Matt’s Debut CD Now Released, Journey Over Mountains

Journey Over Mountains
© 2008 Matthew Farmer
(9319505824228)

“A healing journey of Native American Flutes, Australian nature sounds from rivers and streams, birds, and the finned ones of the ocean, the whales and dolphins. Highly relaxing, spiritually uplifting and healing medicine for your soul”.

You can sample listen to it online free at my CD baby page.
If you wish to buy it I suggest downloading it from CD baby and save plastic, faster and cheaper for you too, there will be a link shortly from my CD baby page. Otherwise call me 02 66 33 3314 or email me here and I'll send you one. Price is $20 Including Postage.

About the whole experience

Well finally in June after over 6 months work I finished recording and production for my first CD, the outcome is fantastic and I am truly thankful to the Great Spirit for the way it turned out. The name Journey Over Mountains is symbolic of our challenges in life. Finding a place through these challenges where personal growth can be blissful, and to fly like the Black Kite or Eagle over the mountains enjoying the ride and the experience for what it is. It's about being in the moment. It's about loving the journey. It's about loving ourselves and loving others. It's especially about coming back to nature to find our healing and the nurturing of our spirit. It's about relaxing and letting go of the burdens we have carried for so long. It's about helping the path of humanity as a whole. It's about synchronicity and trust and belief in yourself and belief in miracles.

As this album came together it formed this far greater energy than was ever expected, I was in awe as I compiled the final songs for mastering and listened to each one over through headphones and as I named and ordered them it occurred to me what the energy was all about. As my expression of the medicine of my journey and where my own positivity, passion and self belief had led me, through my connection with the Native American Flute, which had led me to a great place of healing and self empowerment. This was certainly the long awaited new phase of the journey beginning. This was a new feeling, and it was a healing in itself to finally release from it as it became greater than me. At that moment I said thanks to the Great Mystery of all things and I had shivers down my spine. The album symbolizes much success for me personally and since its first pressings has enjoy much success of it's own especially during my journey to America which of course led me over many mountains. Many people have commented on it and also find that it likes being played many times over without becoming stale. Thats always a good sign.

It was then I realized just what I had allowed myself to create I became excitedly shocked as this project took on its own energy like it was out of my hands and a powerful source was guiding it and me, it was at this moment I realized it was much bigger than me or my music, it was the work of the Great Spirit and was the answer to many of my prayers and thanks for the healing I found and continue to find through the flute. This album is a tribute to the flute and you. I hope you enjoy it.

Song List

1 Good Rain Dreaming 4.34
2 Harmony 2.35
3 Stepping Stones 4.11
4 The Clearing 4.41
5 Finding Balance 3.44
6 Journey Over Mountains 3.02
7 Alchemy Of Change 7.15
8 Integrating 4.55
9 Creators Breath 5.27
10 Spirit Walking 7.28
11 Whale Wisdom 3.44
12 Rainbow Dreaming 8.52

Total Time 61 Minutes

There are two new openings that came up within a week of releasing it. The first is Didge player Marco from the Netherlands asked to record with me later in the year. Also a Japanese friend of mine Yu Yoshioka wants to do an album together in march next year when she returns from Japan. I have also started work on my next Solo Album and have some material recorded from that already. In this Album I will travel around recording nature sounds from many different areas of near by rainforrest's as backing, it will be a meditation CD I am feeling at the moment but I'll just have to wait and see how it evolves before I say any more.

Tarshito of Kitaani Music Solar Powered Studio played a big part in production and engineering and or recording on each of the tracks and played Guitar also as well as sharing some of his samples and effects, overall his technical and professional and guitar playing skills are second to none. I truly thank him for his professional efforts and credit him wherever due.

Being new to a professional studio I had hoped for Tarshito to play a bigger role in production. I learned through his reluctance to tell me what he thought would work that I had to think and manifest what I really wanted and that was hard to do first time off, but I honored his position as it made me express more of my feelings, which in essence was what I really wanted to capture. Having said that, there were many times when his professional experience allowed him to make suggestions that I really needed to hear in terms of music structure which I have very little experience. I see him even more professional than before because of that reluctance at times and his creative contribution and I will definitely work with him again. Many thanks Tarshito for your great work on this album. You are a legend!! Tarshito's Site

Others who deserve credit are; Paul Benhaim who plays a Hemp Plastic Didgeridoo on the last song of the album, he makes the didges in Europe in a manufacturing process, Thanks Paul.

Paul Daley of Caldera Creations for the picture of the Black Kite in flight that he took at Carnarvon Gorge in Central Queensland, a very amazing and sacred spiritual place of the Waka Waka tribal people. Thanks again Paulie. Don't miss Paulie's blog he is a truly amazing spirit on an enchanting planetary healing journey.

My thanks wouldn't be complete without thanking Gitama Day, the graphic artist who was very helpful with the art work for the Album. Thanks again Gitama.

Many blessings to you all and thanks for reading this post and as usual I welcome your comments.

My Trip To America Part 3. Keepers Concert And Pow Wow

Being a small nonprofit organisation, the Keepers Pow Wow, is their big yearly gathering and their yearly meeting as well as a concert in the Pipestone Performing Arts Center, an amazing state of the art concert hall with a capacity for about 150 people. I was invited by Bud to perform at the concert along with Reggie Boyd and Mick Daniels. I wondered what it would be like to perform in another country so I thought it would be a good experience also staying the extra week would give me time to learn more about the people and the area as well as being able to attend the Pow Wow which are always good fun. The concert went well, and here are a few pics, I am still waiting for a few videos of me playing from Mark in Milwaukee.

