A very interesting paino piece, tethering on the border of tonal/atonal and structured/formless.

Nicely pleasant vibes with good flow and performance.

Great notes and melody, love its atmosphere. Keep it up 👍

Created by The Imperfect Drummer: "My mother owns a 1974 Wm. Knabe & Co. baby grand piano that she bought new back in 1974. I grew up with this piano so for me it’s my baseline. Every other piano gets judged by this one. Knowing she’d eventually give it away or give it to my Brother who isn’t an easy day’s drive from me to be able to play, I wanted to get it sampled and see if I could reproduce it in a way that I can enjoy without having the real thing. I’m also looking forward to mom (who is nearly 80) getting a digital piano to replace the Knabe so I can hook her up with a copy of the instrument on her laptop and she can continue to enjoy the sound of “her” piano.

So, I packed up my Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK mixer/interface and a bunch of mics and headed to Ohio to get this thing sampled. I set the lid to its highest open position and used 8 mics: a borrowed AKG 414 set to omni mid-way back in the center, 2 cheap Behringer pencil mics with omni capsules mid way back in an x/y pattern (which were surprisingly quiet!), 2 sE 8 Cardioid mics pointed at the hammers in an X/Y pattern, an sE v7x pointed into one of the sound holes, an sE vKick up under the sound board closer to the lower notes and a Studio Projects C1 up on the stair landing behind the piano to get ambiance. In the end, the sE 8s just sounded the best (and clearly I had no idea what I was doing lol!). I may eventually add more mic layers you can mix in, but for now I just wanted to get this released. I also plan on releasing it in all the various sample player formats.

Over the years, age has worn on the piano. More recently my mom paid to have it reconditioned and the felts sanded down. The result is that it’s not an old, dead piano. To me, it’s got a beautiful tone and when you punch the hard layer, it really comes through. I may have processed and cleaned the samples too much, but so far, it sounds great in my tests. Certainly not a pro level, commercial sample, but very usable. When I compare it to some commercial pianos, I think it just feels more personal and real."

Download it for free here: https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/moms-1974-baby-grand/

Mom’s 1974 Baby Grand

Money Tree

O vento - Mayran Araújo ( Cover)

Watching your wife struggle with devastating news about a close relative is heart-wrenching.

Turning that anguish into music seems to help a little, and that's what this is.


Created with two free Kontakt sound libraries available from Pianobook, in order of appearance:

* Mom’s 1974 Baby Grand by The Imperfect Drummer
[https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/moms-1974-baby-grand/]

* Arco Marimba: Calm/Flux by Sage Reynolds
[https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/arco-marimba-calmflux/]

Summer Tears

This is a live performance of my older piece, "Tabula rasa", composed sometime in 2012. Performed live on "Mom's 1974 Baby Grand" piano library from Pianobook. Apart from some rough mastering, no editing nor further processing were made. Original photo by Luke Michael on Unsplash.

Tabula Rasa (live)

I originally created this track with drums and just wasn't feeling it. I removed the drums and added a little piano intro and some nature sounds and it all came together. This track uses Mom's 1974 Baby Grand (which I created) from Pianobook.co.uk and Spitfire Audio's BBC Symphony Orchestra Pro package.

Quiet Sunrise

Track 2 Mahal ko
Folk Song  :          Production :  Karl Heinz – Heimgartner - 2020 – New Mixing and 
                              New Mix and Recording 10.03.2023 
Lyrics         :          Jerald Sarmiento / Gesang / Jay's Love Story© 
Language:            Tagalog
Composer  :         Karl Heinz – Heimgartner and  Jerald Sarmiento 
Album:                 The Beauty of Nature
Title:                     Mahal ko © 
Extern mix and mastering:  MTM Mastering True Music Production Spain.
Mixed and mastered by Christine Sampson of MTM

