In "The Walkabout" I imagined what a soundscape for a traditional Australian Aboriginal's long walking journey through the wilderness, in both a physical sense and a spiritual one, might sound like. I created a nocturnal ambience for the opening with the sounds of crickets and my didgeridoo and from there the piece awakens to a musically rich journey, exploring textures that are more like landscapes. Soon little melodic phrases guide the listener to an eventual unfolding into a beautiful moment of arrival in the joining of acoustic guitar, indigenous flute, and didgeridoo.
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Award-winning artist Michelle Qureshi is a composer, multi‐instrumentalist, and classically-trained guitarist who brings a contemporary yet timeless aesthetic to her music. She released her first of fifteen albums and nine singles in 2012. Her music is heard worldwide, with millions of streams on global platforms. Combining her formal training with intuitive and improvisational elements, she performs both as a solo guitarist and a presenter of sound experiences. Her Harmonic Sound Immersion™ is a transformative sound meditation created by the healing vibrations of ancient and modern instruments, which she describes as a kind of horizontal concert. In 2020 she became a myndstream artist and she continues to create and perform music in a wellness modality.

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The Walkabout

Seventh Wave is Michelle Qureshi's highly anticipated follow up to her award winning album Scattering Stars.
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Seventh Wave

Shift

An evolving ambient soundscape with lush electric guitars. Silver Chord refers to the silver cord or thread of life referenced in spiritual and metaphysical practices, where it is believed to energetically link our physical being to our higher self. Each floating and ethereal track was created from the concept of how sound, in the form of music, connects us to something beyond us - something much higher than ourselves.
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Give Us This Day

Each Good Rain, a new age piece featuring acoustic guitar. 
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"Known for creating uniquely characteristic soundscapes that incorporate an eclectic blend of contemporary and global instrumentation, Michelle further perfects her sound and style on what is arguably her most accomplished work to date. Comprised of thirteen compositions which span a little over sixty-seven minutes, Seventh Wave relies on the sounds of stringed instruments (both plucked and bowed), flutes, didgeridoos, idiophones, membranophones, occasional vocals and synthesized textures. Difficult to pigeon-hole, the album’s overall style could be equally classified as ambient, minimalist or avant-garde." 
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Each Good Rain

The album Harmonic Dreams evolved from the live music events termed as my Harmonic Sound Immersion™  experiences and I chose a few core ideas to create this 4 track EP. Each piece features an instrument integral to my sound baths, performed and recorded for each unique, evolving soundscape. 

Face of Things features my Music as Metaphor™ branded singing bowls; As Above juxtaposes Koshy chimes with electronic ones; September Rain features an indigenous flute; and Light Years Away utilizes her gong. The resulting album however differs from the HSI experience in that it is less subtle and whispered; more vibrant and energized. The beautiful art work is based on a painting by Rebecca Ruegger titled Shallow Water. Harmonic Dreams is published by Music as Metaphor.
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Harmonic Dreams

As Above

Overheard by Michelle Qureshi
We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.  ~Rumi 
Scattering Stars is an award winning album with ambient, new age and Neo-classical elements, composed and performed by Michelle Qureshi.
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Overheard

September Rain from harmonic Dreams by Michelle Qureshi.
from Harmonic Dreams, released June 1, 2019
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September Rain

Solstice by Michelle Qureshi
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We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.  ~Rumi 
Scattering Stars is an award winning album with ambient, new age and Neo-classical elements, composed and performed by Michelle Qureshi.

Solstice

Dreaming in Colour by Michelle Qureshi
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"Known for creating uniquely characteristic soundscapes that incorporate an eclectic blend of contemporary and global instrumentation, Michelle further perfects her sound and style on what is arguably her most accomplished work to date."
Comprised of thirteen compositions which span a little over sixty-seven minutes, Seventh Wave relies on the sounds of stringed instruments (both plucked and bowed), flutes, didgeridoos, idiophones, membranophones, occasional vocals and synthesized textures. Difficult to pigeon-hole, the album’s overall style could be equally classified as ambient, minimalist or avant-garde." Candice Michelle, Journeyscapes Radio

Dreaming In Color

Light from Beneath the Floorboards is the opening track on Illumination, a mesmerizing, beautiful, and sensual album created from plucked strings and highly imaginative sounds.
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Illumination

Light From Beneath The Floorboards

What We Heard by Michelle Qureshi
We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.  ~Rumi 
Scattering Stars is an award winning album with ambient, new age and Neo-classical elements, composed and performed by Michelle Qureshi.

What We Heard

Featuring acoustic guitars with layered voices that explore timbres and moods, with moments of density and space. There is a light touch of distant music pads supporting the shape of the piece and adding to the emotional intrigue. The title Open Window suggests an opportunity for a deeper level of self reflection.

