7 Stages of Music

Annemieke | April 8, 2009

When I was thinking about a tagline for my blog, I remembered a comment that was made on one of Camel’s videos on Youtube.  It said When the human soul speaks, this is what it sounds like. And that was exactly how I felt listening to their music, especially the one the comment was made [...]

Obsession about Music

Annemieke | February 9, 2009

If I would follow the timeline of the concerts, the next video to describe would be the one with Preperation and Dunkirk from the album The Snow Goose. But that was not the video I wanted to continue with. I even had been hesitating to include that video. Not because of Dunkirk, as I think it [...]

Expression of the Self

Annemieke | January 19, 2009

The first video is the White Rider, which is originally on the album Mirage. Mirage is the album of 1974 and it was the second album of Camel as a group. I like it a lot as a whole, but it was not my favourite at the time I was listening to their music the most. [...]

Story of the Snow Goose

Annemieke | January 14, 2009

Music by Camel, based on The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico. The Great Marsh starts with bird sounds and softly the music sets in. In the background there is the repeating sound of female vocals and occasionally there is the highlighting of a guitar. Then the pressure goes up, the drums enter and it becomes a coherent setting [...]