An excellent "source" book for any one with an interest
in the Native American flute. It is suitable for classroom
instruction, as well a self-tutoring. This text covers topics from
history and designs to learning how to play the Native American flute.
An explanation and description of the TABlature created by R. Carlos
Nakai, an aid for the notation of music for the Native American flute,
is also included, as well as student exercises. Music is also
included ranging from simple beginning tunes to music for intermediate
and advanced students. Additionally, contact information for
approximately 50 Native American flute builders is listed.
Tim "WindWalker" Crawford has performed on five albums of
music of the Native American flute: Shadows (1992), Guardian Spirits
(1993), Mystic Visions (1994), Hear My Heart (1995) and the latest
release, his first solo album, on his own label (WindWalker), Voices,
(1998). Tim is currently working a new solo album with an anticipated
release date of spring 2000.
Crawford wrote a book on the Native American flute entitled Flute
Magic: An Introduction to the Native American Flute, first published
in January 1998. In September 1999, a 172-page second edition was
published. Tim composes and arranges music, in TABlature, for the
Native American flute. As of September 1999, Tim has copyrighted 34
original compositions for the four-, five-, and six-hole Native
American flute, as well as arranging and transposing 12 traditional
and indigenous songs.
Several of Tim's songs, as well as several articles written by Tim,
have appeared in the Voice of the Wind which is the quarterly
publication of the International Native American Flute
Association. Most recently, Volume 4, 1999, contains an article titled
"Song Writing: Getting Started" for the Native American Flute.
Tim's music has appeared or has been featured on a number of videos
with the most recent being the video documentary Steinauer Nebraska
(1997). In October 1999, Tim was commissioned by a Boston composer to
record 10 tracks for use in the 1999 film Iditarod.
Live performance venues, both inside and out of doors, have included
folk festivals, coffee houses, cafes, book stores, flute gatherings,
dedications, ceremonies, and record stores. With one exception, Tim
has hosted an annual workshop on the Native American flute at the
Anchorage Folk Festival since 1994.
In 1994, 1995, and 1998, Tim attended a week-long workshop on
theNative American flute hosted by the world-renowned teacher and
recording artist R. Carlos Nakai. In 1996, Tim attended a Music
Production Workshop at Berklee College of Music.
Tim "WindWalker" Crawford, 59, has resided in Anchorage, Alaska for 32
years. He is a member of the International Native American Flute
Association, the Arizona, Northern California, Montana, Utah, and
Oregon Flute Circles, the National Academy of Recording Arts and
Sciences (NARAS), the Alaska Music Industry, an associate member of
the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and is presently represented by
ASCAP.
