Harping in Place; tranquil folk harp by Joan

Harping In Place IX (again)

I've been in the throes of moving into Senior housing for the past 2-1/2 months.  My present apartment (with its nerve-wracking pervasive 120 Hz hum) runs interference on my ability to create music, and I haven't been able to play anything new, so here is another one of my favourites from during the pandemic.  I'll be in a new apartment soon (next week) which I hope will be conducive to playing again.  Namasté 

file = 200330_1214 Harping in Place IX 18m [320 kbs mp3]

2020 © Joan Patrie

please enjoy this original music for your personal use

relaxing, tranquil, folk, harp, yoga, meditation, lovemaking, sleep

iTunes Season 5, Episode 12

LIVE outdoors at Kerry’s Handfasting, Seattle

Album: Handfasting

Song 6 incidental music interlude before vows w/Kerry’s Theme

DR40 file + 190621_0378.mp3 320 kbs/48 kHz 12 m

iTunes Season 5 Episode 11

volume XVI = a somewhat rusty warmup after a far too long absence ^_^ omg 

I’ve spontaneously started playing again this week (after a creative block for the past two years)! 

DR05x [C] file = 230504_1943.mp3  raw 320 kbs 

notes = lev12, condenser electret ‘Lyra mics’ mkII, 7m35

iTunes Season 5, Episode 10

Please use for your personal enjoyment

©2023 Joan Patrie [all rights reserved]

LIVE outdoors, at K’s Handfasting, Seattle 2019 June 21

Album: Handfasting

Song 4 (including random sounds of people listening & visiting)

DR40 file = 190621_0375.mp3 [320 kbs, 48 kHz]

iTunes Season 5, Episode 9

Please use for your personal enjoyment

©2019 Joan Patrie [all rights reserved]

LIVE outdoors at K’s Handfasting, Seattle 2019 June 21

warmup 2, random sounds of people listening & visiting

Album: Handfasting

DR40a file = 190621_0373.mp3 [320 kbs, 48 kHz]

iTunes Season 5, Episode 8

Please use for your personal enjoyment

©2019 Joan Patrie [all rights reserved]

volume V = album Modus Operandi, song 3 = Arabesque 3

DR40 file = 190614_0227.mp3  raw 320 kbs   5 m

Recording Notes:  pre-pandemic, at home,

stereo miking = two SCM-1000 dual-element large-diaphragm condenser microphones (-10 dB attenuation) in perpendicular figure-8 configuration with 42 cm baseline, in bottom [L] (with bottom-end rolloff) and middle [R] (no rolloff) sound holes on back of my Dusty Strings nylon-strung Ravenna 34 folk harp (with partial levers)

©2019 Joan Patrie (all rights reserved)

Please enjoy for your personal use

volume V = album Modus Operandi, song 1 = Arabesque 1

DR40 file = 190614_0215.mp3  raw 320 kbs   7 m

Recording Notes:  pre-pandemic, at home,

stereo miking = two SCM-1000 dual-element large-diaphragm condenser microphones (-10 dB attenuation) in perpendicular figure-8 configuration with 42 cm baseline, in bottom [L] (with bottom-end rolloff) and middle [R] (no rolloff) sound holes on back of my Dusty Strings nylon-strung Ravenna 34 folk harp (with partial levers)

©2019 Joan Patrie (all rights reserved)

Please enjoy for your personal use

raw file = 190613_0213.mp3 / 320 kbs / SCM-1k microphones

Ravenn harp back catalogue: volume IV, song7 D-Lydian reprise

[warmup, then begins at 33s]  3m35

©2019 Joan Patrie

please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use

[Apple season 5, episode 5]

file = 190613_0212

back catalogue: Ravenn harp volume IV, song 6, 2019 June

C-Mixolydian theme, Camping at 8th Street Café  5m

raw 320 kbs 48 kHz Stereo mp3

using two Nady SCM-1k studio mics in perpendicular figure-8 configuration, mounted in Ravenna 34 harp’s middle and lower sound holes

©2019 Joan Patrie

please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use

[Apple season 5, episode 4]

file = 190613_0210  volume IV  song 5  Beloved Jo  5m20

this is a motif of a song I originally improvised (on Rhodes stage piano) for a former partner (as she wrote her Masters thesis) when we lived on Ridge Street <3

©1993 [this recording ©2019] Joan Patrie

please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use

[Apple season 5, episode 3]

190613_0206 vol IV song3 Nice n Gentle 3m24

more unpublished back catalogue

Nady SCM-1k micos in Ravenna 34 harp sound holes

Warning: extremely tranquil! ;)

©2019 Joan Patrie

please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use

[Apple season 5, episode 2]

for 2023, I’m delving into my back catalogue for some unpublished material.  I hope you enjoy it!

