I had the pleasure of working with Anastasiya Ihnatovich. Her piano pieces are an example of simplicity and expressiveness. And that in a musically very original way.
Anastasiya Ihnatovich: composition and piano playing
Ad van Nederpelt: arrangement, mix and master

Time Labs 5 (Collab with Anastasiya Ihnatovich and Ad van Nederpelt)

Thank you for visiting my site. Firstly, thank you so much for your kindness and your support for this music. It means the world! 

I’m an independent label and artist composing cinematic electronic music since 2005 through my label, Indigo World Productions. I’m self-taught with very little formal training, and do not read or write music.  As such my compositions are inspired by a vast range of feelings and visualizations.

From the start I’ve been inspired by film scores from brilliant composers including John Williams, Vangelis, Ennio Morricone, and Hans Zimmer. The music I create is emotive with minimal engineering to preserve the essence of the composition. No AI is used in my music.

Indigo World Productions is an independent publisher label cleared and registered through ASCAP'S DART Claim Publisher Members and Affiliated Foreign Societies in 2005. All of my works are registered through ASCAP as a publisher and writer member.

Thank you so much for listening, and I hope this music in some way brightens your day!

Follow me on Spotify if you like ...
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2f6Z27ZJdA6TfuXq6PZgwW

Warmest Regards,
David De Michele

I love the challenge of creating a new piece of music from photographs and memories. I enjoy putting my thoughts into creating music. 
If my music can help someone, somewhere in the world forget their worries  it would make me happy.
Most of my compositions are created on my Yamaha DGX-650. Most recent works were created on a Yamaha CVP-805.
Let music be your escape.
My music can also be heard on SPOTIFY

I am a composer and producer of instrumental music in several genres, including ambient soundscapes, electronica, orchestral and chamber music.  

Musical influences include John Coltrane, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Holst, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Tangerine Dream, Robert Prince, Frank Zappa, Brian Eno, Heinrich Ignaz, Franz von Biber.

My Method of Composing and Producing
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I'm sharing my method of composing and producing music recordings in case other composer-producers like me might find ideas worth exploring in their own work. I use this method for Classical, Avant-Pop or Neo-Folk Instrumental genres, not for Ambient and Soundscape pieces. Non-composers might find this explanation interesting, but having a bit of music theory background will definitely help. I consider myself a humble learner when it comes to music theory. 

I owe a debt of gratitude to British musician and educator Gareth Green, whose Music Matters online courses and free YouTube lessons have taught me so much over the past few years. Thanks to his instruction, I’ve moved from struggling to compose music by trial and error to something more enjoyable and productive. The knowledge I've gained has taken my work in new and expanding directions. As the saying goes, “Theory is not a cage — it’s a map. It doesn’t make the journey for you, but it keeps you from getting lost.” 

When I start a new piece, I begin by choosing a key, and picking a scale drawn from one of these sources:
 
1) Western Tonal / Functional Harmony - major or minor chords I II III IV V VI VII
2) Modal Harmony - Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, etc.
3) Slonimsky's "Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns" 
4) Messiaen’s "Seven Modes of Limited Transposition" 

For many pieces, I also decide on a progression, one as a simple as I IV V, or something more elaborate.  

Next I create a "scales and progressions" piano track in my DAW (digital audio workstation software) and enter the chords I to VII in my chosen key. These harmonized scales serve as a basis for writing multipart harmonies and finding pivot chords for key modulations. 

At the start, I know what instruments I want to use, making adjustments along the way. I tend to write chord parts first, then melodies created through a mix of improvisation and direct input in the DAW. Sometimes I start with a melody.

I develop melodies and variations of a phrase by some combination of: a) passing it from one instrument to another, transposing it by an interval that sounds pleasing, b) reversing it, c) inverting it around the tonic (first) note of the scale. These are well-known methods. 

After completing a section, I choose another scale and maybe a new key and repeat the process until I have a draft of the entire piece. Then I export a recording and listen to it “offline”, take notes of errors and new ideas, and incorporate them back into the piece. Often this “compose / listen / compose” cycle is repeated many times. These iterative cycles include adding new ideas, polishing transitions between sections, changing the arrangement, and incorporating expressive details like accents, and articulations (staccato, sustain, portato etc.). I’m often working several different pieces at once. 

Last is mixing and mastering: balancing the loudness between instruments and adjusting elements like reverb, compression, and equalization. I tend to mix as I compose, even though many producers frown on that approach. I find mixing as I go helps me envision the completed piece and make adjustments to the choice of instruments; it self-inspires me when the piece is starting to sound good.  At the end I do a final mix, but as the saying goes, “A mix is never finished — it’s surrendered.”

In the end, this method gives me a basis for exploration and creativity and helps me stay focused. The goal is always to make a piece of music that feels expressive, cohesive, and emotionally resonant.

Composer/Producer from the Netherlands with a great love for synths, jazz and filmscores.
Always looking to combine these things in my productions.

Big inspirations are:
Ennio Morricone, James Jamerson, Herbie Hancock, Nine Inch Nails, Paul McCartney, Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, James Newton Howard, Edward Elgar, igor stravinsky, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, David Bowie

Actually I am a piano-musician by profession, but I discovered the huge possibilities of music designing with a computer.  I like to compose in very different styles like classical, pop, filmmusic, hardrock, synth rock, jazz, tango, etc. I hope you'll enjoy it and I do appreciate practical, and especially serious criticism as well.
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
-Albert Einstein

The aim is simply to combine diverse interests, influences and see where the ideas and the music lead. 

Apparition is the 5th album in this ongoing experiment and all pieces are available freely on Bandcamp (https://chimeramonde.bandcamp.com/album/apparition).Many are available here on SoundCloud.  I hope you like the sound.

Le but est simplement de combiner divers intérêts, influences et de voir où mènent les idées et la musique. 

Apparition est le 5ème album de cette expérience en cours et tous les morceaux sont disponibles gratuitement sur Bandcamp (https://chimeramonde.bandcamp.com/album/apparition). Beaucoup sont disponibles ici sur SoundCloud. J'espère que le son vous plaira.

Lifelong keyboard player and composer and synth programmer. Perhaps, I hear things just a little differently...