FEATURED VIDEO 1:

No Commercials:

01:03:11. Background:

Remastered Version:

Improvisation in the apartment with the windows wide open.

Toru Hoshino (Bass), and David Rapoport (Guitar).

The audio was captured with a digital hand recorder. We experimented with the sounds. The result was mostly a surprise.

This work is a musical soundtrack for: Charles H. Traub: Charles Traub: Discourse on Photography, and Seeing Things Differently. Charles is a Photographer, and the Chair of Graduate School, at SVA (School of Visual Arts, NYC): Photography, Video, and Related Media. Video by David Rapoport.

VIDEO 2:

56:49. Ostoda:

Osamu Fukuzaki (Piano), Toru Hoshino (Bass), and David Rapoport (Guitar): (2012), virtually unplanned, experimental, and improvised trio.

It was recorded in a rehearsal studio, with a handheld digital recorder with built-in stereo mics. This is the complete recording. I hope that you like this music.

This work was the musical soundtrack for the film(s): about. Charles H. Traub: Charles Traub: Discourse on Photography, and The Photographic Mission. Charles was my teacher, and mentor for photography, and anything related to it. Video by David Rapoport (2016).

This is the remastered version of this piece.

VIDEO 3:

05:35. Way to Guru Spirit (Song):

This music is dedicated to: H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, (Art of Living Founder): jgd.

It is about relaxation, spirituality, grace, well being, and happiness. It is a personal prayer: As a result of the practice (yoga, breathing, and meditation), I have become a man of faith.

For this song (2026): I give special thanks to: Jai Uttal (for his amazing, awesome, inspirational recording: Guru Brahma):

The knowledge that I received, was essentially practical. I am thankful.

VIDEO 4:

02:34. Fretless Guitar Song:

2026. I wanted to try an instrument that is a guitar, but not quite a guitar.

The idea is to go between the notes, and make sounds.

Perhaps, it is a guitar meditative-improvisation.