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The word “wayfarer” refers to travelers who engage in journeys as a life purpose. It typically refers to people from ancient times who traveled around from place to place rather than living in one spot. As a term, it can refer to travelers from a wide variety of cultures, but it commonly refers to those who traveled across Europe merely because it is an English word.

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The reason why much of my music is released under the artist name “Wayfarer” is because the music is like a journey. when one travels,, he or she becomes exposed to ideas, philosophies, and cultural influences from a wide variety of world regions. As you will find by listening to the music, Wayfarer music incorporates stylistic influences from many world genres. Additionally, Wayfarer explores abstract artistic influences that can be thought of as being beyond known world cultures. This trait shows a desire for individual creation and finding a uniqueness in sound.

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Wayfarer music is inspired by a sense of liberty and individualism. while one comes under many cultural influences through travel and open-mindedness to other cultures, a wayfarer engages in a choice of what expressions he or she chooses to adopt. Unlike a lot of New Age or World music, Wayfarer music stands for individualism rather than fitting into a single niche, trend, or genre. It is my contention that true journeymen are individuals. They choose where to go and they choose what ideas, philosophies and cultural influences they choose to incoporate within themselves. This choice is an essential part of individual liberty.

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Spirituality is an important part of Wayfarer music. I believe that the journey we undertake in trying to learn about life’s purpose and our individual place within it is probably the most important journey that we undertake. In this journey, open-mindedness is very important. What is also important is the choices we make in what we choose to investigate further and what we choose to disregard. We cannot adopt every single spiritual philosophy that we come in contact with. Many ideas come in conflict with other ideas, so a choice in necessary in continuing the exploration. While Wayfarer music incorporates ideas from many faiths and traditions, due to its variety of influences, the theme that remains important is the individual.

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whiloe Eastern qualities are part of my spiritual explorations, i resist the common Eastern tendency to downplay the individual and, in some circumstances, putting rejection of individuality as the ultimate goal in “liberation” of the soul. If we believe that there is a purpose to life and there is a higher power guiding all of reality, there must be a purpose to the creation of individual beings in humanity. I don’t believe that this creation is for the sole purpose of overcoming one’s individuality completely. I beleive that much of the wisdom in reality can only be learned by an individual. Unique perspectives, ideas, and discoveries only add to the wisdom of any collective entity. While seeing the connection between all life is probably an important part of spiritual understanding, I beleive that the liberty of the individual must be important in contributing to the wisdom of humanity as well as any thoughts of “liberation” in general.

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Through individualism that is balanced with compassion and respect for all life, humanity has the ability to discover more. It goes without saying that all of the world’s religions do mention individuals in the history of mankind who rose to levels of importance in the discovery of knowledge, Jesus Christ, the Buddha, Moses, and Mohammad to name a few, and who were instrumental in bringing about further discoveries in the path to spiritual purpose. Despite any collectivist mentality, these individuals made great strides toward the universal knowledge that their respective faiths pursue. As such, Wayfarer music takes the approach of the liberated individual exploring life, reality, the spirit, and culture as a journey that is expressed through sound. This artistic expression is done in the spirit of a wayfarer, in which one explores with an open mind and preserves that which is found to be a powerful influence on one’s own self.