Warning: excessively tranquil folk harp music!  Do not listen while driving at night! ^_^

file = 190613_0201  volume IV  song 1

This was my first use of a couple of my Nady SCM-1000 large-diaphragm dual-element studio microphones (which I’ve used for Live recording since the 1990s), in the sound holes in the back of Ravenn (my Dusty Strings Ravenna 34 nylon-strung folk harp), and the audio level is somewhat lower in this testing phase than what I would settle on later) 3m39

©2019 Joan Patrie

please enjoy for your personal noncommercial use

[Apple season 5, episode 1]

I've not been playing my harp lately (creative block), but I've been noodling around creating ideations on keyboard instead.  Perhaps you might enjoy them

This one is a spontaneous piano improvisation with Rhodes voice, synth pads, and acoustic piano voice

sound file 220606_1439.mp3  320 kbs  5 mins

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

provided for your personal enjoyment

another something from the archives—from ‘the before times’

namasté <3

‘Generations variations’

from pre-pandemic Joan Omni Harp collection

original filename: 190828_0898 Generations variations 6m17.mp3

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use]

another something from the archives—‘the before times’

namasté <3

‘Wistful’

from pre-pandemic Joan Omni Harp collection

original filename: 190809_0915 Wistful 5m11.mp3

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use]

here is something from ‘the before times’. Please enjoy (as I am now, in review).  namasté <3

‘Ocean Blue’

from pre-pandemic Joan Omni Harp collection

original filename: 190720_0797 Ocean Blue 2m56.mp3

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use]

here is another something from the archives—‘the before times’. namasté <3

‘Kilter Twang’

from pre-pandemic Joan Omni Harp collection

original filename: 190712_0675 Ravenn harp • kilter twang 5m05.mp3

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use]

I haven't been playing lately; so here is something from ‘the before times’. Please enjoy (as I am now, in review).  namasté <3

‘Lonely Wrong Song’

from pre-pandemic Joan Omni Harp collection

original filename: 190711_0580 Ravenn harp • 4m.mp3

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use]

I haven't been playing lately; so here is something from ‘the before times’. Please enjoy it, as I am now, in review.  namasté

from pre-pandemic Joan Omni Harp collection

original filename: 190613_0199 Ravenn harp • descending 2m46.mp3

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use]

Something extra from the pre-pandemic Ravenn harp archives

file = 1907_0533 wee Celtic themes 8m04s

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

Something extra from the pre-pandemic Ravenn harp archives

file = 190621_0356 crisp theme 5m28.mp3

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

Something extra from the pre-pandemic Ravenn harp archives 

file = 190613_0199  2m46s

©Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

This is the first song that came into my head in a dream this month [July], and this is essentially how I heard it in my dream.  My best songs come from my dreams  

I share it now in celebration of re-establishing contact with my long-lost daughter after 13-and-a-half years <3

Be safe; stay calm, and wash you hands (and don’t be taken in by charlatans)

320 Kbs, 48 kHz Stereo using Tascam DR40x with two C-2 condenser mics in Ravenn harp sound holes, freshly tuned 

original filename = 210703_0420__Diminusion_I_in_D_Myxflat-6_mode_lev33_3m17

©2021 Joan Patrie

Lagniappe. In Cajun French: something extra Here is something

suite IV: Evening Spells 

[warning: this will put you to sleep, so don't listen while driving]

Notes: from my archives, from a time when I did my composition on a Rhodes 73 stage piano.  Before I picked up the harp, the Rhodes was my main instrument

In this recording, I'm playing my Rhodes live at a venue; and then, using the recording as accompaniment, I played my flute live at the same venue the next week (and then I sold CDs of it the week after that ;-) So, this is me playing straight ahead, Live, in two layers

