It has been a bit

I haven't posted since July.... I hit the wall for a while. I put some much time and effort in learning to build and tune chimes over the past 5 years, I just ran out of steam. For the countless hours put in and little income to show for it, I just had to stop. What was the point I thought, all this time and no money. Having a family to provide for made me stop and think. Now I am at the point where the construction biz is very slow and looking for maybe other lines of work. I am gaining momentum in my mind to have another go at the chimes. The sound and the songs played by the chimes are just so pleasing and uplifting that maybe this is what the world needs in these trying times.

The bond of true love

Brent Mydland from the Grateful Dead singing his beautiful lullaby to his little girl that he wrote it to. You can click on the image to see the full version. Look at the trust and love in her eyes. I am sure Brent has the same gaze though his eyes are obscured by his mike stand.

Here is a link to a version of his song "I Will Take You Home."

















http://www.archive.org/details/gd88-07-03.sbd.ststephen.3908.sbeok.shnf

You can listen live to either the whole concert or just scroll down to the song and click on it.

A post without pictures!

It has been a bit. Basically I have learned my skill well enough that I am going to begin to market my instruments. Well built and tuned chimes are musical instruments. I have sold a few but I have mostly gifted my chimes while I was learning. I am now going to work on the really hard part, marketing and developing a biz. This part does not come easy. I have been trying to come up with some good names that aren't as out there as FreeMonx. I have come up with: Chason De Murath (songs of Murat in French), Puujana (honoring in Sanskrit) and Stauti (to celebrate in song also in Sanskrit). Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

String Instruments pt1

Here a 5 of the 6 string instruments I have made so far. Not too bad for a beginner but I have spent much more time making the chimes. That may change since I have the chime making down to a science/art.

I am out of titles.. deal,pt1

Talk about out there. This thing is from maybe 2004 or 2005. It is a percussion instrument tuned to the period of existence of Jerry Garcia. The tubes are 4" pvc tubing over a 4" sound board. It was over 4 foot long and 2 foot wide. It sounded really great and I had some cool beat tone, theta waves and all sorts of other cool stuff going on with it. I am not much of a percussionist so I ended up giving to a bunch of Mormon hard rocker type of dudes in Denver. I was installing windows at their parents house and they were intrigued. Who could have figured this thing ended up with the Mormon's? Goes to show you just can't ever judge! Ever!!!

More stuff

Pot of gold?

Some out there sound art

Not quite art! Me pretending like I could actually play:)

Another chime

This is a door chime tuned to Om. As the name implies it is meant to be hung on the back of a door and impart good vibes to anyone entering your space.

Beautiful Buck

The buck has been coming around for 3 summers now. Stunning. So strong and good looking.

New chimes pt.2

Two chimes with Lacewood parts for a friend in memory of a dear friend passed.

New Chimes

A harmony set tuned to Om.

Patetrns in Sound

While searching for the photos of the stickball bats and 528 chimes I came across this picture from a science project Liam did a few years ago. It is just salt on a vibrated plate. He used his violin bow to vibrate the plate. The shape kinda looks like a dove.

Stickball Bats

Here are some custom stickball bats I made for the kids, myself, Phil and Ryan. I forgot how much fun stickball was.

528 Chimes

Here is a set I sent to Dr. Len Horowitz. He is leading a very cool global concert on Jun19th-21st with all instruments tuning away from the 440A and into 528C.

Another part of the whole

I am sending out the wedding and soul chimes, pictured below, as special gifts to friends and family it dawned on me that they need to cleansed(with Sage) and chanted upon to totally purify the intent possessed within the chimes. I am going to ask Jeannine if she would do the cleansing for me. She is a yogini with a very beautiful voice and very pure heart.

Soul Chimes

Here are some chimes I built for a friend in honor of his friend's passing. It came to me that before I send the chimes out they need to be cleansed with Sage and chanted upon for purity. They are of Lacewood and Poplar painted purple. I was going to paint these impressively fancy but I passed as the only was inspiration was for simplicity. The color purple reflects the fundamental frequency of the chime.

Wedding Chimes

My brother in law Paul got married in Aug 2007 and I told them I would make them a chime as a gift. I did not have it really figured out back then, so I never built them. To create this set I took Paul and Christy's age from the day they were born until their wedding day. I then summed their ages and built a scale from the frequency representing their union. These chimes represent the harmony that brought them together. They will always have something to reflect upon through good times and tough times. Again I have used the 1-4-5 chord pattern. I will put up some more photos once the sun comes out.

Venus Chimes

Here are 3 of the chimes tuned to Venus. Again the pattern represents harmony with a 1-4-5 chord set up. I used 3/4" tubing for these. The song/tones gave me the " chicken skin, cuz." That is Hawaiian Pidgin for goosebumps. So much so that I had to build a set for myself.

Orchesteral Chime Set.

I am starting work on an 11 chime set tuned to Venus for a friend. This will have tubes representing: bass and rhythm, lots of harmony and some melodies. This should get things moving and a groovin!

Ooooops!

I was wrong in stating that since my parents have both passed I can now use the tunings to heal myself. I am going to build the "Seraphic Chimes" to honor their existence. I am going to build a three chime set of only the one chords for each person. Let the dissonance shine! The reason is that the 2 joined to form a third and together we are One!