savasana

classique

Game soundscape

Art of Piano

calmyourmind

clasic

Relax

Piano

cheerful

Piano and string quartet. This was written for the airbnb short film http://www.hollywoodandvines.com/, directed by Miles Jay.

Buy at Bandcamp

Journey Of A Paper Plane

Title: Cant Forgive 용서 못해 (Ballad) 
Album: Temptation of Wife / 아내의 유혹 / 妻子的誘惑 OST

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Cant Forgive 용서 못해 (Ballad)

Somehow familiar

Midsummer tiny song

My piano, the clouds

Empty room

Conversation with myself

Track from the musical project 'Woodwork' (2012) by the Danish recording artist So I'm An Islander. Go to So I'm An Islander's profile on Bandcamp to download the album for free: soimanislander.bandcamp.com/album/woodwork and join the So I'm An Islander facebook fanpage for more music, news and updates: www.facebook.com/pages/So-Im-... © Søren N. Jørgensen, Denmark.

The Silent Passing Of A Thousand Daffodils

short musical improvisation inspired by the lights from my wall/ lullaby

Lights

آلبوم گلبانگ شجریان
تصنیف مبتلا
آهنگساز: حسن یوسف زمانی

Golbang-e Shajarian
Tasnif-e Mobtala
Composer: Hasan Yusefzamani

Golbang–e Shajarian (Dowlat–e Eshq)

Tasnif-e Mobtala

Tasnif Mobtala/ Shajarian/ Hasan Yusefzamani

Beautiful Tango - Hindi Zahra

Rebirth

We already reached week #5! It means we are almost at the half of my project... this time, for the first time, i wrote and recorded a string quartet part together with my piano. I want to experiment in these months and so i am doing :)
Once again, the song is free to download.. please share it, if you think it is worth.

The original photo has been downloaded from here:
http://www.sxc.hu/profile/bjearwicke 
Then i edited it a little bit, but this is another story. 


Week #5

The Mist

S. Carey - Two Angles

from the 2012 album valtari. http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/valtari

ekki múkk

Slow ambient guitar / string pad cue with deep percussion hits  every 2 measures. An english horn and erhu violin create a hint of melody, almost like a distant voice. 

The Still

A slow ambient track with a descending padded string chord progression. An ebowed electric guitar provides gentle swells. The cue starts of minor and closes with a major chord. 

Falling

Irving Victoria - Dreams of you

September 20th marks the 30th birthday of Berlin pianist Nils Frahm, but also the day he has chosen to give his fans a special gift in the form of 9 songs he recorded with 9 fingers, entitled 'Screws'.

Nils experienced an unfortunate accident which saw him fall from his bunk bed located directly above his studio, which resulted in a broken thumb. But through inspiration from his fans and after a gentle walk and talk through the park with a close friend, he decided to deal with the situation in the only way he knew – playing his piano.

With four screws surgically placed inside his thumb, he started recording with his remaining 9 fingers, what later resulted in 9 intimate piano recordings.

Fans can download 'Screws' as mp3s or in full 24-bit 44.100 kHz audio quality here (http://screws.durtonstudio.com), and pre-order a Vinyl/CD edition from the Erased Tapes online store (http://erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP046), which will be released later this year.

'I am sitting in front of a sheet of paper. My right hand is bending over my left thumb. The first day I got out of my cast I could bend it by 15°. Now I am already at 50° and that makes me happy. Things are going uphill...

As you can imagine, it is really bad news for a pianist when he gets diagnosed with a broken thumb. That day I was sitting in the emergency room, feeling rather dizzy while thinking of a zillion shows coming up and all the people involved around it. I realised in that moment how busy things have become. It is hard to turn down interesting projects and opportunities, since I surely love my work. It actually never felt like work. Playing piano and playing it for wonderful people is the greatest joy I can imagine.

For a couple of days I felt like this all could be over. How pathetic. But hey – also feeling sorry for yourself has its place somewhere. All of a sudden I had so much time, an unexpected holiday. I cancelled most of my schedule and found myself being a little bored. Even though my doctor told me not to touch a piano for a while, I just couldn't resist. I started playing a silent song with 4 fingers on my left and the remaining 5 on my right hand. I set up one microphone and recorded another tune every other night before falling asleep.

The day I got rid of my cast I had recorded 9 little tunes. They have helped me feel less annoyed about my accident and reminded me that any good is something I can only achieve, when I am making the most out of what I've got.

Thank you all for listening!

