Stillpoint is the moment between thoughts, when all mental chatter ceases and the clarity of absolute mind emerges from within. Stillpoint is also an album of original music and a book of short stories from Latin Grammy-winning producer, writer, and composer Barrett Martin. Building on his previous two books that also come with a musical soundtrack (The Singing Earth 2017, The Way Of The Zen Cowboy 2019), Stillpoint is a stand alone studio album, but also serves as the soundtrack for Barrett’s 3rd book in the series, Stillpoint: Reflections From A Year On The Cliff. Both the book and the album were written and recorded during a calendar year between 2019-2020, when Barrett and his percussionist wife lived in a remote cliff house inside a wildlife refuge overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, between Washington State and British Columbia. It’s a region where Barrett grew up and locals refer to as Cascadia, a wild and dramatic place with fierce storms, enchanting forests, and magical animals: bald eagles, ravens, hawks, screech owls, coyotes, raccoons, deer, bats, and the odd multicolored snake, are just some of the many creatures that reside in Cascadia and inspire the songs from the album, and the stories in the book. This is Barrett's first all-acoustic album, featuring piano, upright bass, vibraphone, drums, trumpet, exotic percussion, and voice as a harmonic instrument. Dave Carter added the beautiful trumpet solos and Lisette Garcia contributed percussion.