Relative Spirit by Gary Floyd & Doug Hilsinger

Gary: Stepping out of the comfort zone is good Medicine for the mind and the music. This collection of songs ended up being that medicine for myself and Doug.
It started as a one song project . A song for the Mother. The Big Mother. Both of us coming from rock, blues, punk....etc. why not make a chant-like spiritual prayer song? No reason not to! It grew. Every time we finished one song another one fell in line. It became a parental challenge to raise them up to be their best....always turning out different than we planned but surprisingly able to stand on their own. We loved them. We didn’t expect it to be as it is but coming from the punk ethic of “do it the way you want to do it”, well, we did and here it is. Proudly.
I sing. I say what I want. I sing how I feel. I always have. Doug was the one who interpreted my thoughts. Adding his unbelievable skill in musical translation with instrumental ability we did a group of songs the way we wanted to do them. He pushed me more than I like to be pushed....I am surprisingly very thankful for that.
Music is the great release of emotional expression. Here is our spiritual release. The relative spirit.

Doug: Over all, it's a multi-faithed collection of songs that inspire positivity, reflection, beauty, truth, and love. What a joy it was for me to work with Gary again, especially on such special musics!

Please take the time listen to the whole collection of songs in one sitting! It works best as a whole piece. It's not long. Take some time out and bask in the meditative peace and love in these songs! Good for your soul and well being! LOVE!

The cover profile pic was taken during the recording sessions for these musics, on my back porch at home.. This is what we looked like then, in the time of making these musics. <3

I am a multi-instrumentalist musician and producer, living in San Francisco

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