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One Day As A Lion
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Instrumental Jazz/World Fusion - Fretted and fretless bass guitar are joined by African percussion, voices, flutes, mallet instruments, and of course - a pride of lions - in an arrangement that features 6/8 and 7/8 odd time signatures.
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World fusion bass guitarist & keyboardist with over a dozen releases, including an album of J. S. Bach arrangements for one to four bass guitars.
Bass guitar and keyboard player Gino Foti is a world fusion musician on Net Dot Music - an independent record label specializing in instrumental fusion: all-instrumental music that blends several styles and genres. His music explores the relationships between diverse musical traditions, and the dichotomy of rhythm and melody of the bass guitar, by integrating ethnic sonorities into his jazz-rock palette. He has also arranged several Johann Sebastian Bach works for one to four bass guitars, covering both sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental works from the master's oeuvre. Discography: Deep Devotion: J. S. Bach on Bass Guitar Geomantia Global Resonances Xenosonic Journeys Orbis Terrarum Sphere Of Influence Bhavachakra Vedic Mantras Bija Mantras Panchakshara Mystic Gleams Ghiza-i Ruh Breath Of Vishnu Asian Mosaic Indian Mosaic Latin Mosaic Mediterranean Mosaic The Darkness Conscious Standard Deviation (with Electrum) Frames Of Mind (with Electrum)
Song Info
Genre
World World Fusion
Charts
Peak #154
Peak in subgenre #22
Author
Gino Foti
Rights
2006 Net Dot Music, Inc.
Uploaded
September 01, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.1 MB 128 kbps 4:31
Story behind the song
The title originates from an old proverb: "It is better to live one day as a lion than a thousand as a sheep."
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Musan Dera
Dec 01, 2013
So much mystery in this one because of the unusual time signatures. There is very much African feel here, traditional. It's very rich, much is happening. I imagine a camp fire near a little African village with a lot of people.