Vicissitudes

by Tully MacKay-Tisbert

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1.
Vicissitudes 04:41
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2.
Dukkha 03:05
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3.
Samsara 03:45
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4.
On the Road 01:52
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5.
Bodhi 04:34
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6.
Vicissitudes II 02:14
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Dukkha II 02:25
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Dukkha III 03:53
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Vicissitudes III 02:45
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10.
To the Desert with Noah Purifoy 02:11
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about

As I sit down to write a little something about what inspired these compositions, I find it difficult to find the words. This recording is after all instrumental. I’m grateful for so many things and people in my life. But I’d be lying if I said I had not struggled over this last year. I won’t bore you with the details suffice to say that this music is how I strived to convert those struggles into something—that I hope you will find—beautiful. It’s just me playing guitar (and a little bit of Guzheng). I owe a great musical debt to the likes of Michael Hedges, Kaki King, Don Ross, Andy Mckee and Kiho’alu masters like Keola Beamer and Jeff Peterson, as learning and practicing some of their music inspired the direction I took with this project.

The cover is the North Ridge of Lone Pine Peak in the Sierra Nevada, which I climbed early this past summer. Unrested we set off for the climb in the middle of the night. The route has a deceptive rating that implies easy going. But it is complex terrain with many choices. Early on I led us first unroped up the steepening face of a tower. We tied in as the terrain grew difficult and I led up a steep diagonal crack that ended abruptly on seemingly featureless granite with no way forward. A difficult down climb and traverse brought us to a gully. We continued up the ridge, along its ups and downs and narrow margins, sometimes apparently off route and forging ahead anyway. By the time we finished the last four pitches of the headwall and reached the summit, evening was fast approaching. We began our descent in the waning light of dusk, finding our gullies cliffed-out until finally we stumbled down wide and crumbling chute. With exhaustion and dehydration like hungry ghost companions following me close behind, I wandered for hours through the dark trying to connect with the trail. After 24 hours on the go, I hunkered down between some boulders and shivered through the night waiting for the sun to arrive once again. Life is like this sometimes.

These compositions come from reflections through such long nights.

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released September 22, 2018

Composed and Performed by Tully MacKay-Tisbert

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Tully MacKay-Tisbert Fullerton, California

Tully MacKay-Tisbert is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter originally from the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York and currently based in Southern California. His music transcends genre, blending heavier electric sounds with acoustic fingerstyle and folk while also exploring influences from around the world. ... more

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