about
Alex Wand is a composer originally from Michigan, and has studied at the U of M School of Music and CalArts with composers Bright Sheng, Michael Fink, Ulrich Krieger, and Wolfgang von Schweinitz. He finds value in learning about non-western music, in particular, North Indian, Eastern European, Spanish, Brazilian and Mexican traditions. He finds value in storytelling, often in the form of a song, or as music for film, animation, and dance. He is interested in the fields of acoustics and just intonation and also finds them to be valuable sources of inspiration. Together with these influences, Alex incorporates an element of folksiness in almost all of his music. He sings and plays guitar, sitar and other various stringed instruments and has been in bands Light in August, Three Thirds, and Our Brother the Native.
lyrics
"The Great Hunt" lyrics by Carl Sandberg
I cannot tell you now;
When the wind’s drive and whirl
Blow me along no longer,
And the wind is a whisper at last–
Maybe I will tell you then–
some other time.
When the rose’s flash to the sunset
Reels to the rack and the twist,
And the rose is a red bygone,
When the face I love is going
And the gates to the end shall clang,
And it’s no use to beckon or say, So long–
Maybe I will tell you then–
some other time.
I never knew any more beautiful than you:
I've hunted you under my thoughts,
I have broken down under the wind
And into the roses looking for you.
I shall never find any
greater than you.
credits
from
Singer Songwriter Project 2012,
released August 23, 2012
Laura Anderson: back-up vocal
Ivan Carames-Bohigas: cello
MaryClare Brzytwa: flute
Max Kutner: acoustic guitar
Alex Wand: lead vocal
Brian Saia: mix engineer
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