[ iTunes season 2, episode 57] 12m24s [circa mid ’90s]

stay safe, keep calm, be real 

original composition ©1997 by Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use] [non-commercial use]

[recorded Live on MiniDisc and CD; mastered on MiniDisc]

Lagniappe. In Cajun French: something extra Here is something

suite III: Daze Dance   [beg of side two] 

from a time when I did my composition on a Rhodes 73 stage piano.  Before I picked up the harp, the Rhodes was my main composition instrument

In this recording, I’m playing my Rhodes live at a venue; and then, using the recording as accompaniment, I played my flute live at the same venue the next week (and then I sold CDs of it the week after that ;-) So, this is me playing straight ahead, Live, in two layers

[ iTunes season 2, episode 57] 11m46s [circa mid ’90s]

stay safe, keep calm, be real 

original composition ©1997 by Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use] [non-commercial use]

[recorded Live on MiniDisc and CD; mastered on MiniDisc]

Lagniappe. In Cajun French: something extra 

suite II: Morning Aire   [end of side one] 

[warning: this will put you to sleep, so don't listen while driving]

from my archives, from a time when I did my composition on a Rhodes 73 stage piano.  Before I picked up the harp, the Rhodes was my main instrument

In this recording, I’m playing my Rhodes live at a venue; and then, using the recording as accompaniment, I played my flute Live at the same venue the next week (and then I sold CDs of it the week after that ;-)  So, this is me playing straight ahead, Live, in two layers

[ iTunes season 2, episode 57] 11m52s [circa mid ’90s]

stay safe, keep calm, be real 

original composition ©1997 by Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use] [non-commercial use]

[recorded Live on MiniDisc and CD; mastered on MiniDisc]

Lagniappe.  In Cajun French: something extra

suite I: Spirit Moon 

Notes on this recording: this is from a time when I did my composition on a Rhodes 73 stage piano.  Before I picked up the harp, the Rhodes was my main instrument

In this recording, I'm playing my Rhodes live at a venue; and then, using the recording as accompaniment, I played my flute live at the same venue the next week (and then I sold CDs of it the week after that ;-)  

So, this is me playing straight ahead, Live, in two layers

[ iTunes season 2, episode 56] 18m38s [circa mid ’90s]

stay safe, keep calm, be real

original composition ©1997 by Joan Patrie, all rights reserved

[please enjoy for your personal use] [non-commercial use]

[recorded Live on MiniDisc and CD; mastered on MiniDisc]

yet another nice C-mixolydian theme (Ravenn volume C, song s)

[ iTunes season 2, episode 55] 4m57s, played 2019 June 13

stay safe, keep calm, be real

original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file = 190613_0212.mp3, 320 kbs]

 song for Jo motif, on a theme of Tom Tom Club

[iTunes season 2, episode 54] 5m20s, played 2019 June 13

stay safe, keep calm, be real

original composition @2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file = 190613_0210.mp3, 320 kbs]

a lilty tune in C Mixolydian (Ravenn Harp volume C, song n)

[iTunes episode 2, episode 53] 3.3m, played 2019 June 13

stay safe, keep calm, be real

[Tascam DR40 file = 190613_0201.mp3, 320 kbs]

[tech notes: 1st use of NADY SCM-1k studio mics in Ravenn]

a wee tune in F and C  (from Ravenn Harp volume C, song l)

[ season 2, episode 52] 2m45s, played 2019 June 13

stay safe, keep calm, be real

[Tascam DR40 (‘Forté’) file = 190613_0199.mp3, 320 kbs]

[tech notes: Forte in top of bottom sound hole]

an extended C mixolydian theme (from Ravenn volume C, song k)

[ season 2, episode 51] 15m34s, played 2019 June 13

stay safe, keep calm, be real

original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file = 190613_0198.mp3, 320 kbs]

‘Delta Waves’, an abstract theme in F, B-flat, C (from Ravenn Harp volume C, song i)

[Apple season 2, episode 50] 5m58s; 2019 June 12th

Stay safe, keep calm, be real

 original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40a file: 190612_0194.mp3]

a playful C major theme (from Ravenn volume C, song f)

[Apple season 2, episode 49] 8m18s; played 2019 June 11th

Stay safe, keep calm, be real

original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40a file: 190611_0188.mp3

on a theme of Prayer for Deborah Grace (from Ravenn volume C, song d)