Open Window

Spiral Staircase by Michelle Qureshi. New Age instrumental guitar
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"Known for creating uniquely characteristic soundscapes that incorporate an eclectic blend of contemporary and global instrumentation, Michelle further perfects her sound and style on what is arguably her most accomplished work to date."
Comprised of thirteen compositions which span a little over sixty-seven minutes, Seventh Wave relies on the sounds of stringed instruments (both plucked and bowed), flutes, didgeridoos, idiophones, membranophones, occasional vocals and synthesized textures. Difficult to pigeon-hole, the album’s overall style could be equally classified as ambient, minimalist or avant-garde." Candice Michelle, Journeyscapes Radio

Spiral Staircase

Hidden Lines is a beautiful, haunting instrumental piece featuring acoustic guitars, with other subtle textures that evoke a sense of mystery.

Hidden Lines

Hearth by Michelle Qureshi
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A Blueprint for Life

Hearth

Elevations by Michelle Qureshi. New Age instrumental guitar
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Elevations

American Prelude by Michelle Qureshi. New Age instrumental guitar
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American Prelude

Walk At Dusk. Instrumental new age guitar by Michelle Qureshi
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Walk at Dusk

Mayan trails. Instrumental new age guitar by Michelle Qureshi
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Mayan Trails

Belonging Here; Instrumental new age guitar by Michelle Qureshi
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Belonging Here

Winter Lullaby by Michelle Qureshi
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Winter Lullaby

Luminous Fields, new age flute by Michelle Qureshi
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Luminous Fields

This is the second track on MEDITATIONS. Using vocals and singing bowls, this music has new age aesthetics & electronica influences.

Meditations

Light of Dawn

Light Of Dawn

New World is a moment away from here. Swirling sounds, sometimes serene and other times hurried, hint at time travel. A sparkling journey awaits you.
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Scattering Stars

New World

Final track on the 17 track acoustic finger style guitar album Short Stories by Michelle Qureshi, on the label Music as Metaphor.  Find out more about my music here:
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Short Stories

With Wonder

Brass Door is played on steel and nylon string guitars including a guitar pitched an octave lower than standard tuning. It's track 13 on the 17 track acoustic finger style guitar album Short Stories by Michelle Qureshi, on the label Music as Metaphor.  Find out more about my music here:
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Brass Door

This is the opening track on the album Short Stories. Find out more about my music here:
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1 - To The Bone

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.  ~Rumi 
Scattering Stars is an award winning album with ambient, new age and Neo-classical elements, composed and performed by Michelle Qureshi.

Dust

"Known for creating uniquely characteristic soundscapes that incorporate an eclectic blend of contemporary and global instrumentation, Michelle further perfects her sound and style on what is arguably her most accomplished work to date. Comprised of thirteen compositions which span a little over sixty-seven minutes, Seventh Wave relies on the sounds of stringed instruments (both plucked and bowed), flutes, didgeridoos, idiophones, membranophones, occasional vocals and synthesized textures. Difficult to pigeon-hole, the album’s overall style could be equally classified as ambient, minimalist or avant-garde." Candice Michelle, Journeyscapes Radio

Angels

Page Of Cups

Award-winning artist Michelle Qureshi is a composer, multi‐instrumentalist, and classically-trained guitarist who brings a contemporary yet timeless aesthetic to her music. She released her first of fifteen albums and nine singles in 2012. Her music is heard worldwide, with millions of streams on global platforms. Combining her formal training with intuitive and improvisational elements, she performs both as a solo guitarist and a presenter of sound experiences. Her Harmonic Sound Immersion™ is a transformative sound meditation created by the healing vibrations of ancient and modern instruments, which she describes as a kind of horizontal concert. In 2020 she became a myndstream artist, releasing the highly-acclaimed solo guitar album Within, and she continues to create and perform music in a wellness modality. Michelle graduated with Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Cleveland Institute of Music.
Albums: 


Within (2020) 


Sage (2019) 


Harmonic Dreams (2019) 


Guitar Sojourner (2019) 


Silver Chord (2018) 


Short Stories (2018) 


Seventh Wave (2017) 


Scattering Stars ( 2016) 


Margalla Hills (2015) 


Meditations (2014)


Flow (2014) 


Suite Beats (2014) 


Illumination (2012) 


Of Light (2012)


Singles: 


Tomorrow By Another Name (2022) 

Night of a Thousand Stars (2021) 


Of the Harvest (2019) 


Asleep with Windows Open (2019) 


As It Once Was 2019) 


Because We Knew (2019) 


Floating (2018) 


Inside the Lightbox (2018)

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