I recorded this song with Jerald Sarmiento in 2020.
I kept listening to this song on SoundCloud.
This song I tried to re-produce more in the folk genre.
I re-recorded acoustic guitar and added some bass and percussion.
I slightly reduced Jerald's voice, those annoying DE eaters and other noises.
The song has now got a new color.

https://masteringtruemusic.es/

Mahal ko is the 2th song of my folk album 2023 The Beauty of Nature 
I will release the album  in December 2023.

https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/0DqIXnxtjksVLbrGqFhkUJ?si=ug1njbnKSI-D3zDxTekx9A

I sent the finished folk song and 12 stems to MTM Mastering True Music Production for checking and sound improvement, which worked very well. A very nice team from Spain. Guitars and voice have now got the sound I had imagined. For me it was very worthwhile to pass this mix and mastering on to an external company. When composing and recording, mixing and mastering, your ear becomes fixed in your DAW (brain). You often don't find your sounds that good. That's why I use an external mix and mastering studio to check. I really had a very positive experience with MTM. With young ears and with professional training that completed my work.
 
Thanks for the collaboration, Freddie and Team MTM Mastering True Music Production
Mixed and mastered by Christine Sampson of MTM

https://masteringtruemusic.es/


www.karlheinzheimgartner.com

Mahal ko - Jerald Sarmiento

This is a further and again a very enjoyable collaboration with singer songwriter Mike Hill.
We hope that you will like this and that it will entertain you well!!!

Credits:
@mikehillravenscall: vocals and lyrics
@nobsmeyer: electric guitar, bass, drum production, mix and mastering.

Once Upon A Time

Once Upon A Time - feat. Mike Hill

I would like to take you to this place, which is well hidden and where we retreat when we are looking for protection and security. Then we dive into a world full of magic and mystery and there we can be a child again and curiously discover the world - full of colors, full of joy, full of happiness.

"Covert" describes exactly this place that every person, deeply hidden, carries in his soul.

Petite Dances

Covert

Petite Dances - Covert

One of many tracks to come from this stellar 6th studio album from yours truly.

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The Golden Dragonfly

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From the EP Third Person
This is MACY's 2nd EP

MACY- Third Person

When Jimmy Buffett passed, it hit me pretty hard and led me to pen this song. Here, I've given it a tropical instrumentation treatment which feels befitting. Although I never made it to a Jimmy Buffett concert, I've always enjoyed his music and longed for the escapism he sings about. He's always been the first name that I would come up with when trying to describe the genre I was aiming for, which I call, "Island Country".

Fair weather and following seas, Jimmy. You will always be near to our ears, our hearts and our blenders.

Safe Travels Jimmy - Buff(ett)'d Up Version

Usually I use guidelines to keep my songs in key but I just followed my heart on this one,  it must be atonal or switching keys and borrowing chords because it doesn't fit any scale. Anyway... I hope you like it.

This track was created using a library from the pianobook project, the library used in this track was:
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/moms-1974-baby-grand/

To find out more about the project, how you can get involved and to download these libraries and many more visit www.pianobook.co.uk

For further information and updates visit www.youtube.com/@pianobook

Made For You

Am I Breathing is a musical piece that transcends the ordinary, offering listeners an auditory voyage into the depths of the soul. This track is a masterful blend of haunting piano melodies, rich orchestral textures, and ethereal choir harmonies that together create a profound narrative of introspection and emotion.

The piano serves as the heart of the composition, with its poignant and reflective melodies guiding the listener through a landscape of sound. The orchestral arrangements build a lush, resonant backdrop, adding weight and drama to the hauntingly beautiful tapestry. 

The choir interweaves with the instrumentation, its voices rising and falling like the breaths of an otherworldly entity questioning the essence of existence.

Am I Breathing is not just a song; it is an experience that captures the complexity of human emotion, the feeling of solitude in contemplation, and the eternal search for meaning within the silence of the cosmos. 

The music is a haunting piece, as evocative and enigmatic as the cover art that represents it, inviting the listener to question the very essence of life and emotion in the space between each note.

Am I Breathing?

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