Every Wind in the River

"...finds its own way down to the sea." Adele, 29, she/her/hers. I'm a DC-based singer-songwriter with a love for folk music, nature, and fantasy

[everywindintheriver]

A little while ago, I mentioned maybe sharing the voice memoes for the Lay of Leithian parts I’ve finished so far.

Well...

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sHieEwLNry5meL-MVWfAku0xPDyeaCzT?usp=sharing

There’s about 3 hours of music. These are -very- rough little recordings- just my voice and my guitar on my phone, but I thought that people might be interested in them, since it will be a while before they are in a different, more polished form, if they ever are.

Included are:

Canto 1: Concerning Elu Thingol and Doriath

Canto 2: Concerning Barahir the Bold, the treachery of Gorlim, his death, and Beren Erchamion's vow for revenge

Canto 3:  Concerning the meeting of Beren and Lúthien Tinúviel

Canto 4: Concerning Beren's capture and the bride-price of Lúthien as laid down by Thingol: a Silmaril

Canto 9: Concerning Huan's battle with Thû, the destruction of Wizard's Isle, and the freeing of Beren

As well as large parts of Cantos 5, 6, 7, and 8.

Would really love to hear what people think- I’ve been working on this since 2020 in a vacuum with almost no feedback, ha

(This feels like a very blink-and-you’ll-miss-it way to share a couple of hours of music, but it’s just been a very long time since I’ve posted anything- the past year, I’ve been really shut down and haven’t been able to perform or share anything. I’ve been able to work on a little, but I just need to get something out and to have it heard by people who might care about it, even if it’s not in a polished, final form. <3 )

[parapraxisaxis-deactivated20230]

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[everywindintheriver]

are you still working on the lay of leithian? please don't feel pressured by this if you're busy with other things right now! but I would love to know if you're planning on continuing it. thank you for all your wonderful songs!

Ahhh, thank you!

This is sort of weird response to this, but I've been working on it in the background since I started posting a few years ago; I just fell off posting because I'm not great at recording and was sort of lost on how to do that for such long pieces or how to host/share them...

But Cantos 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9 are fully written at this point, though they only exist as voice memos, as well as significant portions of 5 and 7 as well, haha

I'm more than half considering just posting a google folder, ha

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