[Apple season 2 episode 48 7m4s; 2019 June 10th

Stay safe, keep calm, be real

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40a file: 190610_0178.mp3]

a tranquil theme in B-flat major (from Ravenn volume C, song a)

[Apple season 2, episode 47] 5m22s; played 2019 June 9th

Stay safe, keep calm, be real

original composition ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file: 190609_0165.mp3]

Morning piece in B Dorian [B C# F#] (from Ravenn volume B, song i)

season 2, episode 46.  4m34s; played on 2019 June 6th

Stay safe, keep calm, be real… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file: 190606_0160.mp3]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

G Lydian mode [B C# F#] (from Ravenn volume B, song h)

season 2, episode 45.  7m40s; played on 2019 June 4th

Stay safe, keep calm, be real… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file: 190604_0152.mp3]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

a tune in A Mixolydian mode [B C# F#] (from Ravenn Harp volume B, song g)

season 2, episode 44.  5m03s; played on 2019 June 3rd

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file: 190603_0151.mp3]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

D Dorian mode [F# B C#] (from Ravenn volume B, song f)

season 2, episode 43.  4m27s; played on 2019 June 3rd

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file: 190603_0150.mp3]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

F# Dorian [F# B C#] (from Ravenn volume B, song d)

season 2, episode 42.  5m19s, played on 2019 June 2nd

Stay safe, keep calm, be real… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file: 190602_0144.mp3]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

MyxedUpBlue-study#3 (from Ravenn volume B, song c)

season 2, episode 41.  10m25s, played on 2019 May 31st

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file: 190531_0141.mp3]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

MyxedUpBlue-study#3 (from Volume A, song o)

season 2, episode 40.  4m13s, played on 2019 May 27th

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

[Tascam DR40 file: 190527_0127.mp3] 

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

MyxedUpBlue-study#2 (from Volume A, song n)

season 2, episode 39.  5m20s, played on 2019 May 27th

[Tascam DR40 file: 190527_0124.mp3] 

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

Sunday’s Song, in D myxolydian (from Volume A, song I)

season 2, episode 38.  5m15s, played on 2019 May 26th

[Tascam DR40 file: 190526_0115.mp3] 

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

Wednesday’s Song, in C major (from Volume A, song k)

season 2, episode 37.  7m34s.  Played on 2019 May 22nd

[Tascam DR40 file: 190522_0112.mp3]

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

a theme in C Mixoydian, take 3

season 2, episode 36.  5m51s.  2020 April 23rd [DR40 file 1873]

And, this is the final version of this theme in C myxolydian.  This is the take published to Facebook as video

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind, be Mighty… and wash your hands.  namasté

{This is an audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 23rd}

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

a theme in C Myxoydian, take 2

season 2, episode 35.  6m22s.  2020 April 23rd {DRZ40 file 1872]

another version of this theme in C myxolydian 

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind, be Mighty… and wash your hands.  namasté

{This is an audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 23rd}

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

a theme in C Mixoydian

season 2, episode 34.  5m26s.  2020 April 23rd [DR40 file 1870]

another theme in C myxolydian 

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind, be Mighty… and wash your hands.  namasté

{This is an audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 23rd}

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

a theme in C Mixoydian

season 2, episode 33.  8m11s.  2020 April 23rd [DR40 file 1866]

Joan’s bla-bla-bla about playing modally: 

C is the I chord (or root key) in this piece.  Relative to the Ionian 'diatonic' tuning, it would be said that I have my harp “tuned in F” (with a flatted B, relative to C Major scale [a.k.a., modally speaking, Ionian mode in C]).  So, in F, my harp is in Ionian mode (a.k.a. F Major [in common practice]).  But I'm not playing in F; I'm playing in C (with a flatted 7th [the B], which makes it Mixolydian mode).  Have I confused you yet?  No worries.  Just listen, and be calmed <3 ^_^

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind, be Mighty… and wash your hands.  namasté

{This is an audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 23rd}

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

‘New Modulations’

 season 2, episode 32.  13m18.  2020 April 15th [DR40 file: 1644]

