Tag: music

Right now- on Top of the World- all you got to do is Jump!

Yesterday, Eddie Van Halen Passed after an unsuccessful fight with Cancer. He was 65.  It’s 2020! enough said!

I was introduced to his music in 1996, by my brother, back in India. It was fitting that the first song I heard was Right Now.

After that I heard the entire string of hits including Jump & top of the world.

The introduction to “God Level” guitaring in Eruptions propelled him to the top of my book in terms of best guitarists and I actually introduced my 5 year old son to Van Halen to have him now almost daily say “Hey Google, Play van halens jump”.

In a fitting tribute, last night, when my son asked for “relaxing music” instead of Jazz by coltrane, he wanted Jump!

Rest in peace Eddie! Thank you for introducing me to Rock!

Fertility of the sea

I came across this really powerful Japanese Taiko drum ensemble

got me really thinking and doing more research on the composer: Eitetsu Hayashi. The title : Fertility of the sea.

More about Hayashi San: Eitetsu Hayashi (林英哲 Hayashi Eitetsu)(born February 2, 1952) is an acclaimed Japanese musician best known for his solo performance work in taiko.[1] Hayashi joined the group Ondekoza at an early age. Later, after parting from group, helped found the taiko group Kodo, though he quickly left to begin a solo career.[2] Hayashi has performed in notable venues such as Carnegie Hall in 1984 and was the first featured taiko performer at the institution.[3][4] He is also the recipient of multiple awards recognizing the cultural value of his work

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitetsu_Hayashi