this track "White" is a collaboration between Dirk Maassen and myself. Dirk created the piano composition and I added the orchestral movement behind it. Enjoy people!

White

Dirk Maassen & Koen Janssen - White (Orchestral Mix)

Flying

emotive, inspiration, dark, light, minimal, expressive, touching

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I feel very thankful and fortunate to have had a truly amazing summer in 2014.  I visited no fewer than seven counties between July and August.  I witnessed so many amazing things in Romania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and Iceland. I spent quality time, working, playing, and planning for the future with close friends and colleagues. I met and befriended many new and truly wonderful people whom I now consider close friends.

I was asked many times both by friends and family in the US, as well as the local people in the various cities I was in, what I thought about all the various political instability in the world today.  The questions invariably centered around something to the effect of "Aren't you worried/concerned/afraid to be traveling at the moment?"

My standard answer, which I became quite practiced in reciting, was:  I think that if some alien species which did not speak any human language came to Earth and visited New York, Washington DC, Bucharest, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Tallinn, Copenhagen, and Reykjavik it would have a very hard time telling us all apart.  Despite our small cultural differences, people everywhere generally want the same things.  We all look quite similar when we smile and laugh as well as when we cry.

It is said,  everybody loves something, is afraid of something, has lost something, and is looking to find something.  Which will you focus on?  Will you give love unconditionally, or will you help create fear in effort to mask your own?  Will you help yourself and others get lost, or will you try your best to find something of true value and meaning?  Will you focus on artificial divisions and all the reasons why you think you can not do something, or will you open the borders of your heart to new experiences and opportunities for growth? The choice is yours.  It is all of ours.



A deep and humble thanks to everyone in Romania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and Iceland for sharing part of your lives and wonderful culture with me.  The memories will last a lifetime and have already become a formative experience to my creative process.  Thank you!

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"Autumn Rains" is the second installment in 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 trio represents Andrew's most personal and intimate music. It is quite literally a love project. We hope it may help you on your journey, as it has us...

"Autumn Rains" is music inspired by the spirit of Agape. It is an album dedicated to the concept of spiritual love and universal compassion clothed in the metaphor of transcendental natural beauty. It is an album that simultaneously expresses deep love for both the creator as well as the creation. It is said God gave us music so that we could pray without words. It could be added that nature was provided as an example of exactly how to do this effectively. In this spirit, Autumn Rains is a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to learn from the natural beauty of this world, and an expression of a sense of respect for the inescapable universal equality that nature imposes. It humbly attempts to capture deep feelings of awe, granduer, idealism, and a belief in the innate goodness of the world even when we all face exceptionally hard lessons.


Andrew Souter -- Without Borders

Man on Wire

Light Through Water

Ilya Beshevli - Compassion

Quarto Tempo

Oceano

"Sin tocar el timbre, 
sin batir la aldaba, 
sin sonar las manos, 
sin decir palabra, 
por la puerta adentro 
se entró la taimada.
Me topé con ella
al salir de casa.
No estaba de pié,
ni estaba sentada, 
como quien espera
que los criados vayan.
En las losas negras, 
en las losas blancas, 
del zaguán sonoro
de la casa hidalga, 
fresca de rocío
estaba acostada.
Y no entre sus ropas
medio recatada, 
mas toda desnuda,
nevada y dorada, 
por ahí tirados
sus velos de plata, 
por los escalones, 
floja, derramada, 
la melena rubia
con perlas fantásticas, 
tal como una reina
lúbrica y errada
que por esas calles
fuera de parranda...
No cambió de sitio, 
no me dijo nada
cuando en la cancela
resonó mi planta.
Lánguidos los miembros, 
las pupilas claras, 
sin aliento el pecho,
la sonrisa extática, 
desde el pavimento
me miró muy pálida.
Topé con la luna
al salir de casa."
(Baldomero Fernández Moreno)

Plenilunio

compo20240725 (Plenilunio)

Links to artists, label and stores can be found at the bottom of the description!

The album: TIME
Release date: 28/07/2017 on Legacy of Thought label:

"The perception of being alive is bound to the notion and experience of TIME as the past, the present and the future. This Album is illustrating some of the aspects of life and TIME as we know it. The human perception of TIME and our will to be able to control the uncontrolable... TIME travel as the mean to change the unchangable... Listen to TIME and take a break from being caught up in TIME..."


The tracks:

1. Time Machine
2. Another Time
3. A Place in Time - ft. Niclas Olsson on trumpet
4. Time to Remember - ft. Irene Makri on vocals
5. Over The Mountain Top - ft Niclas Olsson on trumpet
6. Autumn Memories - Original Mix
7. Out of Time
8. Meandering Souls
9. Floating Relaxation
10. SpaceBend
11. Stay Some More
12. Autumn Memories - ft. Niclas Olsson on trumpet


The artwork:
Mike Winkelmann: https://www.facebook.com/beeple

Music & Mastering:
Anders Birr: https://soundcloud.com/andawan


The links:
https://www.facebook.com/legacyofthought
https://twitter.com/legacyofthought
https://play.spotify.com/user/21uctd3lr4p7ayim7pcfqwfyi/playlist/2gUTsBD0UHwYJhUeZd8wJu
http://play.qobuz.com/playlist/1394344
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMxdVM6Yc5lMao_kVGYODw
https://www.beatport.com/label/legacy-of-thought/56466
http://www.junodownload.com/labels/Legacy+Of+Thought/releases/
https://soundcloud.com/legacy-of-thought
Also on itunes and amazon

Andawan: https://soundcloud.com/andawan
Irene Makri: https://soundcloud.com/eirini-makri
Niclas Olsson: https://soundcloud.com/nics_escapades
Beeple a.k.a. Mike Winkelmann www.beeple-crap.com
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TIME

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Autumn Memories (Original)

A track i wrote this morning - hope you enjoy listening :)

Photo by Cyra Morgan.

Wednesday

Rest - Elijah Bossenbroek

// songs & hooks
// for artists, producers & sync
// up for collab

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