mantra songs

the "mantra songs" were written between september 2005 and september 2006. they were recorded by lowell sostomi, mat vuksinich, and myself between april 2006 and may 2007 in various locations (a basement in toronto, a bedroom in fort erie, a sun-room in arcata). they are somewhat unfinished but i am releasing them finally because i am done with them. all of the songs were written during a period of time in which i felt extremely ILLITERATE and unable to finish ideas. lowell played banjo, harmonica, and drums; eric padget played trumpet; mat and shelby sifers sang; i played guitar, piano, glockenspiel, and sang. "remember: only you" was written by kristina born as a poem and i made it into a song; her version had no repetition at the end. i want to thank everyone who has helped with shows or given me a place to sleep or made me a meal or gave me a hug or came into contact with me in any positive way last year when i was singing these songs - you have no idea how much it meant to me. i am now filled with words again and am working hard on new songs, i am very excited about them. please feel free to write me: oh_map@hotmail.com or [out-dated address]. i look forward to sharing words with you. cheers - jordaan mason, may 2007.

those were the original liner notes. this album is pretty bare-bones but these songs are still important to me, i don't have the energy or resources to make more copies so it's free now.

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