Balance of Nature

Balance of Nature Artist: Chuck Offutt
Label: Equity Digital
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 654763400128
EAN: 0654763400128
ASIN: B00009WB2F


Release Date: 2003-02-04

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Tracks:

  1. Footprints
  2. Song of the Earth
  3. Red Thunder
  4. Desert Wind
  5. Rite of Passage
  6. Winter's Journey
  7. River of Time
  8. Echo Streams
  9. Adagio for Wings

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Original Music Credits.......2004-10-23

Being one of the two musicians on this album, I can assure the listeners that this music is purely original. I improvised all flute tracks while Michael improvised the underlying strings and piano tracks. Certain bass lines and added background instruments were added in post-production. However, all melody lines are 100% original improvisations.
I believe this album will provide you a listening experience unlike any other. The Native American Flutes are truly magical instruments and provided a peaceful transport of my feelings into music.
I hope you enjoy.

1 out of 5 stars Credit on song not right.......2004-05-15

another author wrot some of these songs

5 out of 5 stars from Solo Piano Publications.......2003-06-10

"Balance of Nature" is a soothing collaboration by Chuck Offutt on Native American flutes and Michael Dulin on piano and keyboards. The inspiration for the album came from a week Dulin spent in the mountains of North Carolina. Retreating from the noise of the city and a hectic recording schedule, Dulin returned with a new mission - "to create music that could flow wordlessly into the heart of the listener as naturally as the peace and power of the mountains had flowed into me." The music was not intended to be representative of Native American culture, but the wooden flutes were the perfect medium to express the beauty of the untouched world. All of the pieces are played at a leisurely tempo which gives the album a consistent flow from start to finish. The flutes have a rather limited range, and Dulin keeps the individual pieces distinctive by varying the keyboard and piano sounds. Dulin's work on this album is more or less in the background, but it is his sensitivity and expressive playing that bring out the beauty of the flute's haunting and evocative quality. No rhythm tracks are used, and if I had to classify it, I would call `Balance of Nature" ambient" because of the floating quality and lack of distinct melody lines. Listening to this album can melt away the stresses of the day and provide a musical massage for the mind. Very nicely done!

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