{"id":900,"date":"2016-06-09T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/87bedford.com\/?p=900"},"modified":"2020-10-09T23:03:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T23:03:41","slug":"liner-notes-for-the-promise-of-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/87bedford.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/09\/liner-notes-for-the-promise-of-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Liner Notes for “The Promise of Song”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Lindsey Duncan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When I dream, I dream that my wings carry me across a thousand oceans. I stand on the rocks with waves white as bone crashing against the stone, and I sing \u2013 music that brings travelers to the shore.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

By Lindsey Duncan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Ordinary World<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Jason Iolcus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at The Melpomene Center For The Arts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wrote \u201cOrdinary World\u201d a few months before my big break in the business, and now it seems prescient: as if I knew what was coming and wanted to capture the now I had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Hypnotism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne \/ Peter Orpheus)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Jason Iolcus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at Thalia Hall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHypnotism\u201d was my first collaboration with Peter. He really understands where I\u2019m coming from, like he can read the pages of my personal mythology. Peter, wherever you are now \u2013 I love you, but the snakeskin boots were just not your style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Call of the Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne \/ Peter Orpheus)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Jason Iolcus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at Thalia Hall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was never much of a singer until my parents and I took a cruise in the Mediterranean. Something about the sea air and the feel of the wind in my hair touched powers within me I had never realized were there. It was on that trip my parents introduced me to Greek myths, and the winged women who lured sailors to their deaths. Can song have such allure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Odyssey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne \/ Penelope Ithaca \/ Peter Orpheus)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Jason Iolcus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at Thalia Hall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with \u201cpatient Penny,\u201d as they call her in the business, was a blast. We each wanted to talk about our personal pitfalls on the journey. I\u2019ll leave it to the imagination whether the lovers in this song who drowned from too much affection were hers or mine \u2013 or neither.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Eulogy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne \/ Peter Orpheus)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Martin Athens<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at The Melpomene Center For The Arts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We lost Jason shortly into the recording of this record to an accident: drowned in the lake behind his house. This song is in his honor. Athens might have succeeded him as producer, but no one can replace him. I wish my voice had the power to sing him back to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. White Foam Horses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne \/ Peter Orpheus)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Martin Athens<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at The Argo Retreat<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I dream, I dream that my wings carry me across a thousand oceans. I stand on the rocks with waves white as bone crashing against the stone, and I sing \u2013 music that brings travelers to the shore. Somehow, I always wake up before they land …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Lullaby<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne \/ Peter Orpheus)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Martin Athens<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at The Melpomene Center For The Arts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This track wasn\u2019t intended to be a capella. The guitarist broke his arm diving into a swimming pool and the flute\u00adplayer locked herself in her room with a bout of hydrophobia. Their replacements listened to the song, glazed over, and seemed excited, but called in sick the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. The Spotlight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne \/ Peter Orpheus)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Martin Athens<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at The Melpomene Center For The Arts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are times I think singing to a packed house with every eye on me is better than food and drink \u2013 is my food and drink, more precious than air. I used to say that I needed nothing more than that and Peter. Being left with half of what you want is a bad bargain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. End of the Conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne \/ Clio Tepper)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Martin Athens<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at The Melpomene Center For The Arts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first song without Peter \u2013 warm and rich and desperate. Clio was wonderful; I can\u2019t fault her for the aches and pains. We seemed to lose ourselves in the music, the band and I, with the roaring determination of a coming storm. Melpomene was down to half-strength, technicians disappeared to who knew where, so we manned the microphones and equipment ourselves. Martin had a heart attack. Literally: Martin had a heart attack …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Bright Hunger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Adam Sisyphus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at The Melpomene Center For The Arts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While working on this song, I discovered how much Peter masked for me: his music blended with mine, complemented it, took the salt-sea sting out of my words. So many people faded away from this project, and I wondered if those who stayed admired me or feared me. We\u2019re all hungry for something \u2013 the only difference is whether it\u2019s something we can admit to the world. Or to ourselves …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Siren<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Iliona Raidne)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock Sentinel Productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Kristin Alcestis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded at The Melpomene Center For The Arts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This song may be the last song. I couldn\u2019t keep personnel, the police started to ask questions, and Kristin was the only person willing to produce. She acted as if it was a sacrifice. I can\u2019t control it, this drowning, howling emptiness inside of me … this disc can\u2019t go to press. I can\u2019t spread this power amongst who knows how many people, luring them to disaster, unmaking them … I\u2019ll let the sea take me. The music will die with me. No one will ever hear my cursed voice \u2013 and I hope if anyone reads these notes, they will understand what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Promise of Song\u201d is dedicated to the memory of Iliona Raidne after her tragic suicide on October 11, 2009. These liner notes, begun on October 7 and last saved the night before her death, have been included unchanged. Fifty percent of all proceeds from sales of this CD will be donated to the United States Coast Guard for the improvement of search and rescue services.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9\u00a0Copyright 2016\u00a0Lindsey Duncan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lindsey Duncan is a chef \/ pastry chef, professional Celtic harp performer and life-long writer, with short fiction and poetry in numerous speculative fiction publications. Her contemporary fantasy novel, Flow<\/i>, is available from Double Dragon Publishing. She feels that music and language are inextricably linked.  She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and can be found on the web at http:\/\/www.LindseyDuncan.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read our author interview with Lindsey Duncan here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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