Stories is a 1998 compilation release presenting Narada label artists.

"Extraordinary performers reveal their artistic inspirations in deeply personal instrumental memoirs".^[1]

Track listing[link]

1. "Bahama" – Artie Traum – 4:26
2. "The Glen" – Bradley Joseph – 4:10
3. "Looking Back" – Oscar Lopez – 3:31
4. "Lament for Heather" – John Whelan – 3:26
5. "Elvy Forever" – Andre Manga, Dumazz – 5:07
6. "What Lies Ahead" – Scott Wilkie – 4:05
7. "The Moment" – Randy Roos – 5:07
8. "County Wicklow Mystic" – Billy McLaughlin – 3:44
9. "First Steps" – Mia Jang – 4:16
10. "Lo Que Tu Quisieras" (As You Wish) – Eric Tingstad – 3:34
11. The Story Behind Your Eyes" – Michael Gettel – 6:50
12. The Rattlesnake Tango" – Nancy Rumbel – 4:33

Personnel[link]

• Accordion - John Whelan (tracks: 8)
• Acoustic Guitar - Artie Traum (tracks: 1)
• Bass - Tom Wetmore (tracks: 4) , Tony Levin (tracks: 1)
• Fretless bass - Sandin Wilson (tracks: 11)
• Bass, Engineer - Garey Shelton (tracks: 10)
• Composed By - Artie Traum (tracks: 1) , Robbie Dupree (tracks: 1)
• Composed By, Arranged By, Producer, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, - Andre Manga (tracks: 5)
• Composed By, Engineer, Piano, Keyboards - Bradley Joseph (tracks: 2)
• Composed By, Piano - Mia Jang (tracks: 9)
• Composed By, Producer, Arranged By, Accordion - John Whelan (tracks: 4)
• Composed By, Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Guitar, Percussion, Bass Electric, - Oscar Lopez (tracks: 3)
• Drums - Neal Wilkinson (tracks: 1)
• Drums V - R.J. Rabin (tracks: 7)
• Drums, Djembe - Davin McLaird (tracks: 11)
• Engineer - Chris Andersen (tracks: 4) , Dave Dysart (tracks: 11) , David Kincaid (tracks: 8) , Garey Shelton (tracks: 12) , Kincaid Studios (tracks: 8) , Paul Klingberg (tracks: 5) , Rob Genadek (tracks: 8) , Tim Snow (tracks: 8)
• Engineer [Assistant] - Cameron Marcarelli (tracks: 5)
• Engineer, Mixed By - Ray McAndrew (tracks: 3)
• Flute - Richard Warner (flautist) (tracks: 11)
• Guitar - Sanjay Divecha (tracks: 5)
• Guitar Acoustic, Electric - Brian Theissen (tracks: 11)
• Guitar Electric - Josh Cowlow (tracks: 1)
• Guitar, Producer, Arranged By, Composed By - Billy McLaughlin (tracks: 8)
• Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Composed By - Eric Tingstad (tracks: 10)
• Guitar, Synthesizer [Synthesis], Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By - Randy Roos (tracks: 7)
• Keyboards - Hans Zermuhehlen (tracks: 5)
• Oboe - Nancy Rumbel (tracks: 10)
• Oboe, Keyboards, Producer, Composed By - Nancy Rumbel (tracks: 12)
• Percussion - Cassio Duarte (tracks: 5), Mark Ivester (tracks: 10), Mark Ivester (tracks: 12)
• Piano Acoustic, Synthesizer, Recorded By, Composed By, Mixed By - Scott Wilkie (tracks: 6)
• Piano, Guitar - Robin Bullock (tracks: 4)
• Piano, Producer, Arranged By, Composed By - Michael Gettel (tracks: 11)
• Producer, Engineer - Dan Harjung (tracks: 9) , Dana Walden (tracks: 5)
• Recorded By, Mixed By - David Knight (tracks: 6) , Tom Mark (tracks: 1)
• Saxophone - Andy Suzuki (tracks: 5)
• Violin, Arranged By [String] - Liz Knowles (tracks: 4)

Production[link]

• Executive Producer: Rich Denhart
• Mastered by: Trevor Sadler, Narada Productions, Inc., using Apogee's UV22" digital process.
• Design by: Connie Gage

References[link]

See also[link]

• Grand Piano (Narada Anniversary Collection)
• Narada Smooth Jazz
• The Next Generation - Narada Sampler
• 20 Years of Narada Piano
• Narada Film and Television Music Sampler

