Pheo Rose Soul Bridge CD

Pheo Rose Bio Sometime between ages 10 and 11, and somewhere in the swirl of bologna and liverwurst that was brought into our house of poverty, came an upright piano. Once here, the old and cracked veneer was stripped off, but nothing ever replaced it. That was “home” then, people and things stripped of what they had, and not much could be given to produce new luster. I buried my fingers into the piano keys as I unburied emotions through playing. Eight months of lessons almost completely undid any love for the piano. I announced that the only way I would keep with the instrument was “my way,” Without intention, the piano became my “sounding board” for life’s confusion, as well as my confessor receiving all the pain and hurt and troubling thoughts. In so many ways time at the piano was my single intimate companion to whom I could reach out with the most vulnerable of feelings. My childhood was a life of great scarcity of everything nurturing, and my twenties bore the child of this – personal agony. My intimate companion was there for me; always taking the depth of feeling, and helping me express it musically. I added flute for those times in Nature’s Sanctuary. People who heard my music sat quietly and always seemed to comment, “Don’t Stop.” I realized then that the depth that I reached for connected with others as well. So I started paying more attention and remembering more of the “original” pieces that poured out of me.  Since 1973 solo piano, flute, and Celtic harp music has been performed where its depth of feeling could most help others – weddings, church services, retreats, prayer circles, earth day events, etc.  Since 1989 composed music that would express and support others in the exquisite inner journey to their soul and full self integration. The first three of these cds will be released in 2007, with two more to be released by 2008. Decades of Studying and Journeying the “Way” of the mystics has merged with my music to offer the spiritual journey to full self integration using music as a primary tool.ABOUT THIS STYLE OF MUSIC with its CL (Contemplative Listening) MODE:Stereo recorded music has been around for decades. The CL mode purposely makes use of the stereo by providing instrumental tracks at various points in the 180 degrees of right to left channels. The result is that the instrumental “voices” can be heard more distinctly. Listening and holding as many of the instrumental voices as possible while integrating them simultaneously into a oneness may help the listener to focus more deeply into the music. Also, this listening skill can help discipline and focus the mind, as well as lead to hearing the deeper parts of the mind and soul. At almost any given conscious moment we have streams of sensory stimuli, and any related associations, as well as inner thoughts and desires that compete for our full attention. Learning to distinguish and integrate all the stimuli, thoughts, and desires is a skill that wisdom literature begs humanity to learn. “Chariots without drivers,” “Scattered and fragmenting egos”, and “ships without rudders” are just some of the images used for describing human minds without such skill. Using the CL mode while listening to the music can begin to teach the listener how to hold together all the separate “voices” of stimuli, thoughts, and desires simultaneously, and quiet them. Once consciousness is “reined in,” there is access to the deeper levels of mind, and the soft, eternal, voice of the soul. With these experiences comes greater opportunity for the fullness of self integration. MUSICAL PIECES ON THIS ALBUM:Cross the Bridge to that deeper place of Joy and Peace.1. Dojo's Way (3:57) Imagine yourself strolling with three musicians, each playing a unique instrument and melody in a round.2. Chiki (3:25) Energize with these musical vibs 3. Breathe (4:02) Feel the breath