Pressure Points
These last few weeks, while listening to the music of Camel, I decided to get the dvd of their live concert Pressure Points. It was my first live concert of Camel and it had a huge impact... More »
These last few weeks, while listening to the music of Camel, I decided to get the dvd of their live concert Pressure Points. It was my first live concert of Camel and it had a huge impact... More »
Music by Camel , based on ‘The Snow Goose' by Paul Gallico . 'The Great Marsh' starts (after about 20 sec) with bird sounds and softly the music sets in. In the background there is the... More »
Part three starts with action again, but the difference with part one is that the action is conscious now. It is the action that is the result of the realisation of having a free will. A will... More »
This is the part that bears the essence of the story, but it is the part that is least played in live concerts. There are probably several reasons for that, like the use of wind instruments... More »
‘ Rhayader ' is the introduction of the main character in the story of the Snow Goose. His introduction is rather sensitive with the sound of a flute, but soon gets a firm grounding with the drums and... More »
The first song of the Snow Goose is very short and it is called 'The Great Marsh' . It begins with birdsounds and softly the music of the keyboard sets in. In the background there... More »
Years ago, when we just got married, we discovered the music of Camel. We already had some of their music, but after being in London in a recordstore with lots of their albums, we both... More »
While I was looking for material to write a blogpost about Camel's album the Snow Goose, I found a video where the original members of the band where telling about how they got the idea of making... More »
Lady Fantasy is one of the earlier songs of Camel and it is rather long. I found several video's of that song, but it just did not sound as it did in my memory. But finally... More »
Another amazing song from the album Moonmadness is Air Born. I just saw a reaction of someone who said "Air Born is a perfect representation of what Andy Latimer is all about, at once soaring, yet... More »