Eric V Stein
BIOGRAPHY
Eric V. Stein hails from a long line of classically trained musicians and composers from Ukraine and more recently, Kansas.

Having explored and performed many styles of music, Eric developed his own flair for music drawing from elements of jazz, fusion, rock, blues, soul, R&B, classical, the rhythms of unbalanced and balanced tires and the like. To quote Duke Ellington, "There are two kinds of music, the good kind and the other kind. I like both." Eric's take on this is "If the music, good or the other kind moves you, it's doing what it's supposed to do."

Eric welcomes mistakes in art and in life. He believes that by making a "mistake" in music improvisation and composition, for example, it introduces one to a world of ideas that one would not have been exposed to had the "mistake" not been made. He asserts "Just keep an open mind. The ideas are out there for every one to use. Just channel them, let them happen, and stay out of the way." 

So there are no mistakes. Only doors to new rooms.

Eric has been involved in the music and media industry for many years. His experience ranges from international tours with major recording artists to composing and producing music for major Los Angeles advertising agencies. Some of his current projects include www.EricSteinMedia.com, a website dedicated to providing music, voice over and video for websites and internet applications, as well as more traditional mediums such as television and radio. 

Eric is also a creative consultant for www.SteinBrothersMusic.com, a company that assists artists in writing, arranging, recording, producing and realizing their musical visions. www.SteinBrothersMusic.com also operates an internet based virtual music school at www.OnlineMusicInstitute.com as well as other web sites dedicated to advance artistic careers.

Eric also writes & collaborates with Mahvash Azhir, a gifted actress / singer, writer and fellow artist. Their discovery of an alluring musical style speaks a universal language encouraging a  myriad of emotions and captivating hearts from numerous cultures and backgrounds. For more information and current CD's available, please visit www.MahvashAzhir.com. 

Eric also writes & collaborates with his brother Ray Stein. Collectively, they have developed an aggressive, "In Your Face" style of music that is sure to leave people energized and ready to take on the world. For more information and current CD's available, please visit www.RaySteinMedia.com

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"Ritual Mind Dance" by Eric V. Stein

Cinematic, thematic, epic soundtracks for life while awake, asleep and living alternate realities...
Genre: Jazzy, Sountrack,  Avant Garde, Mixed Media
Release Date: 1999

Recommended if You Like
E.S. Posthumus, Mussorgsky, Late Instrumental Steely Dan, Warner Brothers, Sony, MGM...

Available for download on: 
www.amazon.com
www.apple.com/itunes/
www.emusic.com
https://play.google.com/
www.cdbaby.com
and other online music download sites

and for streaming on:
www.rhapsody.com
www.xbox.com
www.rdio.com
www.spotify.com
and other online music streaming sites

Album Notes
Regarding RITUAL MIND DANCE:

A blend of music sans vocals depicting diverse tonal impressions for use in all aspects of life and media.

Suitable for The sublime:
soundtracks, television, websites, film end credits, film trailers

And the ridiculous:
travel trailers, elevators, grain elevators, Antarctic beach parties, concrete volleyball spiking ad infinitum...

Everyone has rituals that are constantly performed. As per Wikipedia, “in psychology, the term ritual is sometimes used in a technical sense for a repetitive behavior systematically used by a person to neutralize or prevent anxiety.” In these times, who can't appreciate non substance abusive techniques to neutralize or prevent anxiety? 

Rituals can include the performance of special music, songs or dances, and since all rituals begin in the mind, the title for the album, RITUAL MIND DANCE, appears to be relevant. 

RITUAL MIND DANCE can be a process of placing events from an otherwise upside down world a into a perspective that turn that world somewhat right side up.

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Credits and notes on RITUAL MIND DANCE:

Track Lengths:
1. Rite of Passage - 07:52 
2. Sorry for What? - 04:54 
3. Walking on Clouds - 05:50 
4. Big Stick - 05:43 
5. After the Storm - 06:23 
6. Theme from "Charlie Black" - 04:37 
7. Test This - 06:52 
8. Dream Sequence Won - 07:43 
9. Dream Sequence Too - 04:54 
Total Time: 54:49 

Credits:
* Raphael "Ray" Stein: co-writer tracks 1, 2, 4
* Raphael "Ray" Stein: additional keyboards tracks 1, 2, 4
* Raphael "Ray" Stein: F# minor piano solo track 7

Stein Brothers String Section:
* Edmund Stein, violins and Rudolph Stein, celli, tracks 2, 3, 5, 8

* Paul Sundfor: Alto Sax, tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8

All tracks composed, arranged, performed, recorded and produced by Eric V. Stein except where indicated by an asterisk (*).

Many Thanks To:
Erasmus "Eric" Stein, Valentine Stein, Raphael “Ray” Stein, Victor Stein, Alexander Stein, Valentina Stein, Edmund Stein, Rudolph Stein, Derek Stein, Adele Stein, Mahvash Azhir and of course all extended family members including those associated with The Ralph Avenue Art Appreciation and Advancement of Benevolence  Center

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