Self Discovery

Orchestral Mix of Dirk Maassen's White.
(Original Version @<a href=https://soundcloud.com/ascoltadi/dirk-maassen-open-collab-white>White</a>)

Dirk Maassen @<a href=https://soundcloud.com/ascoltadi/>ascoltadi</a>

Dirk Maassen & Four Walls - White (Orchestral Mix)

It was sort of a gloomy day weather-wise yesterday, so I took an excursion into pure minimalism.  :)

Thoughts?

Andrew Souter -- Missing You

A long forgotten piano track I added strings and boys choir to
© 2014 David Hollandsworth


October Memories

102 - Inner Dissonance


September is always a magical month of the year anywhere else in the northern hemisphere. It never ceases to present the perfect opportunity to go outside and enjoy the wonder of nature. It's the perfect moment to feel the warmth of the sun on your face as it pierces through the branches of trees whose leaves may have already been to show small signs of color. Its a perfect time to be thankful for the fun of summer and to prepare us for the deeper seasons we are about to enter. It always feels strangely like a graduation ceremony as well as the start of the next level of our growth and understanding. Its a decidedly peaceful month. It's a time of the year as well as state of mind. Perhaps the entire world could live in September for a while.

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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 -- September

Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

A track from my first album revisited and rearranged for Piano Day 2016-03-28.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJPXNNpUT34

Hej (Revisited & rearranged for Piano day 2016-03-28,video link in description)

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
Photo by Jordi Ganduxe on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@gandu
You can listen to the original piece here: 
https://soundcloud.com/davidhollandsworth/gray-skies

Gray Skies - David Hollandsworth // Orchestral Rework

original music: luca longobardi

Formally written for Les Madaleines, an exhibition by Valeria Patrizi.

Ta Peau

Through sound, emotion seeks new dimensions, not as an escape from reality but rather in a search for the image of a new reality. Music that creates emotion, is like a wind that purifies, rendering visible all the obstacles and divisions. It is rather like a piercing arrow that alerts the parts of our mind we do not normally go to, in our daily lives. It opens up unknown and obscure landscapes, like a ray of light that filtering into a dark room, banishes the darkness and leaves nothing to hinder vision. 
”Canone degli Spazi” is about the sound that journeys in all directions, the sound that travels through endless space - through the outer world and the inner space - through the unconscious and the senses. 
When I play with precision and with specific intent, the emotion that rises inside of me is the mirror of the one that arises in the person who is listening - it provokes a sense of union and communion with those sharing the same moment. Music becomes a vehicle of an objective feeling, which is almost the same for most people. Similarly, if I am not One with the sound and my intention is not clear, the same notes played carelessly are empty - they lose their power and their intensity. The level of clarity of my expression depends on what I can make arise inside of me. When that happens, the inner nature of the melodies that are being played spreads out into space, into the air, into the earth and out to the whole atmosphere. A real spell takes place between the performer and his public, creating a magical aura of deep harmony and sharing. This is the wonder of a sound that has come from a long time ago, through myths and mythology, and returns us to the essence of Music, that most supreme of Arts. 
I composed “Canone degli Spazi” around essential elements - the harmony of the triads, the melodic repetition and the cycles that follow the orbits of the planets and the structure of harmonics - the very same fundamental rules that Pythagoras followed to make the laws of the Universe coincide. Sound can help us to realize that our inner space is as vast as our outer space and that in reality there is no difference between them. Sound travels through walls - the walls of the mind too – transcending both time and space. 

Canone degli spazi - Michael

‘2025’ is the name of my 5th album out now! 11 brand new tracks! Go check it out on my Soundcloud page! 😎

My fourth album ‘Aether’ is released by Warner Chappell PM! Check out the 10 soundtracks on this album! An epic emotional orchestral journey awaits! 

My third album 'Wonders Beyond'. All 12 tracks on the album are recorded with live strings and live brass. The vocals by Nele Juchtmans, Piglet Porch, Julie De Groote,... accompanied by piano, percussion/drums and electronica.

My second album "Future Now" released by Warner Chappell PM and Elbroar Trailer Music. It's an album where the music reaches out to the challenges of mankind. Nature, Global Warming, the Universe, Discovery etc. are just a few musical themes covered in this unique album!

Please contact me if you wish to use one of my songs for your project:

info@koenjanssen.com

Koen Janssen (born February 6, 1981) is a composer from Belgium, currently residing with Warner Chappell PM. 

My debut album, “Alive” (2019), released worldwide on October 30th 2019 tells a musical story about the journey through life. From “Essence Of Life” too “Rebirth”. Koen Janssen also collaborated on this album with Cozin (a Belgian band) and singers Nele Uyttendaele and Finlay Van Wymeersch. His wife Stefanie Wauters even has a spot as a vocalist on his track “Run Wild, Live Free“. The album will be released by Warner Chappell PM on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music,… 

Born in Dendermonde and raised in Hamme, he started his passion for music at a young age. When he was 7 he used his brother’s room as concert hall and with a help of his trustworthy pencil, he conducted his own imaginary orchestra on the classical tunes of Mozart and Beethoven. At the age of 10, he attended the local music school where he learned to play the piano. 6 years later he was the proud owner of an upright piano, a gift from his parents. Every day after school, he sat behind his piano and according to his mood, he played happy or sad tunes. When puberty kicked in, his musical preferences wandered a bit. He started going to parties and got influenced by electro and pounding techno music. Eventually he started to perform as DJ at numerous parties and clubs. Not much later he came in contact with the band Cité Soleil who where on the search for a singer. Together they toured the East-Flanders region for 6 years. After this period of reggae and ska filled performances, he started his own band called InnerSyn with a good friend and an American singer. He gained a following on audio distribution platform SoundCloud when he released his single “Almost Found My Peace” (a collaboration with Oliver Sadie). This brought him back on the road of classical/orchestral music. Koen has grown in his musical career thanks to his many collaborations with various artists like Dirk Maassen, Fivos Valachis, Milana, IceRequim, Zefora, Achazia,…

Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

Koen Janssen Music