I recorded the main melody structure in one take, and then created
other tracks over it, adding harp, strings, and also a counterpoint melody on flute.    

I find this piece hypnotic, and I can listen to it over and over again, like the way a mantra is repeated in meditation.  My friends have said that even their road rage is calmed by listening to this piece.  The rhythm used is in a time signature that has three beats to a measure (like a waltz) and produces a sound that is in continuous motion, much like the waves of the ocean.  

I named it "Song of the Siren" because I have always been fascinated by the idea of music so compelling that it draws the listener into it both deeply and intensely; such that all else is forgotten.  Within the myth of the Sirens is the idea that this kind of beauty is also a bit dangerous to behold, and yet even more compelling because of the thrill of that danger, and the possibility that you would not want to escape, even if you could.