Comprised of pieces for solo piano written by Matthew Shell and recorded by Armenian pianist, Vahagn Stepanyan, "Contemplation" is a 14 track album that showcases a new facet of Shell’s work that weaves through the emotions of love, loss, kindness, and contemplation: https://narked.com/album/contemplation/

Stream on #Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XfIiCq9teZp4gSPE0iYC9?si=ZjMsiwjTS8mzEdDV4U0Piw&dl_branch=1

#YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iC97Dpe83I&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbu-wlDNp0Ry_wKTPrnxBkgK&index=2

#AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/contemplation-feat-vahagn-stepanyan/1582214772

#Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09D6TY859/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp

(C) 2021 MTS Music Productions: http://MTSmusic.net   
(P) 2021 Narked Records: https://narked.com

#Soothing #Instrumental #Piano #Album #Contemplation

Produced and arranged by Matthew Shell and Vahagn Stepanyan.
On this album, the musicians include Vahagn Stepanyan on piano, Sami Turunen on guitar, Yoed Nir on cello, Ian Cameron on violin, Douglas Lira on flute, and Gabrielle Pisani who composed the melody and initial piano arrangement for track 3 "In Time". 
All songs mixed by Matthew Shell except for track 3 "In Time" mixed by Sami Turunen, and track 11 "You're The One For Me" mixed by Evan Sebenick. 
Album mastered by Steven Vagovics.
Additional production by NTS.
Executive produced by Arun Shenoy and Matthew Shell.

Thank you for listening and sharing if you like it.

Light On The Horizon (feat. Douglas Lira & Vahagn Stepanyan)

Tribute To All We Lost (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan)

You're The One For Me (feat. Ian Cameron & Vahagn Stepanyan)

Tender Loving Kindness (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan)

Acceptance (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan)

Enlightenment (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan)

Many thanks to Jonathan Wesley for his amazing piano playing on our new soothing instrumental song release "Journey Into the Soul". We hope you are relaxed by this piece of music. Presave our next #peaceful #piano #instrumental collaboration "Daybreak" on #Spotify & #AppleMusic at: https://gyro.to/Daybreak

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/582FXAMJvjMYRs0dcJ4JYD?si=zZgGCRrDTvGBaB5ZIs00RA

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gAciWSnkeD8&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbs_hSSDoR4FzWa7-y0FmA8m&index=1

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/journey-into-the-soul-feat-jonathan-wesley-single/1590290932

Instagram for Matthew Shell: https://Instagram.com/mts_music 

Instagram for Jonathan Wesley: https://Instagram.com/wesjonathan 

🙏 Thanks also to @arunshenoymusic @steven.vagovics @spotify @spotifypiano @spotifyforartists @applemusic and all who have supported!

#solopiano #pianist #pianomusic #pianoplayer #pianoplaying #soothing #calming #peaceful #peacefulpiano #playlist #musicvideo #officialaudio #easylistening #relaxing #relaxation #soulful #pianosolo

Journey Into The Soul (Jonathan Wesley) - Gentle Piano Performance

Journey Into The Soul

Journey Into The Soul (feat. Jonathan Wesley)

Releasing now in Singapore (where Narked Records is located), I just want to say thanks to Grammy nominated pianist Jonathan Wesley for his #soothing #piano playing on our new #instrumental #song release "Daybreak" available November 9th on #spotify, #youtube, #applemusic, and #pandora at: https://MTSmusic.net

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0sTVXik0bktQIqqLOiQ5qb

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npSZkmk5zkM&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbs_hSSDoR4FzWa7-y0FmA8m&index=1

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/daybreak/1591563756

Pandora and other digital distributors: https://gyro.to/Daybreak

Instagram for Matthew Shell: https://Instagram.com/mts_music 

Instagram for Jonathan Wesley: https://Instagram.com/wesjonathan

#solopiano #pianist #pianomusic #pianoplayer #pianoplaying #soothing #calming #peaceful #peacefulpiano #playlist #musicvideo #officialaudio #easylistening #relaxing #relaxation #soulful #pianosolo

Daybreak

Daybreak (feat. Jonathan Wesley)

We hope you enjoy this music video for "Nature's Kiss", a #soothing and #uplifting #jazz #instrumental featuring Douglas Lira on #sax and #piano, Jackie Bertone on #percussion, Glenn Welman on #drums, Hector Ruano on #bass, and Sami Turunen on #guitar.

