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As the saying goes: nothing ever ends well, otherwise it would not end. And yet large parts of us still wish things would not end, even after we convince ourselves it is for the best. Is it an act of grace to accept fate and slowly fade away without a fight, or does the universe want to test our resolve and see just how far we are willing to go to obtain, and more importantly perhaps to keep, the object of our desires? It is human not to know; it is human to exist in bewilderment regarding such matters. Being aware of this, however, never makes it any easier. Endings always bring an emptiness in a person's heart and soul. No one ever wants to fail, but sometimes we wait too long to really try in the right ways to truly succeed. The eleventh hour concession is always the hardest case to handle. It leaves one with many doubts. It leaves a person with the hope that things would be, could be, should be, better if only... In such cases the weather can be forever raining in one's heart. 

ALBUM INFO:

"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 Cover Art "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 -- Still Raining There

About a month ago I listened to and left some comments on this beautiful piece by Fivos Valachis: http://soundcloud.com/fivosvalachis/nocturnes-22-nov-promenades-en

Fivos asked if I can play it and I gave it a try. This is my interpretation of Fivos's original composition: first half I played it following the note sheet, second half I improvised on the same theme. 

Original composition by Fivos Valachis (http://soundcloud.com/fivosvalachis)
Photo by Pascal Durif (www.facebook.com/pascal.durif.9).

Promenades En Campagne - Fivos Valachis (composition), Milana (piano, impro)

Grammy award winning Swedish singer/songwriter Karin Park’s latest release finds her in a collaboration with Pandora Drive (a duo comprised of filmmaker and photographer Thomas Knights and DJ and producer Nick Sheldon Hurricane). The combination has created a woozy, downtempo electro-pop and here, we treat you to the incredible Maya Jane Coles remix as she puts her unmistakeable, equally woozy, low slung house tinge on an already beautiful track. Forthcoming 9th Feb on State Of The Eye Recordings, press play on this deep delight. 
https://soundcloud.com/karin-park/
https://soundcloud.com/pandoradriveofficial
https://soundcloud.com/mayajanecoles

Karin Park & Pandora Drive, Hurricane is out now: https://pro.beatport.com/release/hurricane/1454400

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Premiere: Karin Park & Pandora Drive - Hurricane (Maya Jane Coles Remix)

Be careful to sow wisely the good seed, for one day you may have to eat its fruit.  Perhaps grace is not demanding to receive everything that we think we are entitled to by our own merit or position, but rather to instead give thanks for not receiving everything we may deserve for our failures and folly. Let us be diligent year round to do the best we can to nurture our crop. Let us be humbly content to accept result of these efforts, whatever it may be, at the time of the harvest.

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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 -- The Harvest

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done using virtual dj. original music not done by me.

yiruma - moonlight ( rainy mood edition)

"Here I Am" by Adam Green and Binki Shapiro

To Find a Girl

Emotional, building piano piece. Written at a difficult time in our lives, hopefully conveying that emotion.

Waiting

Someone

Die lange Version unseres Pianostückes aus der TV-Werbung

Travel Dreams - HRS Long

Last week I was Breath Practing on my bamboo flute, Recordered it , and wondered what came out ,
Alistair Roberts made this poem inspired by the music
The Raven cried out
its voice echoed through the valley
for it had seen the past
and she lamented the future.

Haunted by what had happened,
forest crying rivers of tears
trees falling,
no one taking their place.

She cried out again,
would anyone hear,
the trees were quiet now,
there were so few of them left.

The Raven looked at the sight
bare land, turning to concrete.
Just where could she go,
forest were so few,
life faded from view.

Voices in the Fog....  Bamboo Flute life play

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After I travelled down so many roads the last couple of years I finally met this girl. 
To me she is beauty, she is inspiration, she is hope, she is love. She calls herself butterfly and since she fell in love with that song I dedicate it to her. So, this song is for you my butterfly, may you sit on my heart for a long and never forget how to fly !  


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Dirk Maassen - To The Sky (follow @dirk_maassen on instagram)

Instrumental & interpretation. (apols to any purists) 

4 leaf clover tune for a very special day for all the lovely Irish folk out there.  

Sorry about the rugby result the other week by the way, but if you cannae score the tries or get  the ball over the posts, you just dont win...  beeegorrrahhhhh!

Danny Boy

Walking anytime, without any reasons, you're alive.!.

Walk

how great is our god

I have known recently Dirk Maassen for his wonderful music and as a person.
Generous in any sense and deeply dedicated to his and other people work.
His piano, a bliss.
Here I have only contributed with an orchestral arrangement which was due to the inspiring song Dirk has created. A full collaboration will come soon.
Thank you Dirk 

Dirk Maassen (feat. London-DC) -To the sky (Symphonic version)

14 June 2013
I 've composed that piece yesterday night, when i was thinking about what is happening in europe.
Someone has just listened and told me that is was plenty of joy and melancholy, calm and anger, lightness and gravity.
It is true. Is what i feel when i see what we are doing to the wonderful dream called Europe United.


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