Beyond Passion a remarkable release by German born composer Sky. Voted in the top 10 releases of the year in 1990 in Canada and Musical Starstreams in the USA. Instrumentation on Beyond Passion grand piano, violin, cello, voice, drums, tibetan bowls, crystal bowls, classical guitar, synthesizer and electric guitar. Beyond Passion came together fluidly. David Zoeckler was playing the cello again like he did on "Born in Silence." This time I decided to record in a professional studio and with the help of a co-producer. I had heard about Warren Dennis who was also working with Constance Demby, who created "Novus Magnificat" a milestone album in the space music genre. Constance and I were living in the same town by then and were to become friends down the road. I made some soundtrack recordings for 'Moment in Time.' My friend Om, who was working on his CD "Earth Awakening" and me went to record school children. We could sit in during class and record. The children on 'Moment in Time' were playing catch during recess and you can hear the bells from the church nearby. A moment in time. Warren knew a lot of musicians and I made contact with David Ballakrishnan, who plays the violin with the "Turtle Island Quartet" and is now a composer in residence at the Nashville Orchestra. Herbert Waltl played the piano on 'God of Thunder.' He is winner of two Grammys for producing Ray Charles, "Genius Loves Company." As musician he recorded over fifty classical piano works mostly of Beethoven. Evelyn Pontonio added vocals. Terry Lee plays drums. Marco Zonka plays tablas and drums. We were born on the same day and in the same year. Marco studied with Ali Akhar Khan at the college just around the corner. We met through a friend of mine. It is uncanny how many parallels we have. When we were fifteen, for example, we both hitchhiked through the lands. Marco was dressed up in Lederhosen hitching through the United States and I, dressed up in shorts, tails, bow tie and top hat, hitched through Europe. Both of us ended up in Fairfax, California, playing music. Beyond Passion was a hit for me. It made it to the Top Ten New Age albums in Canada and to the Top Twenty on Musical Starstreams.