Conversations with Ghosts
Trista Hill and Phil Maneri
“Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" This innocent query reminds us that what we fear can also be friendly or benevolent. So it is with Ghosts - echoes of our past, those no longer with us, unrealized ideas and dreams, feelings not fully reconciled. Real or imagined, fear complicates our experience with Ghosts, and we often forget that recoiling from or embracing our Ghosts is a choice.
This is a journey with Ghosts.
Ghosts of who we are and who we are trying to be.
Ghosts of others and of ourselves.
Ghosts of transgressions and regrets.
Ghosts we understand and have yet to understand.
Ghosts both real and imagined.
While Ghosts are impermanent and transient, they also live on - this recording is an attempt to reconcile with Ghosts as they accompany us on a possible path to peace.
These live recorded improvisations are moments in time. Spontaneously created; captured, then released.
Next time you see or hear us, we will have exited this past and embraced the present.
We will be having a new conversation.
Phil Maneri Double Bass and Sonics
Trista Hill Pedal Harp
Conversations with Ghosts
1. Summons
2. Arrival
3. Reconciliation
4. Specters
5. Conversation
6. Requiem
Recorded January 12 2023 Live at McConnell Arts Center, Worthington Ohio
Mixed and Mastered at Uncletoad Music Studio Columbus Ohio
Produced and Engineered by Phil Maneri
Cover Art by Jason Wood
Copyright 2023 Phil Maneri Music World Publishing ASCAP
© all rights reserved
Available for purchase and listening HERE.
Urban Elegance
Trista Hill, Phil Maneri, Storm9000
A wondrous thing happened at Streetlight Guild one night. House favorites Trista Hill (harp) and Phil Maneri (bass) were killing the stage with all manner of sonic cosmic improvisation, and producer/mix engineer Storm9000 was sitting in the back, vibing. Storm captured a snippet of their playing and worked the magic that he does, turning it into a dope beat. They all liked the results so much that they combined forces and recorded a whole record, Urban Elegance.
Urban Elegance
1. Nightcrawler
2. Midnight Flowers
3. Daybreak
Produced and Engineered by Storm9000
Cover Art by Storm9000
Copyright 2022
© all rights reserved
Available for purchase and listening HERE.