Produced, arranged, and engineered by Matthew Shell & Arun Shenoy.

Mixed by Sami Turunen. 

Mastered by Steven Vagovics. 

Video edited by Eduardo Blumenfeld and Matthew Shell. 

For more, visit: https://MTSmusic.net and https://Narked.com

#Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XfIiCq9teZp4gSPE0iYC9

#AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/matthew-shell/274810181

#Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/matthew-shell/ARXw7XcXrkqddr9

#YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pcDkfHtu2c&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbu-wlDNp0Ry_wKTPrnxBkgK&index=1

Nature's Kiss (feat. Douglas Lira & Jackie Bertone)

"Maui Sunset" is my first #soothing #guitar #instrumental release of 2023: https://gyro.to/MauiSunset

It was created with love as inspired by the beautiful sunsets of Maui, Hawaii and my friend who encouraged me to get back into releasing Spanish guitar style instrumentals. ❤️🤙🍹 

Special thanks to my collaborators on this song including Sami Turunen and Hector Ruano. Our production process was that I played guitar and all of the instruments in a rough arrangement of the song. Then, by ear, Sami and Hector (who are way better musicians than me), they played their parts along with mine as heard on this final version of the song. We hope you like it.

Credits:

Production, engineering, arrangement, and guitar by Matthew Shell

Mixing, mastering, and guitar by Sami Turunen

Bass by Hector Ruano

My business partner who lives in Maui, Hawaii is Kenny McNeil, president of MTS Music

Copyright 2023 MTS Music Productions, LLC. - https://MTSmusic.net

#musicians #music #engineering #love #instrumentalmusic

Maui Sunset

Maui Sunset (SoundCloud Exclusive Extended Version)

🎧 Stream the full album "Towards New Beginnings" at Narked Records: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/
🎥 Watch the music videos at MTS Music Productions: http://MTSmusic.net
🎧 Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CQYJhFaX1FAABzTRTLkXR 
🎧 AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings/1524519375 
🎧 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Towards-New-Beginnings-Matthew-Shell/dp/B08DDJWWGY/ 

✍️ DJ Derek Tate (KRUI 89.7 FM Radio) writes: Matthew Shell and company evoke the soothing sounds of tranquility on "Towards New Beginnings"...Taking about a year to complete, Shell's new album has been meticulously polished and perfected in order to represent a spectrum of emotion. 

And that attention to detail has certainly paid off. The music navigates joy, strife, desire, and satisfaction with a hypnotic ease that eggs listeners to relax and nod their heads. Here, pulses and crescendos are reminiscent of lungs slowly inhaling and exhaling, becoming more and more at ease with each breath.

Although this album was arranged before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, its themes of perseverance in the face of adversity, and the need to take a moment to breathe, make it all the more timely. With "Towards New Beginnings," Shell has created a peaceful album that is largely felt as much as it is heard, as most strongly demonstrated by the title track.

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🎹 Musicians: Guitar: Sami Turunen / Piano+Bass: Vahagn Stepanyan / Drums+Percussion: Glenn Welman / Additional Guitar: Matthew Shell

🎼 Song Production: Matthew Shell, Arun Shenoy

🎼 Songwriting+Arranging: Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen

🎧 Mixing+Additional Arrangement: Erik Fredriksen 

🎧 Mastering: Steven Vagovics

✍️ Cover Art Design+Typography: Mr. Inam 

#RelaxingMusic #MusicToStudyWith #Instrumental

05. Anticipation

🎧 Stream the full album "Towards New Beginnings" at Narked Records: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/
🎥 Watch the music videos at MTS Music Productions: http://MTSmusic.net
🎧 Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CQYJhFaX1FAABzTRTLkXR 
🎧 AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings/1524519375 
🎧 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Towards-New-Beginnings-Matthew-Shell/dp/B08DDJWWGY/ 

✍️ DJ Derek Tate (KRUI 89.7 FM Radio) writes: Matthew Shell and company evoke the soothing sounds of tranquility on "Towards New Beginnings"...Taking about a year to complete, Shell's new album has been meticulously polished and perfected in order to represent a spectrum of emotion. 

