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TINGEN


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Reflecting the simplicity and clarity of Zen, most of the music on May The Road Rise To Meet You is played on one steel-string acoustic guitar, occasionally embellished by a violin, an electronic treatment, nature noises and Vietnamese singing. The album is produced and arranged by Tingen, apart from Watching The Breath, which is arranged and electronically treated by renowned producer Michael Brook.


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  1. FIRST STEP  Download
  2. WHITE HORSES  
  3. BUDDHIST MEDITATION BELL     
  4. WATCHING THE BREATH  Download
  5. RIVER FLOWING HOME
  6. LOVE WALTZ  
  7. GALE      
  8. ADRIFT  
  9. TÍÊNG CHUÔNG CHUÀ CÔ?
  10. THE DARKENING OF THE LIGHT
  11. THE BREAKING OF THE SHELL
  12. EMERGENCE  
  13. THIÊNG SINH RU NÔI KÊT  
  14. IN THE PALM OF GOD'S HAND  
  15. NEXT STEP(reprise)


    16. Internet bonus track: WHITE HORSES  Download   
    Treatment by Michael Brook. This version does not appear on the CD.       

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All music written by Tingen ©1995-7, except Love Waltz, which is by one Ulrik Neumann (arr. Ulf G. Ashlun & Tingen), and the two Vietnamese songs, which were written by Thich Nhat Hanh.


May The Road Rise To Meet You is, amongst other things, inspired by the teachings and meditation practice of the Vietnamese Zen master, writer, poet, and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh.


"Tingen has discovered a new approach to music in general, and the guitar in particular. I am very impressed with the lucidity with which Tingen is able to communicate his concepts. Through a seemingly simple manner, and with only an acoustic guitar, Tingen is able to reveal new dimensions in music."
-John McLaughlin, composer and guitarist.

"Very powerful and deeply soulful guitar playing. Tingen had the good sense
to let the sound of the acoustic guitar speak for itself."
-Mitchell Froom, producer of Crowded House, Los Lobos, Suzanne Vega and Tom Waits.


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