Ramesha – Page 5 – Music. Life. Joy.

October 27, 2020

Remembering our original plan

Ramesha and I are in the process of launching a new project together. Except that I’m realizing it’s actually kind of an old project, in the sense that it’s partly a resumption of what we thought we were going to do when we arrived from Switzerland in 2006.

Shortly after our Assisi wedding (two years earlier) we felt guided to unite our energies also musically by becoming an actual ensemble. We decided to call ourselves the Harmony Duo as a way of acknowledging and honoring how we were different (in race, nationality, language, and background) yet completely harmonious.

As we started working on our current next steps I felt compelled to search house and office until I located this little notebook, filled with the plans we had for the duo back then.

And we did do some of it…before getting caught up in lots of other wonderful life adventures. Now we’re feeling guided to tune back into those original plans…and we’ll see where it leads us!

October 2, 2020

Needed: a good night’s sleep!

Why?

Because Ramesha and I are recording tomorrow! Just one song, which will be released in time for the holidays, but still…it won’t do to start out already tired.

Wish us luck! 🎼

October 1, 2020

Ramesha’s deer friend

We often get deer passing through our front “yard” in the mornings. For a number of weeks there were a few fawns in the group, one of which seemed to have a real connection with Ramesha!

The fawn would come right up to our glass front door and gaze inside, not running away even when Ramesha would come and gaze back at him. It was really quite something, which I finally caught on camera but forgot to post. So here it is. 🦌

September 13, 2020

The things we take for granted

It’s almost midnight and the question of the hour is what to do when one’s lungs feel compromised by wildfire smoke, creating shortness of breath that makes it difficult to fall asleep.

We take things like breathing for granted all our lives and it’s quite a shock when it doesn’t work so well all of a sudden. I’m not feeling it as much as Ramesha is; prayers appreciated.

May 29, 2020

Time out

It goes against the grain, but once in a great while it has to be done…and we’re doing it tomorrow.. Namely, we’re consciously choosing not to do our Saturday sing-along in order to avoid a complete crash-and-burn.

I’m particularly proud of Ramesha for accepting the need for this small break. He’s been going at it full speed ahead for weeks now, and I can tell he’s starting to feel the pressure as he moves into the final week of his album launch.

It’s the culmination of close to a year of training, studying, investing, and overcoming obstacle after obstacle. He has stayed the course and is poised to reap the rewards. Yay, Ramesha!

P.S. Here’s the second lyric video, which I think is even more beautiful than the first one!

May 25, 2020

Riding the wave

Ramesha is riding a wave of growing momentum and increasing interest in the deeply devotional chanting album he’s about to launch.

This is the artwork for the second single, which also has a beautiful lyric video (thanks once again to our resident videographer-extraordinaire, Bhaktan!) that Ramesha will be releasing later this week. He calls it “a song for compassion” and that’s a perfect description of the vibration and message of this chant.

Ramesha’s joyous excitement is contagious! But, really, I’m just super pleased to see all his hard work and focus coming to fruition.

May 17, 2020

Bravo and very well done!

I’m feeling so proud of Ramesha tonight! He just released this amazing lyric video for the chant, Ever-New Joy, which is on his soon-to-be-released album: Breeze of Bliss.

It’s been a long hard slog, and a lot of work! But he’s hung in there and the end result is totally worth it!

💗💗💗

March 19, 2020

The apartment is blessed…

I’m paraphrasing the beautiful quote of Yogananda’s — “The instrument is blessed by that which flows through it” — and applying it to our little apartment.

Lots of music is flowing through our living space as all our music-making happens from home right now. Here are a couple of photos of Ramesha offering a mini-kirtan of devotional chants. It was beautiful.

March 2, 2020

One of my favorite days!

We’ve had a delightful time celebrating Ramesha’s birthday (we actually got an early start, with a fun gathering Sunday night). And it’s with a great deal of joy, love, and gratitude that I look forward to sharing another year of life together. 💖

February 24, 2020February 25, 2020

Way to go, Ramesha!

Ramesha and Christian are busy working on Ramesha’s next CD. In fact, they’re just finishing their third full day in the studio and today I got to be part of the project, too (recording flute, background vocal, and clapping tracks). It was great to see and hear all the good work they’re accomplishing; I’m particularly proud of the way Ramesha is going gang-busters with this exciting new business of his!

In order to get three or four uninterrupted days they had to move back into the “original” recording studio underneath Crystal Hermitage. It felt a like homecoming for me, bringing back memories of the long weekend I spent recording Secrets of Love in October of 1999. Amazing to realize, but that was before I had even met Swami Kriyananda!

I love this photo of Ramesha from today. His joy and enthusiasm are palpable! It’s going to be a great CD. 🙂