With lots of love,

Nils


9FINGERS North American Tour 2012

09/16 New York (US) – West Park Presbyterian Church 
09/21 Boulder (US) – Cherryvale Studios
09/22 Colorado Springs (US) – The Mesa
09/23 Santa Fe (US) – O'Shaughnessy Performance Space @ Santa Fe Uni
09/24 San Fransisco (US) – private show (RSVP only)
09/29 Seattle (US) – Decibel Festival @ Broadway Performance Hall
09/30 Portland (US) – Classic Pianos
10/03 Mexico City (MX) – Mutek

ERASED TAPES 5th Anniversary Tour w/ Ólafur Arnalds & A Winged Victory For The Sullen

10/08 HAMBURG (DE) – Fliegende Bauten
10/09 PRAGUE (CZ) – Palac Akropolis
10/10 BUDAPEST (HU) – Trafo
10/11 MANNHEIM (DE) – Alte Feuerwache
10/13-14 BERLIN (DE) – Radialsystem
10/15 AMSTERDAM (NL) – Paradiso
10/16-17 LEUVEN (BE) – Stuk
10/18 LONDON (UK) – Hackney Empire
10/19-20 ISTANBUL (TR) – Salon IKSV

PREVIOUS PRESS:

'No. 42 Best Albums Of 2011' -The Guardian
'Felt is a transportative album, a balm for troubled minds.' BBC Music
'Frahm’s hyper-intimate recording technique for the album makes Felt a captivating listen' (9/10) DIS

★ ★ ★ ★ – Popmatters ★ ★ ★ ★ – Uncut ★ ★ ★ ★ – Clash ★ ★ ★ ★ – Mojo

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: screws.durtonstudio.com · facebook.com/nilsfrahm · twitter.com/nilsfrahm · erasedtapes.com

Screws

Buy CD/LP/DL

Nils Frahm - Si

Taken from my Autumn Stories album, Digipack Edition.

Week #5 (Piano solo)

A classic Beatles tune done in Classical fashion......Enjoy!

Yesterday ~ Classical Variation

This is the previously unreleased track included in the benefit compilation "... and darkness came", curated by Headphone Commute for helping people affected by Hurricane Sandy. All the income generated from this release will be donated to Doctors without Borders and The Humane Society. 

You can buy it and contribute to the cause by checking:
www.headphonecommute.bandcamp.com

Fabrizio plays the piano.

Silvia Dal Paos: Cello
Chiara Spagnolo: Violin

Buy 

There's a light we might see

A petite (1st movement) version of this classic piece from J. Brahms

HUNGARIAN DANCE NO.4

Hungarian Dance #4 (petite arrangment) ~ Brahms

Piano Hook

Dirk Maassen composes wonderful short piano pieces inspired by contemporary composers such as Yann Tiersen and Ludovico Einaudi. 

I took on his invitation to record any of his piano pieces, and told him I would record 'Addio'... just to find out that there was no score! ... So after working directly with him the score was created and here is my take on it.

Reflections

Dirk Maassen: Addio

Music by Fabrizio Paterlini

Fabrizio plays the piano

Live electronics: London DC

Violin: Eugenio Gargiola
Cello: Silvia Dal Paos


My perfect time

This is a recording of a set of singing bowls.  The root bowl is C#, the Aum tone or Earth tone.  The other bowls are harmonized with the Chakras in this scale.

These types of singing bowls have been used since ancient times in meditations and healing work.  They are traditionally made with 7 metals representing the 7 planets that the tibetan monks were aware of at the time.  The bowls produce monaural beats and harmonic overtones that affect body and mind on a deep level.  The bowl set here is based on the Earth tone.  This is also known as "Om" and is the calculated sound signature of the Earth as it travels around the sun. In Indian music this is also called the Sadja. The corresponding bowls were matched according to the Chakra system in Ayurvedic medicine.  This also corresponds roughly with the western major scale.

BUY track: https://sonicyogi.com/track/1282599/root-chakra-tibetan-singing-bowls-with-nature-sounds
http://sonicyogi.com

Tibetan Singing Bowls - C# Root Chakra Earth Tone - Relaxation and Meditation

Tibetan Singing Bowls - Chakra Set C# Earth Tone

Everyone of us has some "unforgettables".... just close your eyes remember these and enjoy !

the beginning reminded me of an old U2 tune so the title has a second meaning also.... ;-)

Please support me on spotify: http://open.spotify.com/artist/758yIKdhJhWL6oTuTSFVV6

If you like my music please give me a smile and like my Facebook page :-): www.facebook.com/Dirk.Maassen.Music

watch my piano video clips at youtube: www.youtube.com/user/ascoltadi?feature

Dirk Maassen - The Unforgettable (please support and follow me on spotify)

Written By: Simon Salz
Performed by: Sean Myerovich

Romance of the Roses

Written by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by: Sean Myerovich

MOONLIGHT SONATA

Moonlight Sonata (Variation) ~ Beethoven

You've heard it before, just not on guitar! 

