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Debra Mathis

About Me

.... a sprout from the desert who read fairytales and dreamed of trees.... placed at the old upright on a stack of hymnals at the age of 4 .... first poem, age 6 .... first kiss, age 12 .... first destination upon running away from home at the age of 17, Fort Collins, Colorado ... a time of hitching cross country, thumb in the air, sleeping outside under various night skies.... like benevolent eyes, the stars charted my course .... a pattern of arriving in a town, breaking into the nearest church to play piano, became clear, so I landed in LA to work, play piano and move towards the next step: a music degree.... with an emphasis on music theory, composition and piano performance, I received my B.S. in Music Theory at Western Michigan University in 1983. Acoustics, a requirement for my degree program gave me the most grief... I swore up and down, inbetween tears, that I would NEVER use this class.... but ended up making tuned windchimes, proving myself wrong. Still playing piano, now doing spoken word, and pursuing my masters in psychology, piano improvisation remains a primary passion. See and hear my tuned wind chimes at: http://www.davisblanchardwindchimes.com/product/debra-mathis -wind-chimes

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/1/2008
Band Members: That would be me.....
Influences: Beatles, Bill Evans, Debussy, Fats Waller, Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, Led Zepellin, Taj Mahal, Chopin, Satie, Laurie Anderson, Yello
Sounds Like: ... you tell me ....
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

My Tuned Wind Chimes~~ !!

See my work here!   http://www.davisblanchardwindchimes.com/product/debra-mathis -wind-chimes   Davis Blanchard is a good friend, and has set up this page on his web site, which is very succe...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:36:00 GMT

winter, it comes (a pantoum)

  winter, it comes.. (a pantoum)   in dancing cascades, leaves, they fall autumn, many colored, is the author of it all winter sends a chilly memo, signed with frosty dew now time leans in...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:59:00 GMT

untitled (haiku)

touching grace, we lean upon the shoulder of god, breathing spirit's breath.
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:52:00 GMT

wisdom, shared

http://www.wisdombook.org/
Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:26:00 GMT

Check out this video: Fearless Puppy

Check out this video: Fearless Puppy ..Add to My Profile | More Videos
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:49:00 GMT

Miracles

  Today I just received my first order for windchimes from my website - MY FIRST ONLINE ORDER - and it was ALSO a request for a custom tuning, my untapped, hardly used specialty... Improvisation...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:28:00 GMT

... a beginning ...

In life, beginnings can be chaotic... therein lies a grand design, where variables dance just out of the reach of our grasp... Blessings flow, regardless of terrain... and so, I begin this, my music p...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:47:00 GMT