NOTES ON THE RECORDINGS
RESONANCIA
MUSICA INDIGENA
The recording was done in 3 eight hour sessions over 3 consecutive days on the following instruments, listed below but the music has been with(in) me for years sometimes the music was played as a soloist sometimes in a duo or larger settings sometimes with western(European)instruments e.g., pedal harp piano forte western flute replicating the part originally, played by an indigenous instrument The majority of instruments used in this recording were given as gift, sometimes by complete strangers including: 4, 5 and 6 hole flutes and ocarinas and whistles made of clay both bisque and hard fired 4 hole wooden ocarina baa wehai - Yaqui water drums ayotapalkatl - graduated turtle shells sticks and mallets - made from various woods shamans rattles All indigenous instruments Recorded at ABC STUDIOS or SCULPTURED SOUND STUDIOS Los Angeles CA, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Western classical instruments were used for ZANDUNGA concert bass drum concert marimba - 2 and 4 mallets Recorded at ABC STUDIOS, Los Angeles CA, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COMPOSITIONS arranged, conceived, composed, Improvised and orchestrated by Christopher Garcia for ORQUESTA INDIGENA Songs based on traditional sources are cited as traditional MUSIC performed by ORQUESTA INDIGENA With very special guests Alegria Garcia - voice in Spanish and Nahuatl Yolanda Evelie Delgado Garcia - spoken word in Spanish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MIXED and MASTERED by THE MALO BROTHERS somewhere in Los Angeles, CA USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THANKS to: The CREATOR - for making all things possible Mi FAMILIA - for putting up and participating with me Mis MENTORES - for showed me the beckoning path Mis MAESTROS - for their selflessness, kindness and humility Mis collaborators, musical and otherwise And the musicians who continue to MAKE MUSIC with me for additional information on the instruments click on any of the lnks below atecocolli
caracol sea shell trumpet ayacaxtli sonaja rattle ayoyotes sonaja rattle baa wehai Yaqui water drums gourd drums in water chililitli
gongs huilacapiztli
ocarina Tawitol
arco musical tehuehuetl
piedras de canto singing stones teponaztli
tambor slit drum tlapan huehuetl tambor de huehuete/ |