This is the same tuning as I was using yesterday, but today I was experimenting with a new modulation: A, E, G, D pivoting into D, A, C, G, then back.  I plan to develop this further ^_^

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

{This is an audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 12 of this year}

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

season 2, episode 31.  13m44s, 2020 April 14 [DR40 file 1620]

One of my more contemplative healing themes: with a sombre beginning in Dorian mode in A, then moving into a hopeful progression rooted in Myxolydian mode in D

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

This is the audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 14th

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, isolation, sheltering, quarantine

a variation on a theme of ‘Prayer for Deborah Grace’

season 2, episode 30.  4m18s. 2020 April 12 [DR40 file 1555]

Whenever I am thinking of my friend, Debbie (whom the the world lost, many years ago), I am also remembering this composition—an inspiration which came to me out of nowhere at my Live weekly gig at Emma Joes one night.  Days later, her daughter informed me that our belovéd Debbie had passed away in hospital on the very night I had been playing it.  It will forever be her song

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

{This is an audio version of the FB video performed in my living-room on April 12}

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, composition, improvisation, living-room, concert, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, isolation, sheltering, quarantine

‘Remembering Jo’ 

season 2, episode 29

[Tascam DR40 file 1548] 12-1/2 minutes [talking at the end]

I was thinking of my former partner, with whom I spent 15 of the best years of my life.  And I was remembering one of my early compositions for her.  This is a variation based on that composition (played for her on my 1974 Rhodes® Stage Piano, in our living room, on Ridge Street) 

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

{Production notes: this is a hi-fi stereo music-only audio version of the FB livestream video performed in my living-room, 2020 April 12th (using a Behringer C-2 compact condenser super-cardioid mic in the harp [mapped Left] for the bass end of the harp, and a Nady SCM 1000 dual-element large-diaphragm condenser mic (visible in the video) in figure-8 pattern for vocal and treble end of the harp [mapped Right].}

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, living-room, concert, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

season 2, episode 28.  [Tascam DR40 file 1470] 19m42s 

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

{Notes: this is the hi-fi stereo music-only audio version of the livestream video performed LIVE in my living-room, 2020 April 9th.  I'm now using one Behringer C-2 compact condenser super-cardioid mic in the harp [mapped hard Left] for the bass end of the harp, and one Nady SCM 1000 dual-element large-diaphragm condenser mic (visible in the video) in figure-8 pattern for vocal and treble end of the harp [mapped hard Right].}

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, living-room, concert, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

season 2, episode 27, performed Live in my living-room on 2020 April 7th

Song title: ‘If You Think You’re All Alone’

{I sing on this one (which I haven't done in ages)!}

[Tascam DR40 file 1426] 4 minutes

my miking maps the bass end of the harp to the Left and the upper front of the harp with my voice to the Right to create a natural stereo sound image—just like if you were in my living room sitting with me as I played for you ^_^  

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

calm, hopeful, tranquil, folk, harp, living-room, concert, composition, improvisation, ASMR, yoga, meditation, breathing, peaceful, sleep, cuddling, loving, sheltering, hope

season 2, episode 26.  12-1/2 minutes.  Performed Live in my living-room on 2020 April 7th

I've entitled it 'Windward'

[Tascam DR40 file 1683 transfer of DR7 file 120]

my miking maps the bass end of the harp to the Left and the upper front of the harp with my voice to the Right to create a natural stereo sound image—just like what you'd hear were you sitting in my living room with me as I played for you ^_^  

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

[please enjoy for your personal use]

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season 2, episode 25.  18 minutes.  This is an ethereal one.

recorded 2020 April 6th [Tascam DR40 file 1397] 

Also, due to a mic malfunction [oops], this piece was recorded with only one working microphone, so this was recorded in monaural.  {I’ve added a very light touch of stereo hall effect (primarily to improve the headphone listening experience).}

welcome to my living room ^_^  

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

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season 2, episode 24.  16-1/2 minutes.  More tranquil folk harp with Joan. This is a hi-fi stereo audio version of the video performed Live in my living-room on 2020 April 5th

[Tascam DR40 file 1359]

my miking maps the bass end of the harp to the Left and the front of the harp and my voice to the Right to create a natural stereo sound image—in other words: just what you'd hear were you sitting in my living room with me playing.  

