other side.

Can anyone ever fully grasp the excellence of this music? No, for it keeps revealing more and more over time.

This was back in the day when Robert could still lose himself in the music, unabashedly giving his all. Heeding the master’s call.

Trampling right over us on the way to primal connection, leviathans calling to each other in the deep. If there is anything NOT being talked about here, it’s love, the thing of romance. We’re talking about sex magick.

The camels patiently plod through the hot sand as the music weaves time and space to set us on the road to god. Having done all possible to get us there, it is up to us to take the next step.

♫

One disc, that's all I can handle at a time.  This is not merely music, you know.  It’s Magick distilled through sound.

Jimmy Page: Sound Tracks links

Tracks and links to music clips

LUCIFER RISING

1 Lucifer Rising - Main Title 20:32
2 Incubus 01:45
3 Damask 02:03
4 Unharmonics 02:06
5 Damask - Ambient 02:05
6 Lucifer Rising - Percussive Return 03:21

LUCIFER RISING - THE SECOND COMING

1 Lucifer Rising Early Mix 18:59
2 Sonic Textures 1 - Earth 04:33
3 Sonic Textures 2 - Air 03:02
4 Sonic Textures 3 - Fire 01:45
5 Sonic Textures 4 - Water 01:05
6 Sonic Textures 5 - Ether 01:04


DEATH WISH II

1 Who's To Blame 02:41
2 The Chase 05:50
3 City Sirens 02:01
4 Jam Sandwich 02:35
5 Carole's Theme 02:50
6 The Release 02:36
7 Hotel Rats and Photostats 02:46
8 A Shadow In The City 04:02
9 Jill's Theme 04:00
10 Prelude 02:20
11 Hypnotizing Ways 02:48
12 Main Title 02:44


DEATH WISH II - EXPANSION

1 Jill's Orchestral Theme 04:04
2 Alternate Jill's Theme 01:26
3 9M1 02:07
4 City Sirens 02:00
5 Baby I Miss You So 03:12
6 Hey Mama / Swinging Sax 03:13
7 Carole's Theme - Strings 01:25
8 Prelude 02:13
9 Country Sandwich 02:37
10 A Minor Sketch 05:24

Info on ordering from Jimmy Page's website

JIMMY PAGE: SOUND TRACKS

JIMMY PAGE: SOUND TRACKS

Text from the Jimmy Page website

Introducing Sound Tracks by Jimmy Page: a special edition box set bringing together JP’s extraordinary compositions for the films Lucifer Rising and Death Wish II along with additional archive material for the first time.

The quadruple box set is available to pre-order now and new discs Lucifer Rising: The Second Coming and Death Wish II: Expansion include rare, never-before-heard tracks.

Recorded at Jimmy's home studio in Plumpton and The Sol studio in Cookham in the late seventies and early eighties, Sound Tracks features an all-new booklet containing a written track-by-track insight by Jimmy Page for the archive material amidst a stunning collection of original artwork across 36 pages.

Available to pre-order now, Sound Tracks will be released on Friday, March 06 2015.

There are three versions of Sound Tracks available to pre-order now:

4 x CD Edition
4 x Vinyl Edition
Signed Deluxe Edition [Mage Music note:  Limited to 109 copies, selected by ballot]

http://www.jimmypage.com/news/jimmy-page-sound-tracks

Good vibrations

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.
~ Pythagoras

Cymatics is the study of visible sound vibration.  The word derives from the Greek 'kyma' meaning 'billow' or 'wave,' to describe the periodic effects that sound and vibration have on matter.

Here's some food for thought from collective-evolution.com on why you might want to convert your music to a different frequency. The post isn't the only place with info about the notion that maybe you could be getting even more out of your music, but it's a good place to start.

From the website:

"... musical frequencies can alter our own vibrational state. Every expression through sound, emotion or thought holds a specific frequency which influences everything around it—much like a single drop of water can create a larger ripple effect in a large body of water.

"With this concept in mind, let us bring our attention to the frequency of the music we listen to. Most music worldwide has been tuned to A=440 Hz since the International Standards Organization (ISO) promoted it in 1953. However, when looking at the vibratory nature of the universe, it’s possible that this pitch is disharmonious with the natural resonance of nature and may generate negative effects on human behaviour and consciousness."

No wonder so many of us are fascinated by electronic music visualizers.  They aren't the same thing as cymatic visual patterns but we intuitively know that it's the right direction.

Here's a tutorial on how to go about changing the frequency of the music you listen to. It gives instructions for using Audacity (free) and Adobe Audition (paid).  Note that if you're using Audacity, you will want to look at a second video to learn how to create lossless audio files.  Note also that you can try Adobe Audition with a free trial.

If Hermione Were The Main Character In “Harry Potter”

This is brilliant!  I wish they had made this movie instead of the whole Harry Potter series.
Hermione Granger and the Goddamn Patriarchy.

First book signing NOT

A day late and a dollar short. You've no doubt heard the expression before. I just experienced it firsthand -- but I survived.

Mage Music is now available (paperback and Kindle) Order yours today from Amazon!

Here's my story: I ordered some books so I could sell and sign them at Mage Music: the Blog's debut at the library in town. When checked delivery date, it was for the day after the event. No, no, no, that will never do. So I paid extra for expedited shipping that would get the box of books to me the day before.

You can guess without my saying what happened. Ice and snow on the roads. The local UPS man is amazing at what road conditions he'll brave to get the deliveries through on time, but he can't deliver what he never receives at his end.

I contacted UPS. Got one of those "read responses from menu" customer service types. Oh he's so sorry about the delivery. It seems that UPS screwed up somewhere along the line and the package was delayed. Oh so sorry, nothing he can do. Not even tell me where the box is. 

He suggested that I keep tracking the delivery. The tracking page had not updated in 24 hours. Oh so sorry, nothing he could do about that.

To make a not very long story even shorter, I went to the library event last night without a box of books. I borrowed one from a friend to use as an example. My talk went well. No one seemed shocked that I would write about music or Magick.  

I will say, though, that when a few people said "I want to buy one" it was like little stabs to the heart (or ego) telling them they'd have to order the book from Amazon. Because a bird in hand is worth two in the bush, as long as I'm quoting aphorisms.

The good news is that the library system is buying a bunch of copies for the various branches. The other good news is that when I got home last night, the box of books was waiting in my car where I had parked it before catching a ride to town with my friend yesterday afternoon.

It's all good. I will get to autograph books another day.

Jimmy Page Birthday

We all know whose birthday it is today!  Happy 71st birthday Jimmy Page and MANY MANY more!