While we were doing our sound check an Asian-Indian man who had arrived early wanted a pic with us so I asked the photographer to get one on my camera too. Maybe he thought we were famous Ha Ha Ha!

Regie performed first and gave us a lovelly dispaly of his musical tallents, he played flutes he personally makes. I really regies performance, he did a few really relaxing songs and then a rendition of a john Lennon song.

I found micks performance equally entertaining, his style is country and he sang a song that was about him loosing stuff around the house and his wife always knowing where it was. I loved it. I loved also meeting this great man, eventually finding we had a good connection as we communicated more.

After Micks performance I was welcomed to the stage, I was a bit nervous though played about 15-20 minutes before Reggie and Mick came back out do do a further song each.

I later found out the concert was recorded for programming on a cable TV channel in Minnesota.

The weather the next day for the Pow Wow was excellent, turnout was great and all in all was a awesome Pow Wow (I'll have the great videos up here soon) My music was supported with good sales on Cd's also.

I danced, hang out with Reggie and Mick, volunteered by making and putting up Tipi’s and signs the day before, and handing out program's to the tour bus travelers who attended on the day. I met many lovely people who there was spiritual connections with this weekend an it always stay with me as a special time. A lovely lady I met was Pauline, a local from Pipestone, and also her friend Mary. I also met Eric from and we seemed to connect well.

Just before I was to leave on the last day, I gifted Mark one of my flutes to show my appreciation to him for being and for especially his contribution by volunteering and driving over 1000 miles to lend his hands. I was then offered pipestone as a trade for a flute by Russ which I said I would be interested in but couldn't carry it, then Mark offers to send the pipestone to me back in Australia, well it was hard for me to ignore this good offer so I went to the guys house to inspect the stone and after forming a fair deal we traded.The meeting with Russ, and later that evening his wife Kimmy was a great connection. The flute I traded was a really lovely inlaid flute with Russ that he then gifted to Kimmy, it was a beautiful experience, she was so happy and really lit up. Russ traded me a milk crate of Pipe Stone for the flute which previously belonged to a skilled local Pipe Carver who had died and it was then gifted to Russ. I then passed the stone to Mark who’s wife had a use for the scraps and promised to cut pipe blanks to send to me in Australia, out of the thick slabs, to cut down the weight.

Local Lakota Pow Wow Drummers.

Me dancing inter-tribal.

Circle Dance.

Marty leading circle dance.

Lakota girls in maidens dance.

Circle dance.

Youngsters doing a fancy foot dance.

Honour dance.

Russ's Part Wolf Dog. I hope Russ can hold him back if he's hungry!

Me and Russ after trading.

Thanks Keepers for doing the great work you do, I feel honored to be a member of such a great organisation and such a lovely bunch of people. I look forward to attending the Pow Wow another time if not in spirit. Thanks also for all the great connections with the Souix Indians and all the other people I connected, thanks for being so warm and welcoming.

September Flute Circle

Well folks its time for another great Flute Circle and I hope you all can make it this time round , if not well there's a great November Circle organised too but more about that one later.

This circle is on the Spring Equinox, a very potent and powerful time of new growth, new possibilities and trancendance. Anna has kindly welcomed us back to her lovely property in Mullumbimby for what is set to be an awesome and surprise filled afternoon amongst beautiful people. Here are more pics from our last circle.





To be held on the Saturday Afternoon of the 20th September 2008

Our Afternoon Schedule

Arrive at or just after 2pm.

Group Lesson with Matt by donation 2.20-3.20pm All donations to flute circle.

Circle Start 3.30pm presentation by Matt. I plan to take you a healing meditation journey with some of my instruments that I have been collecting for some years now, then give a brief talk about the flute and answer any questions. We will then be open to suggestions from people on how we use the rest of the usable time before it gets dark. Remember if you are a beginner to make it to the circle early so you can be part of the group lesson.
After the Circle we are invited to be part of a feast then an Evening Ceremony in the Tipi with Anna and Leonie and the participants of the 'Walking The Medicine Wheel' You are welcome to participate in their separate programed workshop that will be running all week end by contacting Anna 02 66 84 4429 or Leonie 02 6655 9562 for any more details. It looks like they have a fantastic workshop program happening. Please see the PDF flyer attached to the email just sent to you.

There will be herb teas and coffee provided but it is asked that you bring a plate to share, veg-vegan food always welcome. Guess who's vegan?.

We had a hugely successful debut circle and for all those who were present it was truly amazing, for those who weren't look at the post on this blog titled; Flute Circle A Great Success and
What Is A Flute Circle.

A reminder that the flute raffle will continue until our November Circle now until we raise enough money for charity to feel that the raffle has been supported, it's a really great flute and was made donated by myself and signed by many famous and important people in the flute world on my 2006 journey to the states, it's truly a collector and was created with the intention of helping the world and being raffled for charity. Two people have purchased $50 worth of tickets each, they are Walter Smith and Jonathan Wills, thanks guys. All money raised is going to hands with hands charity for more details go to the post on this blog titled What Is A Flute Circle.

We really look forward to having you. Its great to be holding these events now in this region and we ask for your support so they can continue. You certainly don't need to be a flute player to enjoy what we do. If you are interested in the Native American Flute then please come along. If you have a flute please come and bring it with you. Lets have a really great afternoon. Please call me on 02 66 33 3314 or email me at the link on this page for more details about the flute circle and group lesson. Please RSVP by email ASAP if you are coming, detailed directions will be then forwarded.

My flutes will be available on the day also. More details about my flutes can be found on my website
or by getting in touch with me.

Many Blessings and Miracles

Matt