And that attention to detail has certainly paid off. The music navigates joy, strife, desire, and satisfaction with a hypnotic ease that eggs listeners to relax and nod their heads. Here, pulses and crescendos are reminiscent of lungs slowly inhaling and exhaling, becoming more and more at ease with each breath.

Although this album was arranged before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, its themes of perseverance in the face of adversity, and the need to take a moment to breathe, make it all the more timely. With "Towards New Beginnings," Shell has created a peaceful album that is largely felt as much as it is heard, as most strongly demonstrated by the title track.

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🎹 Musicians: Guitar: Sami Turunen / Piano+Bass: Vahagn Stepanyan / Drums+Percussion: Phil Dimercurio 

🎼 Song Production: Matthew Shell, Arun Shenoy

🎼 Songwriting+Arranging: Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen

🎧 Mixing+Additional Arrangement: Erik Fredriksen 

🎧 Mastering: Steven Vagovics

✍️ Cover Art Design+Typography: Mr. Inam 

#RelaxingMusic #MusicToStudyWith #Instrumental

03. On Solid Ground

🎧 Stream the full album "Towards New Beginnings" at Narked Records: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/
🎥 Watch the music videos at MTS Music Productions: http://MTSmusic.net
🎧 Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CQYJhFaX1FAABzTRTLkXR 
🎧 AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings/1524519375 
🎧 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Towards-New-Beginnings-Matthew-Shell/dp/B08DDJWWGY/ 

✍️ DJ Derek Tate (KRUI 89.7 FM Radio) writes: Matthew Shell and company evoke the soothing sounds of tranquility on "Towards New Beginnings"...Taking about a year to complete, Shell's new album has been meticulously polished and perfected in order to represent a spectrum of emotion. 

And that attention to detail has certainly paid off. The music navigates joy, strife, desire, and satisfaction with a hypnotic ease that eggs listeners to relax and nod their heads. Here, pulses and crescendos are reminiscent of lungs slowly inhaling and exhaling, becoming more and more at ease with each breath.

Although this album was arranged before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, its themes of perseverance in the face of adversity, and the need to take a moment to breathe, make it all the more timely. With "Towards New Beginnings," Shell has created a peaceful album that is largely felt as much as it is heard, as most strongly demonstrated by the title track.

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🎹 Musicians: Guitar: Sami Turunen / Piano+Bass: Vahagn Stepanyan / Drums+Percussion: Phil Dimercurio / Additional Guitar: Matthew Shell

🎼 Song Production: Matthew Shell, Arun Shenoy

🎼 Songwriting+Arranging: Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen

🎧 Mixing+Additional Arrangement: Erik Fredriksen 

🎧 Mastering: Steven Vagovics

✍️ Cover Art Design+Typography: Mr. Inam 

#RelaxingMusic #MusicToStudyWith #Instrumental

02. Awakening To Reality

07. Meditation

01. Memories

🎧 Stream the full album "Towards New Beginnings" at Narked Records: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/
🎧 Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CQYJhFaX1FAABzTRTLkXR 
🎧 AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings/1524519375 
🎧 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Towards-New-Beginnings-Matthew-Shell/dp/B08DDJWWGY/ 
🎥 YouTube playlist for TNB album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjWJ1Y-1U2s&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvvLbWQUt9AaMoR67OnQdQ3&index=1 

✍️ DJ Derek Tate (KRUI 89.7 FM Radio) writes: Matthew Shell and company evoke the soothing sounds of tranquility on "Towards New Beginnings"...Taking about a year to complete, Shell's new album has been meticulously polished and perfected in order to represent a spectrum of emotion.

And that attention to detail has certainly paid off. The music navigates joy, strife, desire, and satisfaction with a hypnotic ease that eggs listeners to relax and nod their heads. Here, pulses and crescendos are reminiscent of lungs slowly inhaling and exhaling, becoming more and more at ease with each breath.

