Instrumental

2CAudio B2

Andrew Souter

touching

Piano

L'eau

Reading

All of Me

All Of Me

Christina Perri - Arms

It was seemingly a late Autumn season this year and the leaves held on to their branches a little longer than average this turn of the wheel. I watched as the final remaining members of the deciduous resistance proudly held their ground and clung to their branches, while the wind tried to seduce them to give up their futile attempt at immortality and surrender to the inevitable.  In bold defiance they refused and proudly flew their colorful flags of deep crimson, rust orange, and a shade of yellow so ineffably deep it does not even bare a name. They danced gallantly and gracefully with the wind as they moved in asymmetrical rhythms and flowing tempos - the mathematics of which seemingly beyond human intelligence, boarding on the divine. The eb and flow of the motion together with the beams of sunlight that would burst through the branches and cast a glimmering shimmer onto everything was truly an epically cinematic sight to behold! If I were a cinematographer this is what I would film.  As I am only a composer, I did the best I could with the tools available to my disposal...  I hope you may enjoy it...

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"Autumn Rains" is the second installment in a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This trio represents Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may help you on your journey, as it has us...

"Autumn Rains" is music inspired by the spirit of Agape. It is an album dedicated to the concept of spiritual love and universal compassion clothed in the metaphor of transcendental natural beauty. It is an album that simultaneously expresses deep love for both the creator as well as the creation. It is said God gave us music so that we could pray without words. It could be added that nature was provided as an example of exactly how to do this effectively. In this spirit, Autumn Rains is a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to learn from the natural beauty of this world, and an expression of a sense of respect for the inescapable universal equality that nature imposes. It humbly attempts to capture deep feelings of awe, granduer, idealism, and a belief in the innate goodness of the world even when we all face exceptionally hard lessons.

Andrew Souter -- The Wind Whispers To The Trees


December is a special time of year for most of the world. As children we look forward to it with eager anticipation of all of the shiny new toys and presets we will get this season.  As adults our priorities hopefully shift some and we worry more about the gift of giving than the act of receiving.  We imagine making friends and loved-ones, new ones as well as old, happy in some small way. We envision participating with them in their life for a moment or two and sharing some form of intimacy.  We celebrate the opportunity to give love with the intention of building lasting relationships, and if we are wise enough, we let go of expectations of immediate reciprocation and realize the act of giving is itself its own reward...

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"Autumn Rains" is the second installment in a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This trio represents Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may help you on your journey, as it has us...

"Autumn Rains" is music inspired by the spirit of Agape. It is an album dedicated to the concept of spiritual love and universal compassion clothed in the metaphor of transcendental natural beauty. It is an album that simultaneously expresses deep love for both the creator as well as the creation. It is said God gave us music so that we could pray without words. It could be added that nature was provided as an example of exactly how to do this effectively. In this spirit, Autumn Rains is a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to learn from the natural beauty of this world, and an expression of a sense of respect for the inescapable universal equality that nature imposes. It humbly attempts to capture deep feelings of awe, granduer, idealism, and a belief in the innate goodness of the world even when we all face exceptionally hard lessons.

Autumn Rains

Waiting For December

Andrew Souter -- Waiting For December

Christina Perri - Human [ Clear Version ]

To have a muse, in person or in spirit, is an artist's greatest yet most fickle gift. This closes the loop, completing a set of 3. 

The Muse: http://soundcloud.com/oliversadie/the-muse
The Muse II: http://soundcloud.com/oliversadie/the-muse-ii

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Photograph © 2012-2013 <a href=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=532762340073690&set=pb.156806751002586.-2207520000.1370912183.&type=3&theater>Cap Photography</A>.

Support Artist

The Muse III

This set contains sounds from 8Dio Claire Oboe Virtuoso - a music software (VST) symphonic instrument featuring a highly playable and expressive solo Oboe - exclusively available at www.8dio.com

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8Dio Claire Oboe Virtuoso: "In Aeternum" by Ivan Torrent

Music: Johannes Brahms
Arrangement & Vocal: Hani Niroo
Vocal: Shahrzad Beheshtian

لالایی/کودکانه

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Korablove - Frosty Morning

The Moon Song (Music From The Motion Picture Her)
Artist: Karen O featuring Ezra Koenig (from Vampire Weekend)

available now!
http://smarturl.it/hermoon?IQid=sc

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The Moon Song (Studio Version Duet) - Karen O featuring Ezra Koenig

For fun...  a live recording of a piece I wrote many years ago around 18 years of age or so...

