Hi Folks, This is a free trial for all subscribers. Song Labs are a monthly feature for Supporting Subscribers, but I wanted to invite everyone to experience a Song Lab. ALL my Song Labs are archived in the Song Lab section of my Substack page so if you are a new subscriber you can access all the past episodes. In these Song Labs I sing the song, tell you a bit about how the song happened and what I was thinking about musically and personally when creating the piece. At the end of every Song Lab I do a short tutorial for the guitar players in the community who would like to learn how to play the song themselves. So you can enjoy the Song Lab if you are just interested in the song and hearing a live version, and then stick around for the tutorial if you are a guitarist. I always add lyrics, tablature and sometimes an audio file of the tablature guitar part.
In this Song Lab I read the original poem that was held the seeds of this song. The poem was first published in “The Beautiful Not Yet: Poems, Essays & Lyrics.” In this Song Lab I’ll also add a link to the recorded version of the song from “The Beautiful Not Yet” on Spotify.
In this song I have fun exploring the idea of what constitutes a “prayer”. I personally have a wider understanding of what is an encounter with something Luminous or Sacred in our lives and in our world. I turn the idea of traditional prayer a bit on its head even using a bit of humor (since I find humor sacred experience often). I hope you enjoy the Song Lab.
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Let me know in the comments if you have any thoughts about my presentation of prayer….do you resonate it it? Do you find it challenging? Can you add an image or experience that you consider an encounter with the Sacred?
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