Although this album was arranged before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, its themes of perseverance in the face of adversity, and the need to take a moment to breathe, make it all the more timely. With "Towards New Beginnings," Shell has created a peaceful album that is largely felt as much as it is heard, as most strongly demonstrated by the title track.

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🎹 Musicians: Guitar: Sami Turunen / Piano+Bass: Vahagn Stepanyan / Drums+Percussion: Glenn Welman / Vocals: Marisa Frantz / Additional Guitar+Percussion: Matthew Shell

🎼 Song Production: Matthew Shell, Arun Shenoy

🎼 Songwriting+Arranging: Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen

🎬 Video Direction: Matthew Shell

🎥 Video Editing: Glenn Welman & Eduardo Blumenfeld

🎧 Mixing+Additional Arrangement: Erik Fredriksen 

🎧 Mastering: Steven Vagovics

✍️ Cover Art Design+Typography: Mr. Inam 

#RelaxingMusic #MusicToStudyWith #Instrumental

08. Passion In Her Soul (feat. Marisa Frantz)

🎧 Stream the full album "Towards New Beginnings" at Narked Records: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/
🎥 Watch the music videos at MTS Music Productions: http://MTSmusic.net
🎧 Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CQYJhFaX1FAABzTRTLkXR 
🎧 AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings/1524519375 
🎧 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Towards-New-Beginnings-Matthew-Shell/dp/B08DDJWWGY/ 

Check out the music video is for this, the title track from Matthew Shell's new album "Towards New Beginnings" released August 1, 2020 via Narked Records in association with MTS Music Productions: http://MTSmusic.net

✍️ DJ Derek Tate (KRUI 89.7 FM Radio) writes: Matthew Shell and company evoke the soothing sounds of tranquility on "Towards New Beginnings," the title track off of Shell's latest album.

The single and its accompanying music video have a calm and relaxing sound (certainly ideal for studying or having a romantic dinner) which is elegantly crafted by head composer and producer Matthew Shell. Taking about a year to complete, Shell's new album has been meticulously polished and perfected in order to represent a spectrum of emotion.

And that attention to detail has certainly paid off. The music navigates joy, strife, desire, and satisfaction with a hypnotic ease that eggs listeners to relax and nod their heads. Here, pulses and crescendos are reminiscent of lungs slowly inhaling and exhaling, becoming more and more at ease with each breath.

Jazzy, yet reserved, this new age genre piece is brought to life by its impressive personnel of musicians. Featured soloist Douglas Lira elevates the track to a new level of technicality, showcasing some impressive skill on both flute and soprano sax.

The track is also book-ended by two guitar solos courtesy of Sami Turunen, showing off his prowess first with a reserved and soothing acoustic intro and then adding a bit more glitz on the electric guitar at the song’s satisfying denouement. Turunen’s playing reels in one final emotional peak before the song gracefully tapers off.

Other personnel include Vahagn Stepanyan on piano, Glenn Welman on percussion, and Yoed Nir on cello; each of whom fuel the track’s emotional drive.

Although this album was arranged before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, its themes of perseverance in the face of adversity, and the need to take a moment to breathe, make it all the more timely. With "Towards New Beginnings," Shell has created a peaceful album that is largely felt as much as it is heard, as most strongly demonstrated by the title track.

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🎹 Musicians: Guitar: Sami Turunen / Piano+Bass: Vahagn Stepanyan / Sax: Douglas Lira / Drums+Percussion: Glenn Welman / Cello: Yoed Nir 

🎼 Song Production: Matthew Shell, Arun Shenoy

🎼 Songwriting+Arranging: Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen

🎬 Video Direction: Arun Shenoy, Matthew Shell

🎥 Video Editing: Jason Baustin

🎧 Mixing+Additional Arrangement: Erik Fredriksen 

🎧 Mastering: Steven Vagovics

✍️ Cover Art Design+Typography: Mr. Inam 

#RelaxingMusic #MusicToStudyWith #Instrumental

10. Towards New Beginnings (feat. Douglas Lira)

🎻 To learn more about Marisa Frantz, visit: https://soundbetter.com/profiles/188531-marisa-frantz 
🎶 To learn more about MTS Music Productions, visit: http://MTSmusic.net
🎥 Watch each of these musicians' videos of their performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWadJb7-dwo&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvy6vas5VJl1-3atJWqHcli&index=1
🎨 Cover art used with permission by @Zombich: https://www.instagram.com/p/B7RIUq-BT_H/

