Produced by Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman, and
with a sound described as "an album to daydream to", Open Waters
finds Mosby once again embarking on a creative journey navigating through
elements of Jazz, New Age, Folk and Indian music. "Open Waters is one of
the best project I have been involved with…Todd Mosby is the most unique
sounding guitarist I have ever worked with, nobody does what he does…" -
Will Ackerman
"This album crosses the full spectrum of the music I
have performed and know intimately...from Indian Rag to traditional Jazz to the
The Police. It's a concept album based
upon the story of Atlantis (Plato's story about the destruction of the ancient
civilization), and what survivors may have felt as they escaped from the deluge
in ships heading westward." - Todd Mosby
Coming from a family of inventors (he is the co-inventor of
the Imrat guitar along with Kim Schwartz and Imrat Khan), Mosby's early musical
DNA was formed from his love of Bluegrass and Folk music, which eventually
expanded into Fusion and Jazz. While a
college student, Mosby began studying Indian music (namely classical North
Indian music), which led to the genre's incorporation into his music, and
sparked the creation of the Imrat guitar [a 20 stringed hybrid sitar guitar
musical bridge instrument that allows Western musicians to access Eastern
melodies and Eastern musicians to access Western harmonies for the first time].
After 13 years of study with Imrat Khan, Mosby became the only guitarist ever
admitted into the Imdhad Khani Gharana, India's most prestigious family of
musicians. "This instrument [Imrat
guitar] sounds better than a guitar and sounds better than a sitar…it is an instrument
for the 21st century." - Imrat Khan
With more than several accolades and collaborations during
his very active career, Mosby has either shared the stage with, or opened up
for such luminaries as Michael Manring, Imrat Khan, Foreplay, Spyro Gyra, and
several others. He has performed around the world including, Kravis Center
(West Palm Beach, FL), The Harris Center (Modesto, CA), Soka University (Aliso
Vieja, CA), and many others.
Speaking again on the conceptual nature of the project,
Mosby says: This (the Atlantis reference above) is what I consider an
archetype model as well for anyone journeying from one country to another, one
city to another or even leaving planet earth to journey into interstellar space
for colonization on new worlds. My mission
as an artist is to connect with audiences at the spiritual, emotional and
physical levels and as such, change lives."
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