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I am a practicing psychologist in Defiance Ohio, USA. Much of my private time is spent composing, recording, distributing and listening to indie music.

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David c Deal
Transformations

Transformations may be purchased at http://www.davidcdeal.com


David c Deal, PhD lives in Ohio where he is a practicing psychologist. His favorite instruments are keyboards; however he also enjoys playing acoustic guitar. He currently performs in several bands including a Trans-Siberian Orchestra tribute band named Siberian Solstice. He recently finished a four year stint in a Pink Floyd Tribute Band named One of These Daze.

A word from David:

I have completed the recording of a concept album entitled Transformations, which is both a spiritual autobiography and hopefully, a spiritual vessel.

Transformations makes use of Jazz, Rock, Broadway and Progressive Rock mediums in a concept CD format in the tradition of bands such as YES and Pink Floyd with a touch of Andrew Lloyd Weber. The music attempts to express honest, intense spiritual/emotional experiences spanning a lifetime. They are meant to be heard sequentially for full effect.

I enjoy writing songs which emanate from the deeper recesses of the universal human mind.

More About Transformations:

The songs on Transformations are the most deeply personal and autobiographical I have written. For example the second song, First Contact, describes a spiritual, epiphany experience I had when about 20 years old. I was driving my car to my girlfriends house when suddenly, God was present and said, "Dave I want you to know that one, I exist and two, what you do matters to me." The intense, powerful reality of that contact was short on details but was indeed life changing.

Following the First Contact experience I discovered the writings of a 17th century, carmelite monk St. John of the Cross and of Thomas Merton. They seemed to most closely speak to the relationship I experienced with God, both during and following the First Contact moment.
The third song, I Dont Know What, is based upon a poem written by the St. John of the Cross.

Where Are You Now, the fourth song on Transformations, expresses a period in my life where I struggled to find organized theologies which would enable me to learn more about the Divine and nurture a closeness with God/The Ground Of Being.

Dark Night of the Soul, song five, conveys a state of despair in which I continued to experience the reality of Gods existence but felt frustrated by my inability to understand him theologically or to relate that knowledge to everyday issues in my life.

Bump, track six, represents the decade or so in my life where career and family issues overshadowed the theological questions.

I wrote song seven, Help Me Fly, after the wedding of my daughter. It expresses the love of my daughter which I feel emanates from the single source of love.

Song eight, What You Want Me to Be, is about the feelings that gradually intensified as my family became older and my career was established. The desire to more deeply understand and relate to the Divine regained it saliency, leading me back to St. John's, mystical Christianity.

This re-emergence is reflected in the ninth song, Flowing Deep in the Night, which is based upon another poem written by St. John of the Cross.

The finale, Transformation, is a celebration of SEEING the One/Spirit/God/Creation as totally connected; as faces of the same energy and our consciousness as a "mirror of creation". Perhaps a song 11, 12 . . . .is waiting in the future. I hope you enjoy Transformations.

Contributing Musicians:

Some of the musicians who played on Transformations include David c Deal, Les Brooke, Tom Hannah, Tim Vargo, Andy Vargo, Cynthia Lugo, Russ Notestine, Andrea Bok, David Coonrod, Ned Clark, Kevin Peters, Kristin Sorensen and William O'Connell. The native flute song following each composition was composed by Arthur Kills Straight Putnam and represents "Ground of Being", which is best heard when the mind is most quiet.

Transformations may be purchased at: http://www.davidcdeal.com

Transformations Cover Message:

"Sometimes, in the midst of a perfectly ordinary day, one is unexpectedly flooded by the magnificence of what is. Perhaps that moment of awareness and clarity arrives while watching a storm or absorbing a piece of art or kneeling with intention in a church. If blessed, echoes of the past and visions of the future fade from existence as the unknowing silence of the infinite present emerges. With patience and grace, one comes to know the incredible richness of "what is" as a revelation of God's face and the mind is forever transformed into a mirror of creation." .
- David c Deal