This time I was inspired by a song by the band 'The Ocean Collective'. They are largely a metal band but experiment a lot with their songs. This song 'Epiphany' appears in the album 'Heliocentric' largely dominated by the piano and vocals. This song is an example for how much metal artists experiment with their 'sound'. Its amazing that a fan can go through the same journey as the band itself and all it takes is your willingness to give in to the opportunity to take you for a ride! The Ocean recently had a concert in Boston so I was listening to their albums non stop for a few weeks 'preparing' for the concert because unlike most other genres, you have to 'get it' in metal to be able to enjoy the music. Then I stumbled upon this beautiful piece. Here is the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BCobPYw5xU#t=68
(P.S: The Youtube video skips, here is the grooveshark link if you want an unblemished track: http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Epiphany/31TzUm?src=5 )
Here is my take:
Intro (0:00 to 0:14), Part 1 (0:15 to 0:51), Part 2 (0:52 to 1:28), Part 3 (1:29 to 1:44), Part 4 (1:45 to 2:19), Part 5 (2:20 to 3:12) and Outro (3:13 to End).
Intro ==> No beats
Part 1, Part 3, Part 5 ==> Beat 1 (Slow)
Part 2, Part 4 ==> Beat 2 (Fast)
Outro ==> No Beats
Apart from the song itself, I also wanted to share what some of the songs take me through when I do research. I did not really know what 'Epiphany' meant so I did a Google search (Wikipedia is your friend). Also *sometimes* the comments on Youtube videos are interesting. For the song link to Youtube that I posted, there was a comment in Spanish that I did not understand so I used Google Translate and figured that the comment was talking about 'Atheism Vs Agnosticism'. I was again confused what the difference between these two philosophies were (Wikipedia is your friend). I was also greatly surprised when I was reading up on Agnosticism and the view 'Rig Veda' (a set of sacred Hindu texts) has about the origin of the universe and I got reminded of the discussion that I had with some of my friends about Hinduism the religion Vs Hinduism the philosophy. One song led to this knowledge journey! I am too lazy to get into an argument about whether we are all going to agree with what the song lyrics say. I just like the way it sounds. But if you are interested, here is the band front-man talking about the philosophy behind the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LoUJ41GSUQ
After that I went and made Pasta for dinner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BCobPYw5xU#t=68
(P.S: The Youtube video skips, here is the grooveshark link if you want an unblemished track: http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Epiphany/31TzUm?src=5 )
Here is my take:
Intro (0:00 to 0:14), Part 1 (0:15 to 0:51), Part 2 (0:52 to 1:28), Part 3 (1:29 to 1:44), Part 4 (1:45 to 2:19), Part 5 (2:20 to 3:12) and Outro (3:13 to End).
Intro ==> No beats
Part 1, Part 3, Part 5 ==> Beat 1 (Slow)
Part 2, Part 4 ==> Beat 2 (Fast)
Outro ==> No Beats
Apart from the song itself, I also wanted to share what some of the songs take me through when I do research. I did not really know what 'Epiphany' meant so I did a Google search (Wikipedia is your friend). Also *sometimes* the comments on Youtube videos are interesting. For the song link to Youtube that I posted, there was a comment in Spanish that I did not understand so I used Google Translate and figured that the comment was talking about 'Atheism Vs Agnosticism'. I was again confused what the difference between these two philosophies were (Wikipedia is your friend). I was also greatly surprised when I was reading up on Agnosticism and the view 'Rig Veda' (a set of sacred Hindu texts) has about the origin of the universe and I got reminded of the discussion that I had with some of my friends about Hinduism the religion Vs Hinduism the philosophy. One song led to this knowledge journey! I am too lazy to get into an argument about whether we are all going to agree with what the song lyrics say. I just like the way it sounds. But if you are interested, here is the band front-man talking about the philosophy behind the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LoUJ41GSUQ
After that I went and made Pasta for dinner.