External links[link]

• Stories (Narada Artist Collection) at Allmusic
• Stories (Narada Artist Collection) at Discogs
• Stories (Narada Artist Collection) at Last.fm

Look up story or stories in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Story or Stories may refer to:

• Story, a recounting of a sequence of events
• Narrative
• Story (surname)
• Story, or storey, a floor or level of a building
• Stories, colloquial, US American expression for soap operas

Media[link]

• Story (magazine), an American literary magazine published 1931–1961 and 1989–2000
• The Story with Dick Gordon, a radio interview program that debuted in 2006
• Story, one of the main characters in the 2006 film Lady in the Water
• Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, a screenwriting guide by Robert McKee.

Music[link]

Artists

• The Story (UK band), an English psych-folk band 2002-present
• Stories (band), an early 1970s American rock group
• The Story (band), an early 1990s folk-rock duo

Albums

• Story (Amorphis album), compilation, 2000
• The Story (Brandi Carlile album), 2007
• Story (Eric Clapton album), compilation, 1991
• A Story, 1997 album by Yoko Ono, recorded in 1974
• Stories (Mayumi Iizuka album), 2008
• Stories (Addison Road album), 2010
• Stories (Gloria Gaynor album), 1980
• Stories (A Narada Artist Collection), 1998 compilation
• Stories (Randy Stonehill album), compilation
• The Story, 2006 album by Bizzy Bone
• Story, 1970 album by Honeybus

Songs

• "The Story" (song), 2007, by Brandi Carlile from her album The Story
• "Story" (Leddra Chapman song), 2009 single
• "Stories" (Boney M. song), 1990 single
• "Stories" (Therapy? song), 1995 single
• "Stories", a song from Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
• "The Story", song by 30 Seconds to Mars from their album A Beautiful Lie
• "Story", B-side of the "Makes Me Wonder" single by Maroon 5

People with given name Story[link]

• Story Musgrave (born 1935), American doctor and astronaut
• Story Tweedie-Yates (born 1983), professional American tennis player

Places[link]

• Story, Indiana, United States
• Story, Wyoming, United States
• Story City, Iowa, United States
• Story County, Iowa, United States
• Fort Story, a sub-installation of the United States Navy and Little Creek Amphibious Base
• Story, Arkansas, United States

See also[link]

Wikiversity has learning materials about Story

• Storey (disambiguation)

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Possibly Narada, the inventor of the Vina.

Narad redirects here; for the village in Slovakia, see Ňárad.

Narada (Sanskrit: नारद, nārada means Naara = Wisdom + Da = Giver) or Narada Muni is a divine sage from the Vaisnava tradition, who plays a prominent role in a number of the Puranic texts, especially in the Bhagavata Purana, and in the Ramayana. Narada is the author of the Pāñcarātra, a standard text for Vaisnava's priests which contains the technical and philosophical meanings of the temple Deity worship. Narada is portrayed as a travelling monk with the ability to visit distant worlds or planets (lokas in Sanskrit). He carries a veena as his musical instrument—and not a Tampura as is commonly assumed^[1][2]—which he uses to accompany his singing of hymns, prayers and mantras as an act of devotion to his Lord, Vishnu. In the Vedas, Narada is described as a saintly traveler who sometimes while remembering Vishnu by singing His Glories through his Brahminical holy thread breaks, because of bodily expansions through the emotions he feels of pure bhakti (love of God) in separation, which he derives from his unalloyed devotional service. In the Vaishnava tradition he is held in special reverence for his chanting and singing of the names Hari and Narayana and his promoting of the process of devotional service, known as bhakti yoga as explained within the text accredited to Narada himself, known as the Narada Bhakti Sutra. Narada is also said to have orated the maxims of the Nāradasmṛti (100BC-400CE), which has been called the “juridical text par excellence” and represents the only Dharmaśāstra text which deals solely with juridical matters and ignoring those of righteous conduct and penance.^[3]

Enlightenment[link]

The Bhagavata Purana describes the story of Narada's spiritual enlightenment: He was the primary source of information among Gods, and is believed to be the first journalist on Earth. He never married but claimed to have 60 wives. In his previous birth Narada was a Gandharva (angelic being) who had been cursed to be born on an earthly planet due to some offense. (citation needed). He was born as the son of a maid-servant of some particularly saintly priests (Brahmins). The priests, being pleased with both his and his mother's service, blessed him by allowing him to eat some of their food (prasad), previously offered to their lord, Vishnu.

