Brian Crain

Hi All,

This is a re-made version of my track Hope, which has been extended, features a new middle section and incorporates a full string ensemble.  

My debut album "Heart Strings" is now available on iTunes...https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heart-strings/id989429326

If you like this track, please follow me on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/EdHaydonMusician

I hope you enjoy this version - please let me know what you think. Thanks for all your support :)

Ed

Hope

Brian Crain - Pastel Garden

Brian Crain Moonlit Shore

Brian Crain - Softness and Light

Spotify: sptfy.com/93U
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/album/id1064667349
Facebook: fb.me/ZilnikMilana
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Another piano improvisation that is based on Arty's motif. We decided to offer it for you to remix, arrange or orchestrate. You may download this file or download the following archive:

http://www.milana.ws/audio/milana_moonlight_stroll.zip (54Mb)

that includes both this version and quantized version (90bpm) with both WAV and MIDI files.

Use your imagination :) You shouldn't follow the original piano as-is but as well can cut parts of the MIDI, leaving some connection to the original, e.g. by incorporating the same motif.

At the end I will choose the most unique and intriguing arrangements and send them to my publisher for commercial licensing - of course, upon mutual agreement about the split with the arranger :)

Here is the list of all the current mixes, which are publicly available on SC:
https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/sets/moonlight-stroll-open


Moonlight Stroll - Milana - on iTunes, Spotify - Open Collaboration!

Video Announcement: https://youtu.be/vrAFGT4G7Dk
Spotify: http://sptfy.com/1KDy
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/una-corda-fantasia/id1083953221
(For open collaboration details - read below)

Last summer I had the exciting privilege to meet a very special person - David Klavins (@ThePianoGuy), the creator of two unique pianos: The Giant and Una Corda. A gentle power and a shimmering dream. An old wise ocean and a sweet youthful fantasia. Northern Lights and Eternal Rainbow. I am trying to find the right words to express it as I literally got lost when I touched The Giant and Una Corda. I was trapped in the fairy tale where elves are playing their magical harps in a Shimmering Forest.

When I came back to reality, the enchantment followed me all the way home and I let it touch the keys and create its magic, loving and improvisational, romantic and jazzy. This is how Una Corda Fantasia album was born. For you to listen and enjoy the dream.

- iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/una-corda-fantasia/id1083953221
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BPQT5DA
- BandCamp: https://milana.bandcamp.com/album/una-corda-fantasia

These days David is building the new Giant (http://klavins-pianos.com/b/mod450_en.htm), a new incredible piano. You can be a part of it by buying “Una Corda Fantasia” - all the proceeds from the online sales will be donated to support the creation of the new Giant. Thank you and enjoy the music! 

You can download this track (60 bpm) and remix, arrange, orchestrate it in any way you want. Please, drop me a message with the link to your version and I will add it to the playlist with all the versions of this track:

https://soundcloud.com/milanazilnik/sets/let-me-tell-you-a-story-open

 Please, include the link back to this track in the description of your version, so others can discover it as well and support the creation of the new Giant.

If you want the original MIDI, you can download the WAV with the MIDI over here:
http://www.milana.ws/audio/milana_una_corda_fantasia_let_me_tell_you_a_story.zip

Let Me Tell You A Story - Una Corda Fantasia - New Album and Open Collaboration!

Artist : Ed Carlsen
Track : Rain
Album : The Journey Tapes

CD/Digital : https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-journey-tapes
iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-journey-tapes/id1146407663
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/4Zc9a61Q9FptcK43dZ2XAx

Ed Carlsen - Rain
Composed/Produced by Ed Carlsen
Ed Carlsen: piano, electric guitar
Bryony James: cello
Sophie Ryan: violin
Mastered by Francesco Donadello at Calyx Mastering Berlin

The Journey Tapes

Buy CD/DL

Ed Carlsen - Rain

Some of the songs are featuring Cello & Piano others just fir the new age piano category. I'll keep updating as I go along. This entire set is by Brian Crain except the last two. Those are by Phillip Wesley

Go here to listen to even more of his songs and albums and I can get the song for you. Most of them I already got though.

http://www.briancrain.com/newpages/PCDuet1.html


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Brian Crain - Imagining

Brian Crain - Snow

I've created this page just to show my support and spread the word about this very talented and creative pianist. 

Brian was born in Hollywood, California. He has been composing music as long as he can remember. Family members tell him that when he was very young he began whistling nearly all the time. When someone would ask what he was whistling, Brian would usually answer something like, "I don't know. I just made it up."

He was only six years old when his parents bought a baby grand piano, thinking that Brian's musical talents could use a more polished medium. But Brian continued to whistle his songs. He was not drawn to the keyboard.

When he was ten years old, Brian began taking piano lessons, but he soon became bored with the lessons. Besides, the piano took time away from his new passion, baseball. So he gave up the piano. His need to compose, however, would not be stopped. His friends would often hear him whistling his newest compositions during practice or games on the baseball diamond. At this young age, Brian was dreaming of becoming a professional baseball player while whistling his own songs.

When Brian was fifteen years old he began editing award-winning educational films. While he was still a teenager, he began doing sound on Hollywood films. At nineteen years of age, he built his own sound studio to complete the first feature-length film in Hollywood to be finished in R-DAT digital audio. Some of his technical innovations in post-production sound became standard Hollywood practice.

During this time Brian would occasionally sit down at that nearly forgotten piano. He would improvise at the keyboard, just as he had always improvised with his whistling, playing with the notes until something started sounding just right. He was, without realizing it, teaching himself to play the piano.

Also without intending to do it, Brian was training himself to compose at the piano. By his early twenties, he was composing songs for award-winning children's films. He was also still nurturing his dream of playing professional baseball, but after unsuccessful tryouts with professional teams, he sadly let that dream slip away.
It was during this time that his family suggested he record his personal piano works and release them on CD. He had never seriously considered recording for CD release, but when he recorded the first album, it was so well received that he now spends all his time composing and recording his own works. He continues to be encouraged by loyal fans who frequently tell him that his music has changed their lives. Now he jokes that the best thing that ever happened to him was not becoming a professional baseball player.

Brian's compositions Butterfly Waltz, Northern Lights, A Walk in the Forest and Lavender Hills are used as theme music and background music for television dramas and commercials in Asia. The use of Brian's music in this fashion has made him very popular in all of Asia.

In 2005 Brian composed his first two symphonies, entitled Spring Symphonies, which were recorded with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Brian debuted these symphonies with the Dakota Symphony Orchestra on Oct 8th 2005. He also performs regular piano concerts in Asia and the U.S. and is currently working on his eleventh album.

Brian Crain - Snow

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