Written by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by: Sean Myerovich

RONDO ALLA TURCA

Rondo alla Turca ~ Mozart

This is another piano piece taken live from the streaming concert I made on April 22nd for celebrating the release of my new album "Now". 
It's a free download - enjoy and share!

Darkness is not the opposite of light (live)

Sepideh Raissadat recorded this album in 1999, when she was 18. This song was performed during her first solo public concert in Tehran (Niavaran Concert Hall - March 1999).

Ey Sarban - Sepideh Raissadat & Ensemble Norooz

Sepideh Raissadat recorded this album with Ensemble Norooz, in 1999, when she was 18. This song was performed during several concerts in Tehran (Niavaran Concert Hall), as the first solo public concert by a female vocalist since 1979.

Rastpanjgah - Sepideh Raissadat & Ensemble Norooz

Rob Simonsen-Red(Music Every Day)

Krishna Das - baba hanuman
Album: Breath of the Heart

Krishna Das - baba hanuman

Summer arrived. This is my welcome. 
Please share if you enjoyed. 

Picture by Ali Farid 
http://www.sxc.hu/profile/alifarid

Broken

It is fitting that composer and pianist Fabrizio Paterlini was born and lives in the ancient northern Italian city of Mantua. A romantic and historically significant centre of musical and artistic excellence, the city’s elegance and cultural depth permeate Paterlini’s exquisite original solo piano compositions. Yet despite Mantua’s unavoidable influence in informing the composer’s work, his cinematic music is far from localized, or even recognizably Italian, instead tapping directly into universal human emotions.

Listeners and critics alike are torn as to how best label Paterlini’s beautiful sound. Neo-classical, Ambient, Minimalist and New Age have all been considered, but it is more pertinent to note some of the adjectives regularly used in appreciation of his sonic palette. Ethereal, soulful, lush, emotive, dreamy, delicate and, tellingly, passionate, all appear with unerring frequency. The composer himself describes his work as “like a glass of red wine on a summer evening,” in awareness of the calming effect of his reflective melodies on the listener.

Paterlini began playing piano at six-years-old. From the first moment he stroked the keys his life irrevocably changed, music becoming “a choice made every day...explored in all its aspects.” And so music and his life’s path became, and remain, inextricably linked; while he progresses as a musician and composer, so his development as a human being runs parallel. Formal study in his chosen artistic endeavour came with five years at Campiani’s Academy, Mantua’s Academy of Arts, from where he graduated in Music Theory.

The 1990s saw Paterlini extensively cutting his teeth as a gigging musician by performing rock classics, pop and jazz in local bands. While playing with these outfits he began to compose music, at this stage principally material of a progressive rock persuasion. As the decade and century drew to a close Paterlini reached an important decision, being to concentrate exclusively on the piano – the instrument that, in his own words, “best expresses his inner world.” Yet it was not until 2006 that he began composing music for solo piano.

In the following year his life’s musical journey took a momentous step with the release of his debut CD, Viaggi in Aeromobile (Travel in Aircraft) on the Music Center label. A collection of beautifully structured, graceful mood pieces displaying Paterlini’s natural touch and seemingly effortless talents, the release was warmly received in Italian specialist press. 

2008 saw the issue of an EP previewing Paterlini’s sophomore full-length, Viandanze, which was to follow on his new Fabrizio Paterlini Records imprint in December, 2009. In the interim the 8-track Remixed collection, offered as a free download on his website, presented the composer’s material as subtly reworked soundscapes, comfortably easing them into cogent chillout territory. Viandanze was partially funded by donations from Paterlini’s burgeoning fanbase, and performed in 2010 at Teatro Verdi in Mantua.

Prestige festival appearances then preceded the 2010 release of the flawless Fragments Found CD, again on Paterlini’s own label, drawing comparisons with luminaries such as Ludovico Einaudi, Erik Satie and George Winston.

2011 saw the issue of the double CD set “Fragments Found + Viandanze”, published under the Japanese label Inpairtment/P*DIS. 
During the Fall of the same year, he started working to his “Autumn Stories” project, by composing, recording and releasing on-line one song for each week of the Autumn season. The project resulted in the CD “Autumn Stories”, published in February 2012. 
 
The increasing number of fans sharing his music on the net, led him to “Piano_Anders #3” Festival in Hasselt (BE) in the month of February 2013. Two months later, he released his new full album “Now”, followed by an exclusive release in Japan (P*DIS). This release, acclaimed by specialized magazines as Headphone Commute (US) and A Closer Listen (UK), will bring him to tour Russia in the month of November 2013 and Japan in the month of January 2014.
