Nous

PREVIEW of the next big project..... In summer 2014 Sylvie (aka Luliby) the wonderful and extremely talented Cellist from Corsica and me we are planning to do some high quality studio recordings in Italy of some assorted pieces.

I am so glad to have found her on soundcloud and we are both very excited about this project ! We keep you posted....

also please check Sylvies cloud: https://soundcloud.com/luliby

Please support and follow me on SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/artist/758yIKdhJhWL6oTuTSFVV6

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Dirk Maassen with Luliby - Afterglow (pls. also find me @ spotify)


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

This is a collaborative piece between my friend Zaid and myself - Zaid is a self-taught composer, and his awesome piano works can be found on his soundcloud page @zaid_piano
Please check it out :) 
Piano: Zaid
Violin: IceRequiem

The icon art was taken by photographer Cathryn - her deviantart page can be found here: 
http://photoindulgedpiano.deviantart.com/

Nocturne No. 3 - Collaboration with Zaid

A song ---

Thanks

Stein
http://open.spotify.com/user/1262355698


Spotify

Una Melodia Semplice (x) (sheet done)

my first #pianoday song

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/we-will-never-meet-single/1557503505
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2tVz5gIZVi0px66GevbWOS?si=BAGM6iX_RtCIZukB8p3ptA&dl_branch=1

Memories

We Will Never Meet

Demos written with and featuring PEARL Concert Grand, a Kontakt Player piano instrument produced by Impact Soundworks!

"Leaving" (Dressed) by Henning Nugel - Contemplative Cinematic

This is an improvvisation that i recorded yesterday. It sounds good, so i decided to upload it, but i don't have a name for the track, can you help me? ahah :)

Noname - Costantino Carrara

Hope

Jean Philippe Rio - Embrasse Moi

Score for the book trailer to "Terminal Rage":
https://vimeo.com/108199387

Terminal Rage  Chapter 32

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