Bonus Track, "Chrysalis," Available Now
"Chrysalis," the second bonus track from "Immigrance" is out today!
Listen here: https://orcd.co/chrysalis
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Bob Reynolds - ”Chrysalis” was born out of frustration. In the weeks leading up to recording Immigrance, I was trying to write a song to contribute. It wasn't going well. The day before leaving I still had nothing I liked.
In the same weeks all this "writing" was going on, my kids were tending to a butterfly garden in our backyard. If you've never seen one (I hadn't), it's incredible. You watch caterpillars become butterflies in the span of a couple of weeks.
But the most magical part of the transformation is invisible to the outside world. It occurs inside a hard skin called a chrysalis.
It seemed an appropriate metaphor for the experience of composing music. Lots of internal work the world never sees and at the end, if you're lucky, a song emerges. The contrasting sections and modulations in "Chrysalis" reminded me of that metamorphosis. My own as well as the butterflies.
P.S. We released our butterflies the same day I wrote the song.
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Snarky Puppy Releases First Immigrance Bonus Track, "Embossed"
Snarky Puppy has released the first in a series of bonus tracks from Immigrance!
For Bill Laurance, composer of the first bonus track of Immigrance, “Embossed is a reaction to the social, political and environmental anxiety of the times. It’s a musical call to arms, asking the listener to engage both as an individual and as a member of larger movements for change.”
Discover Snarky Puppy's Embossed here! https://orcd.co/embossed
New Artist: Justin Stanton
Exciting news! We will be releasing Justin Stanton's long-awaited solo debut album, "Secret Place," on May 3rd!
Pre-orders will be made available on April 4th, during the next episode of the "Artists Interviewing Artists" series at Highbreedmusic - The Artists That Artists Love hosted by fellow Snarky Puppy member Maz.
Make sure you tune in at 8pm EST to learn more about this exciting project and catch the exclusive single video premiere of Justin's first single “What Do You Want!"
In 2016, musicians from around the world competed in a contest to create an original piece using samples from Tarova, off of Culcha Vulcha, with top prizes of $500 and more. Check out the best of the best below.
