Just reposting some of my early compositions and recordings from time to time and hope that you enjoy listening again or for the first time.... more to be found on facebook.

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Dirk Maassen - Eagle 2012 Reupload (www.facebook.com/Dirk.Maassen.Music)

This piece evolved from improvised motifs, which I have sorted slightly. 
from the album "2 Days & a Year"
Hope you enjoy...

2 days and a year

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Go On

When I realised that brilliant Dirk Maassen has invited remixes of this wonderful solo piano piece, I had to give it a try. 

Here's the original in case you feel like having a go.

https://soundcloud.com/dirk-maassen-official/open

There are several great remixes out there already. I especially recommend checking out this beautiful one by my friend Mrinal, which is what inspired me to try.

https://soundcloud.com/mrinal-desai/dirk-maassen-open-collab-tcm


Dirk Maassen - Open (An Di Yi Remix)

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Having grand piano at home is pretty addictive - spending hours and hours playing every day. I would play even more if I had the time :) However, recording improvisations on the grand piano is a tricky and long process. No more fixing wrong notes. Not that I play many of those :) but when a live performance is being recorded in MIDI - it's tempting to fix even a single one. When it's an acoustic recording - alas. Besides, it's not that easy to transcribe acoustic recordings - MIDI is way easier to transcribe. Easier, but not trivial as I don't compose in any notation software but sit in front of an instrument and improvise live, what is sometimes called "an instant composition".  It takes about a week to transcribe a single improvisation into sheet music but it's an absolutely amazing feeling when I get the notes for my own improvisations - they stop being "moments in time that never repeat" and become compositions that can be played over and over again. And not just by myself.

Anyways, here is a new improvisation from me..... based on Arty's motif :) This isn't an acoustic recording but same MIDI recording, produced using one of sampled pianos in Propellerhead Reason - same way as most of my piano pieces... However, now I will make a note sheet for it, so I'll be able to play it again on the acoustic piano.. in the future :)

On another note, I am happy to announce the release of my new piano album "Spirit of Journey". The album is available on iTunes, Amazon, BandCamp, CDBaby, Spotify and other major online stores and streaming services. Your support is very much appreciated, all the earnings from album sales go back into the creation of music: new and better recording equipment, new and better composing tools and sound libraries and so on.

Review by Kathy Parsons from MainlyPiano: http://mainlypiano.com/2015_Reviews/Milana-Spirit_of_Journey.html


It's Impossible

It's Impossible - Milana - on iTunes,Spotify

The Message

My second collaboration with http://soundcloud.com/myristica.  A warm track, a mix of chillout, ambient, piano electronica. Just let these sounds embrace you in the evening sunset! We hope you'll like it, this is for you. :)

Halo & Myristica - Forever Sunset

New recording for #PianoDay 2016
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Wander (Piano Day 2016 Version)

The Aurora Borealis starts as a flicker in the night sky, and then grows into a spectacular and mystifying light show, before it finishes as a flicker of light disappearing into the darkness.

Composed and performed by Michele McLaughlin
Mastered and engineered by Joe Bongiorno at Piano Haven Studio
Piano: Fazioli F212
Artwork and design by Michele McLaughlin
All Rights Reserved © 2018
http://www.michelemclaughlin.com

Northern Lights

Taken from the album Solo. 
Order: www.1631recordings.bandcamp.com/album/solo-2

Matt Stewart-Evans - Lulled

Joe Bongiorno - Mesmerized

Michele McLaughlin is a Contemporary Solo Pianist & Composer. She has released twenty-one albums, many of which have received multiple nominations and awards.  She has been featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, has over 1.5 Billion Spins on streaming platforms, and is a multi Billboard Charting pianist.  Her original solo piano compositions are often described as "musical storytelling" and are haunting and contagious, relaxing and beautiful, peaceful and touching, energetic and inspiring. Her music is a regular favorite on Pandora Radio and is a bestseller on iTunes and Amazon, often landing her in the Top Ten New Age Charts. You can listen to Michele online via Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, Pandora Radio, iTunes Radio, Spotify, XM/Sirius and Music Choice Soundscapes.
 
"McLaughlin is what I refer to as a "heart on her sleeve" composer, i.e. there is no subterfuge, no subtlety at work in her music - she presents her emotional intent of a song forthwith and front and center. It's a testament to her considerable talent that this baring of her soul always works so well, because in the hands of a lesser talent, the music would be melodramatic, overly self-conscious, and would grow tiresome. However, it's not just her technique and artistry, which is impossible to ignore, but also her artist's soul, which seems woven into every piece of music she writes.  No matter how pyrotechnic she can be (and this woman can really play piano with the best of 'em), there is always the presence of heart, sometimes "in your face" and sometimes between the lines, but never hidden behind artifice."  Bill Binkelman- Wind & Wire and Zone Music Reporter

"Northern Lights" by Michele McLaughlin ©2018

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