Gradually Narada received further blessings from these sages and heard them discussing many spiritual topics. After his mother died, he decided to roam the forest in search of enlightenment in understanding the 'Supreme Absolute Truth'.

Reaching a tranquil forest location, after quenching his thirst from a nearby stream, he sat under a tree in meditation (yoga), concentrating on the paramatma form of Vishnu within his heart as he had been taught by the priests he had served. After some time Narada experienced a vision wherein Narayan (Vishnu) appeared before him, smiling, and spoke "that despite having the blessing of seeing him at that very moment, Narada would not be able to see his (Vishnu's) divine form again until he died". Narayan further explained that the reason he had been given a chance to see his form was because his beauty and love would be a source of inspiration and would fuel his dormant desire to be with the lord again. After instructing Narada in this manner, Vishnu then disappeared from his sight. The boy awoke from his meditation both thrilled and disappointed.

For the rest of his life Narada focused on his devotion, meditation upon and worship to Vishnu. After his death Vishnu then blessed him with the spiritual form of "Narada" as he eventually became known. In many Hindu scriptures Narada is considered a saktyavesa-avatara or partial-manifestation (avatar) of God, empowered to perform miraculous tasks on Vishnu's behalf.

Footnotes[link]

See also[link]

• Narad Bhakti Sutra
• Bhagavata Purana
• Four Kumaras
• Nāradasmṛti
• Vishnu

References[link]

• Translation by Richard W. Lariviere (1989). The Nāradasmr̥ti. University of Philadelphia. 

External links[link]

• Complete Narada-Bhakti-Sutra
• Narada's Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam for Vyasadeva
• Translation from Sanskrit of Narada Bhakti Sutras at www.urday.com/narad.htm
• References to Narada in Gaudiya Vaishnava texts
• Ruesi Narot - Narada in Buddhist Thailand

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Artist Collection is a music video show on MTV2.

Episode list[link]

• 103: Foo Fighters
• 109: L.L. Cool J
• 112: TLC
• 131: 50 Cent (half hour)
• 135: The Neptunes
• 139: Missy Elliott & Timbaland
• 141: Nelly (half hour)
• 142: Nelly, Murphey Lee, Ali, The St. Lunatics (half hour)

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Look up collection or collect in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Collection or Collections may refer to:

• Collection (computing), the abstract concept of collections in computer science
• Collection (payment), the actions of a creditor seeking to recoup a debt
• Collection (museum), objects in a particular field forms the core basis for the museum
• Collection (horse), a term referring to the horse carrying more weight on his hindquarters than his forehand.
• Collection (Oxford Colleges), a beginning-of-term exam or Principal's Collections
• Cash collection, the function of an accounts receivable department

Albums[link]

• Collection (Mike Oldfield album)
• Collection (The Stranglers album)
• Collection (Tracy Chapman album)
• Collection (Joe Sample album)
• Collection (The Jam album)
• Collection (Wynonna Judd album)
• Collection (The Warratahs album)
• Collection (Jason Becker album)
• Collection (Pentangle album)
• Collection (Praxis album)
• Collection (Spyro Gyra album)
• Collection (Henry Mancini album)
• Collection (Thee Michelle Gun Elephant album)
• Collection (The Rankin Family album)
• Collections (Michael Nyman album)
• Collections (Charlie Major album)
• Collections (Amanda Marshall album)
• Collections (Rick Astley album)
• Collections (The Young Rascals album)
• Collection I, an album compiled of early songs from The Misfits
• Collection II, a companion album to The Misfits' Collection I
• Collection: The Shrapnel Years (Greg Howe album)
• Collection: The Shrapnel Years (Tony MacAlpine album)
• Collection: The Shrapnel Years (Vinnie Moore album)
• Collections (TLC album), a compilation album by TLC
• Collection, a studio album by 2NE1

Mathematics[link]

In mathematics, depending on the context, a collection may refer to any of the following terms:

• Set (mathematics)
• Class (set theory)
• Family of sets
• Indexed family
• Multiset
• Parametric family

Other[link]

• Collection agency, a business that pursues payments on debts
• Generated collection, a scale formed by repeatedly adding a constant interval around the chromatic circle
• Collection class in object-oriented programming
• The offertory money collected from a church congregation during a service, often by such means as a collection plate
• A type of anthology consisting of works by a single author
• Collections or collective nouns for groups of animals are found in the article on List of animal names.

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Collection"
• All pages with titles containing "Collection"
• Archive
• Collect
• Collecting
• Collectible

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