Amazing art by @answerstothedream

Improvised this little song today...contemplating the New Year ahead :)

Mediator (original)

A collage highlights overview of The Idea Of You album, providing 0:45 to 1:30 or so of each track on the album.

The full album is now available now on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-idea-of-you/id854783736

Full album Info, longer previews (full song in several cases), and new web site:

http://www.galbanum.com/music/theideaofyou

New Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti-GfCM5-zk

(BTW: all the individual tracks found in the album playlist and uploaded previously here, were replaced with re-recorded versions from Jan 2014, so you can hear longer clips of the final versions and sometimes the full song in the playlist as well.  ...or stream from the player on the new web site...)

Sheet music will be available soon as well.

"The Idea Of You" is the first of 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 Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may it help you on your journey, as it has us...

"The Idea Of You" is music inspired by the spirit of Eros and all of its blessings as well as its tribulations. It explores the vicissitudes of romantic love, the delicate seasons and contour of life, and all the lessons learned along the way. Themes of desire, passion, limerence, romantic love, idolatry, jealousy, envy, loss, regret, forgiveness, acknowledgment, appreciation, acceptance, and eventually glimpses of true understanding permeate the work. It attempts to communicate that which so many of us can never quite communicate properly with words. It is an open apology for the clumsy mistakes we all make when coming to maturity in learning how to care selflessly for another human being. It is a gentle reminder as to what is most important in life, as well as an invocation to continuously seek self-improvement regarding our understanding of such matters.

Andrew Souter -- The Idea Of You Album Overview (Available Now)

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Vision (Stigma 3)

this is the final draft for my next recording session in the frame of my 8 pianos project, where I am going to record 8 pieces on 8 different pianos all over europe....

Dirk Maassen - Zenith (Final Draft)

Rescue

Introducing Diane Birch, Master & Dynamic’s first member of our “In-Residence” program, a new collaborative effort between Master & Dynamic and the creative community. Over the next few months, we will partner with a rotation of artists who will create exclusive content for our SoundCloud account. Find out more on our website www.masterdynamic.com. #MDInResidence

#MDInResidence - Diane Birch — Dead Can Sing (Fine Dining)

It's been a mildly trying week.... on the plus side, I got a nice new chair today. 

A little improvisation before I turn in for the night....

I Got A Nice New Chair Today

04 - The Swan - Saint-Saens

Here is the colors of winter. The piano plays for me, It gives me a gift, so I share it to you :) Enjoy <3 .  

Wood Spirit

A work with three pianos and harmonies.

Composed by Vicente Bueso.

I added a video for this track. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fw-QXRRrU4

You can download this track and the full album here, via Bandcamp:

<a href="http://scienceteheran.bandcamp.com/album/subdued">Download "Subdued"</a> 

The album contains a new edition of the tracks "Subdued", "Something beautiful happened" and "Hope piano", and two bonus tracks, "This is your land" and "And I am sad, again". All tracks remastered and with high quality audio.

The album is free and can be downloaded by value 0. 
Any contribution will be donated to charity.

Tracklist: 
01. Subdued (part 1) 
02. When the stars started to spell your name 
03. Black ground 
04. Something beatiful happened 
05. Hope piano 
06. A new born 
07. Let's go somewhere they can't find us 
08. A thousand light years 
09. Subdued (part 2) 
10. Delusion

11. This is your land (bonus track) 
12. And I am sad, again (bonus track)

Let's go somewhere they can't find us

This came to me while I was just about to start practising for a recital I'm performing at in a couple of weeks. I sat at the piano, in a very good, relaxed state of mind and just as I was about to start practising this idea came to me.

This recording is the 3rd play through of the track - it came to me all in one go, I played it a second time, and then I turned on my PC and recorded it, exactly as it was played the first time.

I hope you enjoy it!

The image is "sunflower" by Gabriella Fabri (http://www.sxc.hu/profile/duchesssa)