Jermaine Rand's Music, Art, Thought and Esoteric Musings

I walk these streets a thousand miles But still I can't find my way home We march in line for nothing Searching for a reason to be We're running around in circles But I know you won't forsake me I don't know where to go I don't know where the wind blows Lord I know you'll lead me home To the place where the wind blows I'm looking for an answer to a question I don't know how to ask Searching high searching low We traveled too far to turn back From the mountains to the sea Even alone you were with me There's a hole in my heart Seems the end is the same as the start I don't know where to go I don't know where the wind blows Lord I know you'll lead me home To the place where the wind blows

As I sat in nature marveling at it's perfection Balance and harmony in the one song universe I know you are love and love is you Isn't it strange how often we fear to express our love? The source that heals our souls The earth below and the sky above It is you that I call to comfort me when fear is at my door You hear our cries our voice is heard Every tear that dropped and every word

Looking back on my life and the present moment I am often in awe of the blessings I have received; I am humbled and thankful.  It is weird how I vividly recall learning the songs in the book that was included with my first guitar when I was around 5 or constantly playing the songs out of the keyboard book that came with my sister's electronic organ around the same time.  I remember using Pringles cans as drums, playing them with the backs of pencils.  Music was all I wanted to do even surpassing my interest in art.  That was until I discovered computers and how they could be used in conjunction. I never thought growing up in Raleigh, NC that I would ever make it further than learning Metallica songs in my bedroom, shredding it up and taking over the local music store after school. So I just got back from Africa where I played the Abidjan Jazz Festival and met so many wonderful people including the legendary Paco Séry with my soul sister Divinity Roxx. I was

A musical note has two meanings.  The first definition is a reference to the pitched sound itself.  The second is a reference to a symbol in musical notion that defines the pitch and duration of a note.  The pitch is the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it.  The higher the frequency the higher the pitch; the lower the frequency the lower the pitch. The next major characteristic of sound is the timbre.  Timbre defines the unique tonal characteristics that distinguishes it from another. Timbre has four primary characteristics; attack, decay, sustain, release. The envelope of a sound has the following components and would look something like this: Attack - The time it takes for the note to reach the maximum level. Decay - The time it takes for the note to go from the maximum level to the sustain level  Sustain - The level while the note is held. Release - The time it takes for the note to fall from the sustain level to silence or zero d

There are a myriad of pathways that one can take toward becoming a musician.  Some of us learn from family members, friends, books, instructional videos, listening to other musicians and so on.  Very often however we begin our journey with a teacher in or outside of an educational facility.  We are often initially taught the fundamentals of reading standard music notation and taught the techniques to recreate the tones and sounds that we see on paper without actually understanding what sound is and how it works. According to the Encyclopedia Britanica, sound is; a mechanical disturbance from a state of equilibrium that propagates through an elastic material medium.   Sound is defined by ANSI/ASA S1.1-2013 as "(a) Oscillation in pressure, stress, particle displacement, particle velocity, etc., propagated in a medium with internal forces (e.g., elastic or viscous), or the superposition of such propagated oscillation. (b) Auditory sensation evoked by the oscillation desc