Recorded in 1998 in an empty church on the campus of the University of Southern California, where I was in the habit of going late at night to compose and practice.  (They had a great Yamaha C7.)   This seemed to me a much better use of time than the normal college stuff like keg parties, etc.  Don't be afraid to follow your dreams.  You never know where they might lead!

...not completely up to my 2014 standards, but a nice composition IMHO nonetheless, and sometimes there is something slightly magical in all the little imperfections in live recordings even if they are not the best fidelity or most impeccable performance.  I intend to re-record it sometime.

...thought I would share...  hope you enjoy.

Thanks to The Piano Cloud for featuring this on their excellent community site:

http://thepianocloud.com/2014/03/11/andrew-souter-revisits-his-past/

A true honor!



Andrew Souter -- Anastasia (Live 1998)

أغنية ماليش أمل
ألحان : محمد عبد الوهاب كلمات : حسين السيد
غناء : ريم عز الدين
رؤية وتوزيع : محمد العشي
من مشروع موزيكانتي (Muzikanti)

ماليش أمل - ألحان محمد عبد الوهاب - كلمات حسين السيد - غناء ريم عز الدين - رؤية وتوزيع محمد العشي

It's always pure magic when nature creates abstract art using only water, air, and sunlight. There is really some epic beauty to be found in nature, even in the simplest and most humble things. What a wonderful gift we have all been given to be a part of this world. I hope we all learn to value it as deeply as we should, and protect it for future generations...

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"Autumn Rains" is the second installment in a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This trio represents Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may help you on your journey, as it has us...

"Autumn Rains" is music inspired by the spirit of Agape. It is an album dedicated to the concept of spiritual love and universal compassion clothed in the metaphor of transcendental natural beauty. It is an album that simultaneously expresses deep love for both the creator as well as the creation. It is said God gave us music so that we could pray without words. It could be added that nature was provided as an example of exactly how to do this effectively. In this spirit, Autumn Rains is a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to learn from the natural beauty of this world, and an expression of a sense of respect for the inescapable universal equality that nature imposes. It humbly attempts to capture deep feelings of awe, granduer, idealism, and a belief in the innate goodness of the world even when we all face exceptionally hard lessons.

Andrew Souter -- Melting Icicles

A collage highlights overview of The Idea Of You album, providing 0:45 to 1:30 or so of each track on the album.

The full album is now available now on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-idea-of-you/id854783736

Full album Info, longer previews (full song in several cases), and new web site:

http://www.galbanum.com/music/theideaofyou

New Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti-GfCM5-zk

(BTW: all the individual tracks found in the album playlist and uploaded previously here, were replaced with re-recorded versions from Jan 2014, so you can hear longer clips of the final versions and sometimes the full song in the playlist as well.  ...or stream from the player on the new web site...)

Sheet music will be available soon as well.

"The Idea Of You" is the first of a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may it help you on your journey, as it has us...

"The Idea Of You" is music inspired by the spirit of Eros and all of its blessings as well as its tribulations. It explores the vicissitudes of romantic love, the delicate seasons and contour of life, and all the lessons learned along the way. Themes of desire, passion, limerence, romantic love, idolatry, jealousy, envy, loss, regret, forgiveness, acknowledgment, appreciation, acceptance, and eventually glimpses of true understanding permeate the work. It attempts to communicate that which so many of us can never quite communicate properly with words. It is an open apology for the clumsy mistakes we all make when coming to maturity in learning how to care selflessly for another human being. It is a gentle reminder as to what is most important in life, as well as an invocation to continuously seek self-improvement regarding our understanding of such matters.

Andrew Souter -- The Idea Of You Album Overview (Available Now)

A new joyous composition composed, performed, and recorded the last week of April 2014.

Inspired by the beauty, grace, wisdom, and simple pleasure of the feminine spirit and the joy of spring.

I am doing an experiment with this one.  It is only a few days old -- literally completed yesterday -- but as it is a timely song and this is the perfect season for it, I have made it available immediately on iTunes.   If this proves to be a popular decision I will do this for future songs as well.

