New NAF Music eBook, I play 4 songs and tell a story about my Grannie

My new eBook and album bundle - Morning Star, Evening Star, Songs and Dances of the Day Signs - is now available. In this video, I introduce the eBook, play four songs from the album and tell a story about my Granny.

Visit my website store to purchase the bundle and see other offerings.

https://www.ronwarrenmusic.com/store

You can also go straight to a special landing page to get the bundle

https://www.ronwarrenmusic.com/day-signs

You can also support my work by making a one time contribution to the Tip Jar at my website. Here is a link to that page

https://www.ronwarrenmusic.com/tip-jar

Here are link to other related videos at my channel

An introduction to the Morning Star, Evening Star project

   • Music, Ancient Calendars & a Playing Tip  

Playing tips for one of the songs in the new bundle

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Here are two ArtVids for tracks from “Songs and Dances of the Day Signs” (more will be coming in July.

Sunflower

   • Music Video - Sunflower from Morning Star,...  

Farewell Song

   • Beauty in a Small Package - A Short Song o...  

Here is an excerpt from my most recent Newsletter. You can Subscribe from the Home Page at my website. It’s completely FREE and you will get a free track download, too.

https://www.ronwarrenmusic.com

From Ron Warren Newsletter, June 2025

‘Sometimes, I tell my students, especially those coming from a Euro-Classical background, that notation is not music. It is a recipe for re-creating music. Some recipes are more detailed than others. If you look at the score for a Beethoven String Quartet or a Stravinsky Ballet, you will see every pitch and duration specifically notated. Every articulation, dynamic level, tempo change, almost every intended nuance in the music is indicated in some way. If you look at a chart or lead sheet by Mile Davis, you might see just a melody and some chord changes. In some places, you might even see a simple suggestion like “Play in Dorian Mode for 32 bars”.

The music comes first. The notation is just a way of communicating to other musicians how to re-create the music. Often, music that is more fixed requires more detailed notation. Music that can morph more from one performance to the next or music that invites improvisation often requires less detailed notation.

For the Morning Star, Evening Star songbook, less was better.’

Timestamps for this video

00:11 New eBook
03:25 Grannie's Cookies
05:45 Bundle Contents
08:13 Printing and Copying info
09:29 Raccoon Song
10:35 Rabbit Song
12:03 The River of Souls Song
14:38 Eagle's Path Song