{"id":1134,"date":"2012-02-24T00:11:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T13:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2012-02-24T09:03:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T22:03:14","slug":"transcending-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1134","title":{"rendered":"transcending silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The other part of the ccmixter Leap of the Heart <\/a>challenge was for me to remix someone else\u2019s work. I was allocated coffeeeurope \/ Hektor Thillet<\/a><\/em> whose work I didn\u2019t know. The first few tracks I listened to were pretty funky \u2013 but didn\u2019t really suit any of my uploaded samples. Then I came across Hektor\u2019s beautiful and moving \u201cSilence, I\u2019m failing\u201d sung in a husky voice to DoKashiteru\u2019s piano piece \u201cAim\u00e9e.\u201d It was the obvious choice to mix with my poem to my Dad \u201cTranscendence.\u201d I downloaded all the samples while we were holidaying in Hokkaido and actually mixed them on the laptop and headphones during the day-long bus trip from the east coast back to Sapporo. So memories of Jack are now intertwined with Hektor\u2019s voice, DoKashiteru\u2019s amazing piano melody and mile after mile of a snow-covered, prairie-like Hokkaido in winter. I think there may be another poem in that one day.
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