Could use a better transition but otherwise this part is absolutely amazing

Recorded and mixed at Studio 7ème Ciel near Paris, "A Fresh Start" is a light, bright and positive short piano piece. Different parts follow one another: calm and light theme introduction, exciting climb, sunrays arpeggio patterns, before a bright final main theme exposure. 

As it’s released in April, you may instantly think to Spring, sun, flowers, growing plants… These ones are the true heroes of the piece music video!

But there is something more intimate in this track. After a harsh 2020 year, represents an actual new start for the artist: new house, with a garden, new neighbors s (that do not complain about piano volume anymore), new town… in short: new life conditions. So inspiring!

But after such trouble times, isn’t everyone out there asking for a fresh start, and developing itself towards new horizons?

Credits:
Composed and performed: Byebyefish
Recorded and mixed: Julien Huet @ Studio 7ème Ciel
Music video: Byebyefish
Cover art: NJ (photo: Wes Carpani @wes_c)

A Fresh Start

Perseidy

Inspired by the poem "Becalmed" by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

Becalmed upon the sea of Thought,
Still unattained the land it sought,
My mind, with loosely-hanging sails,
Lies waiting the auspicious gales. 

On either side, behind, before,
The ocean stretches like a floor,--
A level floor of amethyst,
Crowned by a golden dome of mist. 

Blow, breath of inspiration, blow!
Shake and uplift this golden glow!
And fill the canvas of the mind
With wafts of thy celestial wind. 

Blow, breath of song! until I feel
The straining sail, the lifting keel,
The life of the awakening sea,
Its motion and its mystery!

Becalmed

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxpKNJFDUm4
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Someone once said that symphonic orchestra is the most sophisticated musical instrument humanity ever invented. And I always felt like this is an ultimate challenge for a composer to write music for such a giant. I started my first shy attempts to compose orchestral music a few years ago. Of course, at that time it was all done using digital libraries. I did dream that one day I may experience the thrill of hearing a live orchestra performing my compositions but that was truly an ephemeral dream, no actual plans to do it. Until now.

This summer my husband and I took a composing course (focusing on film composing). As a part of that course I had a homework: to compose a piece for a string orchestra. I chose the solo piano piece I wrote earlier this year as a foundation. It took a few evenings to come up with the orchestral arrangements - again, using digital libraries... at first! But then my husband said that he feels like this piece deserves to be recorded with live orchestra. And so it happened - two months ago we hired a session orchestra from Budapest. We only had half an hour session to record 2.5 minutes of this composition. Gosh, it was such an amazing experience! When I heard 40 musicians playing the harmony I burst in tears. Then I was shocked again to learn that my composition was nominated for Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

I called this piece "Distant Memories". It was written during one of the lockdowns when I was on the edge of breaking down. I devoted it to my mom, who lives on the other side of Atlantic but she used to come here every year.. until 2020.. and then 2021.. I hope we will see each other next year. But meanwhile all we have are those "distant memories".

The original piano solo version is coming next week!

"Distant Memories" (Orchestral) by Milana Zilnik

Exploration track idea for Skywind.

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Ruiseñor

Composer: Gérald Olivieri
Violin and viola by https://soundcloud.com/violin1756
String sessions online: http://www.stringsessionsonline.com/
Mastering : https://soundcloud.com/thecourt

Petit Thème

Dear all
4 Hands made the Blues for Friends. Thank you Tom for this fantastic idea,  honor and pleasure to do a Blues with you again.

Dear Friends meet on heart and one soul for the Blues and especially for this Blues we did together. 
Hope you enjoy it with best regards from Tom and Rudolf.

Blues For Friends (Collab Tom Adams & Blueswork)

Remi's Dream

Pianocomposition  and arrangement : Classical Glass. https://soundcloud.com/classicalglass-1
Composition for the vocal and vocal: Oddrun Eikli.
Photo Oddrun:  Haworth, West Yorkshire, England,
Poem: by Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848)

Three verses from her poem Stars.

ah, why because the dazzling sun
restored our earth to joy
have you departed , every one,
and left a desert sky

oh stars ,and dreams and gentle night
oh, night and stars return!
and hide me from the hostile light,
that does not warm, but burn.

I turned the pillow, then,
to call back night, and see
Your worlds of solemn light, again,
Throb with my heart, and me!

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. She also published one book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell with her own poems finding regard as poetic genius.

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