Rhythms run the Cosmos.  Rhythmic timing is the Yin and Yang of the Multiverses (there are purportedly multi universes).  Timing in everything we do is what causes the various degrees of success and/or satisfaction.  Music reinforces the natural rhythms in our bodies. 

When I compose and arrange music, I start with a rhythm, working it around until it is the way I want it.  Then I can let a melody slowly but surely wind its way into the rhythm, until the themes and sub-themes blend into a complete circle of the final song.

This CD is a plethora of rhythms.  The songs cover a geographical area of the Southern states through the Bahamas, some of the Greater Antilles, Jamaica, Mexico and Hawaii.

Rhythm affected me even as a young boy bored with the constant practice of the Classical music until I coerced one of my music teachers to give me Latin songs to play.  Even on the Ohio farm where I was raised, I dreamed of the Caribbean and all the touching music of adventure.  “Dreaming of the Caribbean” is a medly of songs that cause a boy to dream of sailing adve tures.  The Gypsies have hot, passionate rhythms that can stir anyone’s soul, “The Gypsy in My Soul.”  The delicious Bahamian melodies, simple but extraordinarily exciting, add to one’s dreams, “Bahamas Snorkeling.”  Music that rhythmically cries and is the equivalent of some of our state-side country music, “No Woman No Cry” by the incomparable Bob Marley.  Confusion and fusion of rhythms between different sectors of the Caribbean flow rampant in “East Meets West Caribbean.”

Sometimes we can feel the independence of rhythms between the countries and islands.  They want to be independent, yet there is an obvious melding of styles and rhythms, and its musically wonderful “Touching Eneries.”  Dancing to these beautiful exciting rhythms has been a part of everyday life in the Islands and Latin countries.  The popularity has hit another high in North America as well, with TV series such as “Dancing with the Stars.”  These dance feelings are reflected in “Mambo Francisco,” “La Paloma” and “Mama, You Look So Good.”

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