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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season 2, episode 23.  15 minutes.  More tranquil folk harp with Joan. This is a hi-fi stereo audio version of the video performed Live in my living-room on 2020 April 4th

[Tascam DR40 file 1327]

my miking maps the bass end of the harp to the Left and the front of the harp and my voice to the Right to create a natural stereo sound image—in other words: just what you'd hear were you sitting in my living room with me playing.  

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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season 2, episode 22.  16-1/2 minutes.  This is one of my personal favourites.  This is a hi-fi stereo audio version of the video performed Live in my living-room on 2020 April 2nd

[Tascam DR40 file 1278]

my miking maps the bass end of the harp to the Left and the upper front of the harp and my voice to the Right to create a natural stereo sound image—in other words: just what you'd hear were you sitting in my living room with me playing.  

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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season 2, episode 21.  18m  More tranquil folk harp with Joan, with a similar modality to VIII. Again, this is the hi-fi stereo music-only audio version of the livestream video performed LIVE in my living-room, and this was played on 2020 March 30th

[Tascam DR40 file 1214; still using the bud mic with the DR7, then transferring to the DR40 with balancing and editing]

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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season 2, episode 20.  24m19s.  Another very calming and tranquil 24 minute folk harp composition by Joan.  This one begins in a melancholy mood yet progresses into a hopeful feeling, and then concludes with an inspiring theme.  Here is the hi-fi stereo music-only audio version of the livestream video performed LIVE in my living-room on 2020 March 29th

[Tascam DR40 file 1181; still using the bud mic with the DR7, then transferring to the DR40 with balancing and editing]

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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This is a musical reprise on my harp (after some concluding talk in the video livestream version of HiP VII—which was for my long departed mother’s Birthday) [Tascam DR40 file 1127] 3 minutes

season 2, episode 19

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an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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This is the hifi stereo audio version of the Facebook livestream video, performed in my living room on 2020 March 26 [file 1126]. 14m

season 2, episode 18

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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This is the hifi stereo audio version of the Facebook livestream video, performed in my living room on 2020 March 26 [file 1102]

18 minutes

season 2, episode 17

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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a 24 minute living room concert of tranquil folk harp improvisation. For these podcast episodes, I've edited out my talking, so this is just the music (suitable for calmness, peaceful breathing, meditation, falling asleep, and other nice things :)  

season 2, episode 16

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an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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This was my warmup before starting the FB livestream.  One of the mics in my harp gets bonked, but it's still nice ^_^ enjoy

season 2, episode 15

2020 March 25, 8m

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an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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season 2, episode 14.  15m30s  During this interregnum of sheltering in place and isolation at home, please be heartened by this small concert from my living room to yours <3

2020 March 24

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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season 2, episode 13.  16m.  With the new situation, this interregnum of isolation at home, I've been giving daily living room concerts on my harp via Facebook livestream.  The livestream is video with monaural audio from my iPad's built-in microphone.  By the 3rd day now, I realize that I should be also recording them in hi-fi Stereo on one of my Tascam recorders so I can share them to this podcast feed as audio.  So, here it is

This music is very tranquil and soothing, and it’s safe to fall asleep to (I do).  Listen in a safe quiet place, where it's okay to fall asleep (not driving)

[Apple podcast season 2, episode 14]

2020 March 23, 16 minutes

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an original composition, ©2020 by Joan Patrie

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It's Fine, from Modus Operandi; a lazy little theme

Ravenn volume E, song h. 2m28s

[file 0242, recorded w/SCM-1k mics, crossed figure-8 in sound holes, lower mic partially isolated, both rolled off]

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an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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Arabesque 2, from Modus Operandi.  Slightly uptempo 

Ravenn volume E, song c.  5m14s

[file 0227, recorded with Nady scm-1k microphone pair in sound holes in crossed figure-8]

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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Arabesque, from Modus Operandi. 7m8s

Ravenn volume E, song a

[file 0215, recorded with Nady scm-1k microphone pair in sound holes in crossed figure-8]

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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a tilted wistful Lydian improvisation in D [reprise], 2019 June 13 [file 0213], volume D, song g, played on Ravenn [SCM-1k mics] 3m35s

