The Natural World~ Spirit~ Travel ~ Brazil ~ Tribal People ~ Beethoven ~ Pink Floyd ~ Shostakovitch ~ Laurie Anderson ~ Vaughan Williams ~ Waterfalls ~ Ancient England ~ just where does one begin and end~"What is life? It is a flash
of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo
in the wintertime. It is the shadow which runs across the grass and
loses itself in the sunset".-Crowfoot
Emily Burridge is an innovative ‘cellist and composer. A renowned master of her instrument and unique in her ability to improvise and cross genres of music. Her career embraces many aspects of being a professional musician. As a session musician she plays on many productions as a featured player and within string sections and has a long list of credits with stars and brillant musicians around the world.
She has a ensemble production with Pedal Steel Guitarist BJ Cole and together they have developed a program including arrangements of works by Debussy, Copland, Satie as well as their own compositions. They have produced a CD "Into the Blue" - Duets for Pedal Steel Guitar and 'cello which you can purchase from www.emilyburridge.com / www.bjcole.co.uk.
She has produced three CDs of her own "Earth Songs", "Footsteps in the Sand" and "Bridge between Worlds". All CDs are on general release and can be downloaded from Apple i tunes. Her music is also used for soundtracks.
Outside of England Emily's experiences of the country Brazil, it's natural environment and it's tribal people has had a major inspiring influence on her productions:
New live solo performance "Bach,Burridge & into the Amazon". Emily innovatively utilises sampling pedals while performing live which enables her to create multi -layered compositions. "The sampling technology has brought an exciting new element to live performance".In this program she commences with selected movements from the Dance Suites for unaccompanied ’cello by J.S. Bach "the root of the 'cello repertoire" and the program develops with her own compositions.
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She also performs "Into the Amazon" as a performance in it's own right. In “into the Amazon" she has created a magical sound track selected from her own collection of location recordings and re-creates the ambience of the forest and the people that dwell therein. She accompanies with her 'cello sometimes as a single accompaniment or she creates harmonies with multilayered samples. This part of the program is an audible biography of her experiences of living with the Xavante tribe in Brazil. The performance is being very well received with the first performance at the Brazilian Embassy in London. "Into the Amazon" is proving to be an effective "Outreach" production.
This following video clip is the opening "Dawn" followed by "Morning Song".
"Into the Amazon"
"Rain Man Sings" Video features Emily performing her "into the Amazon" live solo production and footage taken by Emily when she last visited and stayed with the Xavante. This video is Emily's passionate response to having witnessed the devastating effect of the Soya cultivation in the Mato Grosso of Brazil and her awareness of it's impact on the indigenous group that she has periodically visited during the last fourteen years. The backing track of "Rain Man Sings" features a Xavante Indian "calling" the rain, a recording made by Emily once when she was staying with the tribe.
"Bridge between Worlds" is an orchestral work with solo 'cello and is made up of nine tracks with each piece written around a traditional chant of the Xavante tribe.
Click on the CD cover to buy "Bridge between Worlds" alternatively download @apple i tunes : Bridge Between Worlds
It was during the times that Emily was staying in the village that she was invited to record the traditional songs of both individuals and groups singing. At the end of the day the Chief takes up his rattle and gathers together the entire community. Men, women and children then sing through a series of songs. Sometimes accompanied by a dance where they stand in a large circle. Singing is central to the Xavante culture. It has many uses in daily life. Recreational and Ceremonial.
They "dream" their songs.
Support projects for the benefit of the Xavante community when you purchase tracks which feature their singing 15% of sales will go into the Humming Bird Fund
and will be channelled through the registered charity "Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust" reg no: 1050461 www.ipcst.org
If you would like to learn more about the current fund raising initiatives for the Marimbu Xavante community visit: Xavante Community Health Centre
Keep in touch with the development of this project and learn more about current projects with the Trust at: "http://www.ipcst.org/" "
Her second CD production "Footsteps in the Sand" was produced while Emily was resident in the North East region of Brazil. Some of the music includes Emily's own field recordings of the Tremembe Tribe and also features Mannasses a formidable 12 string guitarist from the North East region of Brazil. The music emanates wonderful Brazilian percussion - rhythm being a great source of inspiration for Emily to improvise..
Austrian guitarist Gandalf makes a great contribution with his guitar playing on "Black Madonna" and "Dolphin Love". Emily is author of the lyrics and singer on all the songs.
Read more about the production at www.emilyburridge.com
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Her first CD production "Earth Songs" is where the link with Brazil commenced. This CD was much inspired by visiting the Mato Grosso and Amazon region of Brazil and interactions with indigenous people of the country. Emily draws together classical harmonies with featured 'cello and singing and integration of sacred and indigenous instruments and singing. Download @ apple i tunes: Earth Songs
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Extracts of music from” Earth Songs" have been selected for sound tracks for documentaries including productions by Artists United for Nature in Munich and commercial films.
