This page brings you some songs by Yeva.

To purchase the CD "Space 11 /11", please e-mail yeva@yevasuniverse.com for details. Story of the creation of the CD below  Complete lyrics on this page soon.

The creation of "Space 11/11" During the recording of the CD Space 11/11, I had my share of mishaps: technical, physical, and even possibly metaphysical. Due to one thing or another I was delaying recording and one day, when it felt right, I was anxious to start, as all equipment was set and ready for about 3 months, I didn’t want to waste any more time. Alas…it did not happen, as soon as I put the headphones on-the Black Out! It lasted for a couple of hours. When electricity returned – the inspiration is gone. The next time I attempted, my four track, it refused to work; in fact it was repaired 3 times during recording. Thanx to Loyal for fixing it. Soon I was ready again but coincidentally one of my neighbors decides to mow the grass that particular day, as my space for recording was not totally soundproofed I needed to wait. One more hiccup won’t make that much difference. Then…an epiphany! I need a new guitar with built in pickup; this way at least an instrumental part can’t be affected by any outside noise, which are usually just birds and squirrels. A friend comes to the rescue, being a connoisseur on guitars he helped me to pick up a good one, thanx Billy. It looked like all delays happened for the best. It was just meant to be. I loved my old guitar but the "new" 70s Madeira not only sounded better, it was easier to play, it felt as if it was made for me, better say for my left, broken long ago, wrist. Now I just had to wait for another wave of inspiration. At last! The recording is started. All goes smooth except I keep hearing a strange alien noise but only when I play, it stops when I stop. I was puzzled but as it was not intruding but complementing the song, "I Am Terrestrial" I decided to leave it as is, just on one song. Then…revelation! The key finder. I bought it for a friend who is always losing his keys, (a while ago) and totally forgot about it. That must be it! The problem was, I couldn’t find the key finder. I clapped and shouted and jumped up and down- all quiet. After a while I found it in the bottom of the closet, where it was not supposed to be. Back on track, "take 5" all is OK. I am playing a tambourine for "Dinosong" banging so ever enthusiastically, without realizing my strength, Ooops! My fist goes through the drum, never mind, will finish with maracas, luckily I knew that tambourine won’t be needed again (songs were not recorded in order as on the title list). Another day, another song…only four songs left when I managed to slice my index finger on a cheese grater, Ouch! Delays again…but as always I healed up very fast and in only 6 days after the accident I could play guitar again! Not so fast Yeva. While my finger was healing I did some painting and the fumes of paint affected my voice so that I could not sing, paint does that sometimes for a short time. When my voice came back I was determined to finish my recording, pushing in 4 songs in about 2 days (a song a day was the original plan not including the mixing down of course). After I’ve done the last backing vocals for the four remaining songs, instead of unplugging everything and going upstairs to rest I decided to continue, and just to have a tea break. Without realizing how tired I was, I forgot I was plugged in to all of the equipment so when I got up with the headphones still attached to my ears I pulled all the gadgets with me. Everything crashed with a big bang on the floor, my new guitar along with other stuff was lying underneath a very heavy studio which landed on top of it. All went in slow motion then just like a horror movie. I was trying to untangle all the leads and put things back in order, thinking I will probably end up finishing songs on my old guitar. To my surprise…after all that, my equipment was fine, including the new guitar, miraculously it wasn’t damaged except for the top of the pegs which a couple were totally sliced off, but all the strings were still in place, and…unbelievably, the guitar didn’t go out of tune…"What is next" I thought? Well, next…the CD, "Space 11/11" was completed, with all its delays and imperfections I left deliberately untouched, transcending its character and message, nothing is perfect in this world except love…and after all the CD "Space 11/11" was made for love not for profit. I have been asked why I chose my old-fashioned porta-one studio to record with, not straight digital computer stuff. Well, I feel with my outdated equipment I kept the soul, that live feel which is often lacking in some recordings. Besides I know my porta-one like the palm of my hand. My very first demos, (years ago), were recorded with the same equipment. The CD "Space 11/11" was not made to blast your ears out, nor as ambient music. The main reason I created the CD is for the message, sometimes obvious and other times not, it’s not dance music either,  some, sing along…maybe. There are sad and happy moments and all in between. Thank you for listening.

