Introspectives by Hamid Shibata Bennett

Learning a new instrument is good for the brain, good for healing. After years of playing plucked and strummed stringed instruments, hand percussion, Tibetan singing bowls, and voice, I decided to get some keys in the midst of the pandemic. Around the beginning of February, 2022, I started teaching myself piano on a red Casio CT-S1 keyboard.

Introspectives is a collection of improvised works, a musical diary of my learning journey, recorded from May 25th to December 28th, 2022. Thanks for listening! ~Hamid

http://www.CompassionArtsPDX.com

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"Every day we wake up empty and frightened. Don't pick up the book and study; pick up a musical instrument.

Let the beauty we love be what we do; there are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground."

~Jalal al-Din Rumi, 13th century Persian mystic

Tracklist

1.	Sunshine Sadness	3:05

2.	No Answer	2:33

3.	September Lingers, part 1	2:44

4.	September Lingers, part 2	3:51

5.	Myofascia 1	1:46

6.	Cozy	3:10

7.	Chapters	5:19

8.	Milwaukie Stinger	0:31

9.	Milwaukie Interveral	3:06

10.	Myofascia 2	2:36

11.	Thirty One	6:31

12.	Yonder	3:32

13.	By Firelight	4:00

14.	Every time I see, part 1	3:01

15.	Every time I see, part 2	5:28

16.	Gone Fishing, part 1	3:00

17.	Gone Fishing, part 2	4:24

Credits

released January 1, 2023

Keyboard, acoustic guitar, short-scale bass guitar, audio engineering, mixing, and photography by Hamid Shibata Bennett.

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