Search - Michael Searching Bear :: Ceremony

2009 Nammy Award Winner for Best World Recording! Nominated for Song of the Year for Indian Reservation track also.This project is a collection of songs which may not have the same 'main' or 'lead' instrument or the same 'main' feel, but, a connective thread through the subject matter of ceremony. Not all ceremonial songs are from the traditional cultural time. We have many contemporary ceremonial songs alive and well today. Some songs on this release were born from a Native American, or Original Peoples culture, such as The Booger Dance and Chilam Balam. Other songs are from an African culture, the old Mayan and Aztec culture, Japanese culture as well as the Celtic culture. You will find information about several of the songs on this release stemming from the basis of the idea to the different interesting instruments used to create them. I hope this page helps in explaining the concepts behind a musician/writers mind set and reasons for orchestrating what I feel to be very interesting points that keep our cultures moving forward. Ceremony....