Emily Remler - This Is Me (CD)

This Is Me

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 25, 2005

Pros: Love Beauty Intelligence put to music

Cons: None

Unfortunately, I discovered Emily two years after she had passed away. My first introduction to her in 1992 was "East and Wes" - I must say, I didn't get it at first, but gradually understood what she was saying, and have since collecte...d everything she has done. Being a guitarist myself, my love for her stems from one quality she possessed that few others on the planet have seemingly achieved - she did not waste a note. Every musical statement is well-defined, clear, concise, precise, and most important - provocative. I can't name one clunker she recorded. Sadly, I don't know enough about her personal life, but the concensus has been she was a beautiful person, and this shows in her music, especially "This Is Me", her most personal statement. From the thought provoking opening 'Deep in a Trance' to the melodramtic 'Love Colors' to the hot-and-spicy 'Carenia' to the acoustic closing of 'Second Childhood', Emily said more in 56:37 than most people will say in a lifetime. Joy, exuberence, sadness, passion ... It is the best book on love/life I have ever read and re-read. She achieved her goal of being a world-class composer, and her technical art, while impeccable, never over-shadowed her musicality - she nailed everything. Emily, I love you. Read more Less