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an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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A waltz for Patti Jo, in D Lydian

an improvisation at home, 2020 Jan 31 [file 1294], volume K, song f, played on Ravenn [using the newly-installed Behringer C-2 compact condenser microphones]  5m21s

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an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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a lament for my beloved cousin Patricia Joan, in D dorian, played at home, 2020 Jan 31 [file 1293], volume K, song e, played on Ravenn [using the newly-installed Behringer C-2 compact condenser microphones]  4m

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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quietly lyrical in D Lydian; an improvisation at home, 2020 Jan 31 [file 1281], volume K, song d, played on Ravenn [using the newly-installed Behringer C-2 compact condenser microphones]  4m

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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improvisation at home, 2020 Jan 31 [file 1280], volume K, song c: Gentle Song in C Mixolydian [using the newly-installed Behringer C-2 compact condenser microphones], played on Ravenn.  5m

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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an improvisation at home, 2019 June 13 [file 0212], volume D, song f, C Mixolydian theme: ‘Camping at 8th Street Café’, played on Ravenn [SCM-1k miss] 5m

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an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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a tender improvisation at home, 2019 June 13 [file 0206], Ravenn volume D, song c [in C Mixolydian, SCM-1000 dual-element studio mics] 3-1/2 m

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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improvisation at home in Seattle, 2019 June 13 [file 0210] Ravenn Harp volume D, song a, a medley of a few of my old motifs including a theme of Tom Tom Club, and Song For Jo [with SCM-1k studio mics] on Ravenn. 5m20s

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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a cheerful, lilty improvisation at home in Seattle, 2019 June 13 [file 0201] Ravenn Harp volume D, song a, in C Mixolydian mode. 1st use of Nady SCM-1000 dual-element studio mics with Ravenna 34. 3m39s

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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improvisation at home, 2019 June 13 [file 0198] Ravenn Harp volume C, song k, an extended C Mixolydian theme. 15.5m

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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Delta Waves, from Ravenn volume A, song 9 [i] improvisation at home, 2019 June 12 [file 0194], a medley of 'Delta Waves' and an abstract theme in F, B flat, C.  6m

namasté <3

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This little ditty was just a tuning prelude and sound check before a gig, and it sounded kind of nice :)  [file 0071]  song 5, from Ravenn Harp volume A: Restart

Recorded in Seattle, 2019 May 16

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Prayer for Deborah Grace

This was the 2nd piece I played for my friend June’s memorial service at Recovery Café (and song 4 from Ravenn Harp volume A: Restart).  {Pardon the applause at the end; this is the raw file.}

Original music by Joan Patrie ©2019 (all rights reserved)

Recorded & performed Live in Seattle, 2019 May 16

[My comments on this piece]: 

The original version of this was an improvisation that came out of nowhere at a gig about 15 years ago, which my friend Barb​ (who was there at EmmaJoes) said was beautiful, and I agreed. Some days later, I learned that whilst I played, and unbeknownst to us, our friend Debbie Coleman​ had died in hospital. And so, I named it 'Prayer for Deborah Grace' to honour my friend. Ever since, it has been one of my most meaningful pieces

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

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Prayer for June Marie/Farewell, from Ravenn volume A, song c

This I played for my friend June’s memorial (now part of my reboot album: Restart

recorded Live at Recovery Café in Seattle, 2019 May 16

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Variation 54, from Ravenn volume A: Restart, song b

© Joan Patrie 2019 (all rights reserved)

recorded 2019 May 16 at home

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Variation 53, from Ravenn volume A, song a

After a 12 year absence from LibSyn, a 7 year absence from playing, and huge life changes, I've started playing again.  I'm just playing for myself now as a kind of therapy, and my friends like it, so once again I've begun compiling albums and making CDs to give to friends.  {CDs?  What are those??}  I remember how many people scattered so widely across the world enjoyed my music before, so I've decided to restart my podcast to share this 2nd time around.  I'm playing a new harp now: my Dusty Strings Ravenna 34.  I've only been playing again for for a few months (beginning this summer), but here it is.  I'm so grateful to be playing again, after so long away Here is a cautionary note: this music is very very tranquil!  Please listen in a safe quiet place, where it is okay to fall asleep (not driving).

Stay safe, keep calm, be kind… and wash your hands.  namasté

an original composition, ©2019 by Joan Patrie

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