Through her musical research in Brazil leading to increasing contact with tribal communities an empathy developed and in 1995 she founded the registered charity "Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust". The object of the Trust is to secure financial support for projects which are developed in consultation with tribal communities and designed to promote as well as conserve their traditional way of life. Through the Trust Emily set up a project with a Xavante community and through receiving charitable donations designed and oversaw the implementation of a solar powered health centre deep within a Xavante reservation which was inaugurated amidst festive dancing (1998).
The new project that Emily is currently co-ordinating is to help the Xavante Indians develop tree nurseries on their reservation so as to regenerate and conserve species of plant and tree. She is employing Brazilians based in the locality who also are working to conserve species of the Cerrado.
You can read more about this project by visiting: www.ipcst.org
If you would like to actively support the Xavante community you can at JUST GIVING - http://www.justgiving.com/ipcs/donate
The Trust is a small charity which doesn't have employees and Emily ensures with her projects that charitable donations towards the Xavante Marimbu Community reach their intended destination by personally overseeing the payment of bills when she visits.
I've been listening through your tracks and they are very interesting to say the least, I must say it's been a pleasure. With all my best wishes..Luciano
hi this is vijayan almeida lead guitar/songwriter of KIXMET thanks 4 bein friends
Have a rocking week thanks for your support! hope you like our latest video "because I Love You" if you like our sound demand us thru the DEMAND IT tool on our page so we can include your city in our tour plans email me at vijayanalmeida@yahoo.com for a free copy of the mp3 single
it would be great if you could post our video on your page!
Thankyou for your heart strings which guide us so lovingly into humanity!
Let me share words from the Original people of America signed and presented to the UN in Colombia august 2009
Our Thoughts and our Words are one with our life. This is why this message is so important. We say that there is only One Mother Earth. We are all children warmed and caressed by the same Father Sun, tread on the same earth, breathed the same air and bathed in the same water. We are brothers, like the fingers of one hand. We never speak about the colour of skin, underneath we are all equal, and therefore we must work together red, black, white and yellow.
The complete version is in my Latest Blog .I think you will be as touched as I am.
Thanks for being one of the 3300+ members of Musicians and Artists for World Peace, now in 60 countries, including Donovan, Melanie, Patti LaBelle, Pete Seeger, Melba Moore, the New Rascals, Willie Nelson's Peace Research Institute, the Dalai Lama, Holly Near, Country Joe, Wayne Dyer, Patch Adams, Jean Houston, Dennis Kucinich & Deepak Chopra's Alliance for a New Humanity to mention just a few.
It would be much appreciated if you would consider placing us on your top friends list. If you have lots of friends you can search for us. Go to Change my Top Friends and paste in musiciansforpeace as the MySpace URL in the "Quick Find " dialog box.
BTW, we have joined with people from all over the world to help make the 40th anniversary of Woodstock a true celebration of peace and love through music and collaboration. Please check out our page at http://passion.edu/elearn/mod/resource/view.php?id=1712
For the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock, we will be doing a butterfly release at West Fest in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Sunday, October 25, 2009. Please see www.2b1records.com/woodstock40sf
We have also been invited to join the planning committee for a 3-day concert called "IMAGINE," in some respects similar to Woodstock '69. Imagine will take place in 2010 at the same time as the G8 world leaders meeting in Montreal, Canada. www.imagineconcert.com
hi there! thanks for accepting my request! thanks for your nice music: it mesmerised me! the cello is so powerfull, and you know its power,... i wish some day i can play like you! take care sevan
Hello sweet Emily, how are You Lady, hope everything is great?! It's good to see You again:-) sorry for our long absent, but we are back. We've just upload new songs from our first mini album called "The first leaf", so please feel free to listen it anytime You want - hope You'll enjoy... With warmest kisses - L.T.
It’s an honor to meet you, & to have your support,
Digital Current - was created with the mindset to break out of musical norms. To create something fresh with classical elements and sweeping, pulsing electronic thump. It's a unique blend of drum and bass, IDM, breaks, virtual orchestra, techno, ambient, reggae, chill, & rock.
You can check out my album, “The Fallen Rise” at cdbaby.com (mp3 & hardcopy), fixtstore.com (mp3 only) under the indie section or on iTunes - Just click on the appropriate photo links on my page to purchase.
“Audio Ascension Remixed” will be released very soon and “Face the Void” soon after. So stay connected, stay informed.
Hello hello! Why thank you kindly! I could listen to your music aaaall day!! In fact, im going to run it through my stereo and chill! Yeah.. tell me about the strings thing! Thats exactly what i meant today. Never found anyone good enough! Ill send you "Sit and Wait" when its finished. See if you fancy doing anything with it. Play on player! oh and no worries! Dx
Support projects for the benefit of the Xavante community when you purchase tracks which feature their singing 15% of sales will go into the Humming Bird Fund
and will be channelled through the registered charity "Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust" reg no: 1050461 www.ipcst.org
If you would like to learn more about the current fund raising initiatives for the Marimbu Xavante community visit:
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