Special thanks to all of the wonderful women in all of our lives: our mothers, our sisters, our wives, our girlfriends, our female friends...  You all make the world a better place with your kindness!

Photo Credits:
Loredana Maria Pricopie: Model, http://dailylook.ro
Dragos Asaftei: Photographer, http://www.dragosasaftei.ro

Andrew Souter -- Sundress

Christina Perri - Distance

It was sort of a gloomy day weather-wise yesterday, so I took an excursion into pure minimalism.  :)

Thoughts?

Andrew Souter -- Missing You

Dedicated to my friend Michel.
I know these are "strange" days, so I hope to color a little bit your life my friend.
My best wishes

Spotify

Color Your Life, Yellow - Piano Solo (7/8) - Dedicated to Michel Martineau.

Official Remix for the FLA remix record "Echos". Get it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/echoes-deluxe/id838669157

FrontLineAssembly Leveled (Retrovirus Mix)

You can buy this song from my website.(Need Paypal account)
https://www.replusmusic.com/disc

Anima.

The Path. The Heart Decides - Nocturne, 03 Jun - Piano Solo

"Let me admonish you, first of all, to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those most sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God without mediator or veil."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Divinity School Address

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"Autumn Rains" is the second installment in a trio of neoclassical solo piano albums composed, performed, and produced by Andrew Souter. These projects have been two decades in the making and represent a return to traditional music composition, engaging song-writing, and the pure passion of emotional story-telling. This trio represents Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may help you on your journey, as it has us...

"Autumn Rains" is music inspired by the spirit of Agape. It is an album dedicated to the concept of spiritual love and universal compassion clothed in the metaphor of transcendental natural beauty. It is an album that simultaneously expresses deep love for both the creator as well as the creation. It is said God gave us music so that we could pray without words. It could be added that nature was provided as an example of exactly how to do this effectively. In this spirit, Autumn Rains is a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to learn from the natural beauty of this world, and an expression of a sense of respect for the inescapable universal equality that nature imposes. It humbly attempts to capture deep feelings of awe, granduer, idealism, and a belief in the innate goodness of the world even when we all face exceptionally hard lessons.


Andrew Souter -- Benevolent Force

Music by Rob Simonsen for the feature film All Good Things.  Starring Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling.

The Apartment

The Abortion

All Good Things Main Title

Katie Has a Plan

Luxor Suite

Remixing a part of my composition Windschatten for symphony orchestra and Flugelhorn, recorded with 2 microphones during a rehearsal in a very dry rehearsal studio in the Hamburg opera, remixed adding some B2 reverb.

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Windschatten - Orchestral Work - Remixed Rehearsal Excerpt

A track composed for the Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies campaign.  It was so much fun to have the opportunity to put my own spin on Howard Shore's beautiful themes.

Check out a "Behind the Scenes" video here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1gMpxkVY0

Published by ReallySlowMotion

Armies Dragons and Rings - Blakus / The Hobbit 3 Campaign - RSM

Trascrizione per organetto (21+8) di Gianni Ventola Danese.

Brano compreso nel catalogo delle lezioni del Corso Multimediale Online di organetto.

www.organetto.name

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Transcription for diatonic accordion (21+8)by Gianni Ventola Danese

This tune online video lesson is available in the Diatonic Accordion Online Multimedia Course by "Accordion Academy"

www.organetto.name

La foule - Edith Piaf

Fully isolated Music from the 101 Trailer!

Deus Ex Mankind Divded 101 Trailer Music

Recorded at Barbican Hall on 20th October 2012
Recorded by BBC Radio 3 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)

Armellodie Live at Barbican Hall performed by Chilly Gonzales accompanied by BBC Symphony Orchestra

I create things.  Musical things...  Technological things...

Production of my third solo piano album to complete the trilogy is underway now! Stay tuned...

If you enjoy the music please support via Apple Music, Spotify, or other streaming/download service. My music is also available directly from my company web-store in uncompressed WAV format as well if you prefer:

http://www.designersound.com/

My other job is co-founder and primary algorithm designer of 2CAudio.  We make some pretty cool stuff for the pro audio software community including some of the best reverbs on the planet, which you are hearing in all of my personal work here too of course.

http://www.2caudio.com
http://galbanum.com/about/people/

Thanks for all of your kind words and support!