Northern Lights" mp3

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 27 Feb 2005 11:51 am

Here's another tune from me, a 'duet' between my Lazy River Weissenborn and synth. I recorded the Weissenborn at home and sent it over to a friend who added the synths and mixed it in his studio. Hope you enjoy it!

Northern Lights

Oh, and by the way, here's a couple of photos of some beautiful northern ligths that appeared over Norway in January this year. Any wonder I make this kind of music?

Steinar

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Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 27 Feb 2005 12:26 pm

Steinar, that is gorgeous!
Beautiful pics too -
Thank you.

RA

Travis Bernhardt · Post by **Travis Bernhardt** » 27 Feb 2005 1:42 pm

Very nice! Thanks.

-Travis[This message was edited by Travis Bernhardt on 27 February 2005 at 01:42 PM.]

Christer Fredriksen · Post by **Christer Fredriksen** » 27 Feb 2005 1:56 pm

Beautiful Steinar!!

Christer[This message was edited by Christer Fredriksen on 27 February 2005 at 01:57 PM.]

Gerald Ross · Post by **Gerald Ross** » 27 Feb 2005 3:11 pm

Very nice Steiner. Nice textures. I especially like the chord change you do at around 1:44... adds a whole new perspective.

Excellent job.

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Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 27 Feb 2005 11:38 pm

Very nice. Good work.

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 28 Feb 2005 2:11 am

Thanks for the responses guys, much appreciated!

Steinar

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Jeff Au Hoy · Post by **Jeff Au Hoy** » 28 Feb 2005 6:23 am

That piece really touched me, Steinar. Sitting here on a chilly morning sipping pea soup, looking at your northern lights photos, and hearing the mp3... I got "transported" away. Thanks for sharing that.

I wish it went on longer.

Loni Specter · Post by **Loni Specter** » 28 Feb 2005 7:49 am

Steinar,
That was gorgeous piece! Thse pics ar wonderful. Did you take them as well?

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 28 Feb 2005 7:54 am

Loni,- these pics are from the northern part of Norway, here in the south we usually don't get that strong lights. But this January they were so strong that we could even see them here,- unfortunately they weren't quite as beautiful as these...

Jeff,- thanks, that means a lot coming from a player of your caliber.

Steinar

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John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 28 Feb 2005 8:24 am

Beautiful,and so warm sounding from up there in the "North Country".Thanks.

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 28 Feb 2005 9:04 am

Thanks for the Flashback ...

Glad I wasn't driving ...

Absolutely beautiful ...

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James Quackenbush · Post by **James Quackenbush** » 28 Feb 2005 11:22 am

Flashback ??...." we have all been here before, we have all been here before"...

Steinar,
Take me away !!......................Love it
Sincerely, Jim[This message was edited by James Quackenbush on 28 February 2005 at 11:23 AM.]

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 28 Feb 2005 12:24 pm

Steinar,
I really enjoyed that. I'm a big fan of "new-age" music. It put me in mind of Bruce Kaphan's "Slider" album. You ought to record a whole album of that kind of music. I like to listen to that kind of music when I'm driving a long trip. I would,also,use those pics for the front & back cover.
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CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 28 Feb 2005 1:16 pm

Hi Steinar

i really enjoyed listening to your Musik
very peaceful & soothing
thanx for the pics too
impressive when one can see them for real huh ?

Bob Stone · Post by **Bob Stone** » 28 Feb 2005 3:27 pm

Great job Steinar! It's so nice to hear someone who thinks and plays "outside the box."

Beautiful pics too.

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Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 28 Feb 2005 3:37 pm

Really lovely! Please DO record a whole CD. I'd play it a lot and I think my wife would play it during her yoga classes too. Really nice!
Jim

Stephan Miller · Post by **Stephan Miller** » 28 Feb 2005 7:19 pm

Steinar-- a fine creation: you got me drifting...I really like the music you've been sending this way. Looking forward to your CD, too. -Steve

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 1 Mar 2005 1:42 pm

Thanks a bunch guys! Comments like these are important 'motivators' for me.
I'm about half-way through the writing and recording process for my CD, and though it won't be entirely in this style - there will definitely be more funky numbers as well - this track blends nicely with the rest.
I've always been very interested in sounds and sound design, it's probably no surprise that Daniel Lanois ranks as one of my favorite producers.
Tunes like this one can be quite tricky, I feel I'm balancing on the edge between "art" and plain elevator music, but I think I managed to land on the right side here..

Steinar

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Chuck Fisher · Post by **Chuck Fisher** » 1 Mar 2005 5:28 pm

Nice playing, great tone, Steinar

What tuning are you in?

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 1 Mar 2005 5:33 pm

Hi Chuck, I'm playing this in Dmaj7, DADF#AC#.
I wanted to test it out after I heard Harry Manx do some nice stuff in this tuning, and this is what I ended up with...

Steinar

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Andy Zynda · Post by **Andy Zynda** » 2 Mar 2005 6:18 am

Wonderful!
My wife, who is rarely impressed with anything that I try to have her listen to, just LOVES it. She plays it repeatedly where she works!
Well done!!
-andy-

Bill Blacklock · Post by **Bill Blacklock** » 2 Mar 2005 11:52 am

Just Lovely Steinar, looking forward to the CD. Bill

Jeppe Grangaard · Post by **Jeppe Grangaard** » 2 Mar 2005 1:45 pm

Steinar!
"Meget, meget smukt. Tak"
Dig it. Beautiful atmosphere. Great sound.

Remember to let me know if you
gig in Denmark. jeppe@cbc.dk

Dwayne Martineau · Post by **Dwayne Martineau** » 2 Mar 2005 1:54 pm

Yep, that's what the northern lights sound like. Nice job, Steinar.

-Dm

P.S. If you've never seen 'em, they're worth a whole trip.

Every so often-- when the sun gets really feisty-- the whole sky crawls with giant, glowing, purple-green worms, and the colours get so bright and well-defined, and move so fast it's as if the sky were covered by a glass dome, and million-gallon buckets of pink, white, green, and blue paint were being violently hurled at it.

It's just about the best thing in the world.