Monday, November 18 will be the viewing at Proud Larry’s for Bill Perry’s visual concept album, Mother Universe and All Her Children. $12 admission, and there will be CDs available for purchase. All proceeds will go towards a scholarship fund for “Piano Discoveries,” a music education camp held at Ole Miss every summer. The camp is for kids from 7th to 12th grade, and teaches how to play the piano, read and write music, and provides other educational tools in music. Below are the liner notes for the album.
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Mother Universe & All Her Children
Five Movements (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omega):
I. Divine Whole Note (Alpha): The beginning of the universe with the “Big Bang” and bringing forth the first sound(s) echoed in the universe; The Divine Whole Note. This movement expresses the beginning of all things.
II. Dancing Lights & Swirling Chaos (Beta): The cosmos begins forming its first subatomic particles, matter, and a multitude of celestial events come about thereafter; Nebulas, Stars, Planets, Solar Systems, Galaxies, and multiple dimensions of reality.
III. Infinite Nuances (Gamma): As the universe begins to calm after eons of bursting with galactic creations, sounds from the beginning echo throughout the cosmos. This movement evokes the goddess Gayatri; a feminine aspect of pure consciousness who is considered to be the mother of all Vedas.
IV. Life (Delta): The first signs of sentience begin to manifest throughout countless worlds and galaxies within the cosmos. Life demands of its Mother to be born as a child beckons to come forth from the womb. A young new world has formed in the void teeming with countless life forms of various shapes and sizes beginning its first steps towards awareness; Earth.
V. Oblivion (Omega): The universe implodes into itself in one “Big Crunch,” becoming a singularity and then succumbing to oblivion. This movement is expressed by rewinding a small portion of the last movement (Life) backwards at a high speed. This ends with an explosion, marking the implosion of the universe which is then followed by complete inertia.
Musicians: Bill Perry, Jr. – Piano, Keyboard strings and sound effects, Mantra Chanting; Jeff Callaway – Trombone, vocal nuances; Charles Roy Washington III – Saxophone; Silas Reed IV – Guitar, Sound Effects; Glen Nabors – Bongos; Dr. John Latartara – Computer effects, atmospheric sounds; Damein Wash – Vocal nuances and chants
Recorded live at Proud Larry’s by Josh Boyette on August 18, 2013. Music concept by Billy Perry, Jr. Mixed and mastered at Push Button Studio by Matt Chambley. Space Images and video by Matt Chambley. Special thanks to all the musicians and sound engineers involved in this project. This album is dedicated to the future of music and the advancement of music education for children throughout the world. *OASAASLLS*