Number 11/11 The number 11/11 has followed me for a very long time in numerous different ways. I named my CD, "Space 11/11" not because (yet again "coincidentally") I compiled the musical part, 11 songs in 11 days, but because there is much more to the number 11/11. The number 9 in numerology, is the number of completion (my number, incidentally), but All starts with the number 1, the beginning, the genesis of all numbers, the number of "creator". Number 1 is a lonely number by itself so another 1 is needed to complete the cycle. The first repetition of the first number makes 11, so the number 11 is the number of beginning and completion in one. That’s what makes it so powerful. In numerology 11 is the number of cosmic awareness, evolution, artistic and visionary talents, the number of progress, creativity and achievements, it carries strength and sensitivity, male/female substance, therefore its the number of androgyny, equality. 11 is a revolutionary number, All-in-One mystic. The number 11 by itself is the number of the new terrestrial beginning, but in combination with itself 11/11 symbolizes terrestrial/extraterrestrial connection, Earth/Heaven, Yin/Yang, balance, quantum number. All-in-One, All-is-One. Will it make the number 11/11 more powerful with every repetition, yes only in quantity, it could continue to clone itself to infinity but the first three combinations are 1, 11, 11/11, the ultimate beginning and the ultimate completion.

This song is dedicated to the forgotten genius, Giordano Bruno, who was murdered by the cruel hand of the church. Before he was brutally burned alive, he was imprisoned and tortured for eight years during the inquisition. Giordano was a progressive thinker, centuries ahead of his time. He doesn’t get enough credit for his tremendous work and contribution. Sometimes I feel that I was born in the wrong time and in a wrong place; that is, until Giordano comes to mind, then I think how lucky I am. Tragically, the books of Giordano’s philosophies suffered the same fate as he did himself. But not all vanished in a fire of ignorance. To think, that even before the telescope was invented, Giordano stared up into a starry sky and he knew then what has only recently been "discovered." Giordano Bruno… for his theories he was laughed at, ridiculed and eventually murdered. The backward and narrow-minded leaders of the church obviously were too dumb to know that Giordano’s philosophies and teachings did not diminish God, but, in fact, added to the eminence of the "creator." Giordano said: "The God is glorified not in one but countless suns, not in a single Earth, a single world but in a thousand, thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds." "The countless worlds in the Universe are no worse, no less habitable than our Earth. Destroy the theories that the Earth is the center of the Universe." "The Earth was not the only world God created. Every star has a planet, every planet teams with life."

Giordano    August 13, 2002   You searched for that star No matter where you are now You’re the brightest star Heart and soul   The church burned your flesh But your noble name For centuries will be alive As an eternal flame   Do you know Bruno, do you know Bruno? Thank you Giordano, Thank you Giordano!   You were murdered by the evil hand Of ignorance and lie You’ve died for the truth And it wasn’t time to die   I am you and you are me Together one day we will be A newborn constellation Of Eternity   Do you know Bruno, do you know Bruno? Thank you Giordano, Thank you Giordano!

Garden of Stars  June 1, 2003   In the garden of stars I observe and wonder In the darkness of the night Waiting for that thunder   Searching for the light Will I see your might? On black velvet sky Heavenly delight   Still I hear no sound But the trees haunting whisper And the song of the crickets Somewhere in the distance   So I closed my eyes And then I kissed her, The planet of hope and truth Love and peace and wisdom

They Are  June 16, 2004   So there, somewhere, Up there they are, Upon the invisible star They are, Upon the unapproachable Time and space, Untouchable place… They are   So give me the answer Show me the sign, Free over-time working Mind of mine, Open the windows Of truth to face, For all human race Oh what a waste!