In existence there are ideal forms and there are imperfect manifestations of these forms.  It is a matter of philosophy which is more real to us in our experience of the world:  the perfect idealized form of an apple, or the imperfect manifestation of this form that is said to "participate in apple-ness".  In fact we don't ever see the real idealized form of an object or an idea. It is as if, as Plato said, we are prisoners of a cave, where the objective form sits outside the cave and casts shadows on the interior wall of the cave.  We see only these shadows that are subject to the limitations of our perception and influenced by the collection of our emotional beliefs and past experiences.  More abstractly, these shadows may represet a potential relationship, any of our desires or goals, our self image, or a myriad of any possible other more mundane things. We reach towards these shadows trying to understand as best we can, trying to refine them to be one step closer to perfection.  Sometimes magic happens here. Other times it does not.  Sometimes we fail to realize when it has happened.  Other times we fool ourselves into believing it has happened when it has not. The best we can hope for is to remain humble and patient, and continue to believe our perception will eventually converge with reality if we continue growing and reaching for shadows...

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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 -- Reaching For Shadows

"Have patience with all things, but, first of all, with yourself." - Saint Francis de Sales
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another live take I did whilst preparing myself for a studio session this summer....

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A little piece inspired by Vangelis Prelude, hope you like it <3

You Have Been In Here All Day

A day in May... the birds are singing in the trees and a little melody is dancing through my head... Listen end enjoy my relaxing track "MAI IMPROVISATION".

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Maiimprovisation

Composer: Sergey Lyapunov
Title: Douze études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: III. Paysage
Composed: 1851
Performer: Justin Towson – piano

Liszt - Douze études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: III. Paysage

Hi all,

Just for fun I thought I'd upload an instrumental version of this track.  You can hear the original here... https://soundcloud.com/edhaydon/one-of-the-stars-ft-izi-thomas

I recorded my Yamaha piano onto tape using two Rode NT5 mics and a Revox B77 tape recorder.  The strings are a combination of Native Instruments and Spitfire Albion.

Please feel free to download this track - and like/repost at the same time! The download is CD quality (44.1kHz/16bit). Thanks :)

I'd also be happy if anyone wanted to have a go at creating their own version of this track by adding their own vocals and/or instruments.  Lyrics are available if you follow the above link.

I hope you like this version.

One Of The Stars (instrumental) - free to download

A collaboration between David Hollandsworth & myself, the original piece "Gray Skies" was for piano solo, I added all the orchestral parts. © 2017 Dominique Charpentier & David Hollandsworth. All rights reserved
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You can listen to the original piece here: 
https://soundcloud.com/davidhollandsworth/gray-skies

Gray Skies - David Hollandsworth // Orchestral Rework

Mehtab Extended1.2

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

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