"Sweat and Soil" genre: Indie
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	This song has a number of authentic Chinese instruments such as the Arhoo, Xisia, Goochung and Pipa. I have a Dung Beetle doing some back-up harmonies as well but you have to slow the song considerably until the frequency is slow enough in order for it to become audible to the human ear (I myself have not heard it but he swore to me it was there and that he worked very hard).
	CD: The Bukgajwa-dong Recordings   Label: Manduca III productions Credits: Jim Manduca III
	Story Behind the Song As i was hiking the Great Wall in Samatai China, there was a man at the base of the mountain playing a Xisia; the main instrument in this song. This was the first tune i wrote when i got back. The next day i began another called "A Voice". This song "sweat and soil" is told by the Point of view of one of the watchmen of the wall. Lyrics The stones stay warm tonight The sun, on the towers, shone bright Here until the dawn the emperor's will is strong Down and to the west a beauty one can't forget the mountains, lakes and streams A land of a dynasty's dreams We build again this time to stop you all Let's start again this time with sweat and soil As I sip my rice wine the palaces glow in moonlight this shrine to our ancestors pride is as long as the country is wide We build again this time to stop you all Let's start again this time with sweat and soil

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