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After releasing the video for  "Passion In Her Soul" with Marisa Frantz for the album "Towards New Beginnings" (🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjWJ1Y-1U2s&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvvLbWQUt9AaMoR67OnQdQ3&index=1), I saw that Marisa had also just released an incredible acoustic version of my favorite song by the Smashing Pumpkins, "Tonight Tonight" (🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-8h3h-KukU&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvy6vas5VJl1-3atJWqHcli&index=5). I asked Marisa if we could make a full band version of this cover with the musicians from the TNB album and Marisa loved the idea. We hope you love it, too.

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🎹 Musicians: Vocals, Violin, and Piano: Marisa Frantz / Guitar: Sami Turunen / Piano Violin / Drums and Percussion: Glenn Welman / Bass: Hector Ruano 
🎼 Song Production & Arranging: Matthew Shell and Marisa Frantz
🎬 Video Direction: Matthew Shell and Marisa Frantz
🎥 Video Editing: Glenn Welman
🎧 Mixing: Sami Turunen, Matthew Shell, and Erik Fredriksen 
🎧 Mastering: Steven Vagovics

#SmashingPumpkins #TonightTonight #Cover

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🎧 Stream the full album "Towards New Beginnings" at Narked Records: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/
🎧As heard on the Tony Kornheiser Show, KKFI 90.1 FM, KOJH 104.7 FM, and Hybrid Jazz Radio with Trish Hennessey.
🎧 Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CQYJhFaX1FAABzTRTLkXR 
🎧 AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings/1524519375 
🎧 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Towards-New-Beginnings-Matthew-Shell/dp/B08DDJWWGY/

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight (Cover by Marisa Frantz & MTS Music Productions)

🎻 To learn more about Marisa Frantz, visit: https://soundbetter.com/profiles/188531-marisa-frantz 
🎶 To learn more about MTS Music Productions, visit: http://MTSmusic.net
🎥 "Disarm" music video coming soon. 
🎨 Cover art created by Fairy In Black: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIm9ofSts0vO4lF9CfWN2kA

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After the success of Marisa Frantz's cover of "Tonight Tonight", we talked about "Disarm" as our follow up cover in honor of The Smashing Pumpkins. We hope you like it.

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Credits: 
🎹 Musicians: Vocals & Violin: Marisa Frantz / Guitar: Sami Turunen / Drums and Percussion: Glenn Welman / Bass: Hector Ruano / Bells: Evan Sebenick
🎼 Song Production & Arranging: Matthew Shell
🎬 Video Direction: Matthew Shell, Marisa Frantz & Fairy In Black
🎥 Video Editing: Fairy In Black & Marisa Frantz
🎧 Mixing & Mastering: Evan Sebenick
🎶 "Disarm" was written by Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins and was originally featured on the album "Siamese Dream"

#SmashingPumpkins #Disarm #Cover

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🎧 Stream the full album "Towards New Beginnings" at Narked Records: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/
🎧As heard on the Tony Kornheiser Show, KKFI 90.1 FM, KOJH 104.7 FM, and Hybrid Jazz Radio with Trish Hennessey.
🎧 Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CQYJhFaX1FAABzTRTLkXR 
🎧 AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings/1524519375 
🎧 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Towards-New-Beginnings-Matthew-Shell/dp/B08DDJWWGY/

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm (Cover by Marisa Frantz & MTS Music Productions)

(C) 2021 MTS Music - http://MTSmusic.net  
(P) 2021 Narked Records - http://Narked.com

Drifting Through Dreams (feat. Douglas Lira on Flute, Commoninterest & Erik Fredriksen)

Soar (feat. Melloe D, Tulypz & Josue Garcia Garcia on Trumpet)

Joy (feat. Marcus Mitchell on Sax)

Matthew Shell and Arun Shenoy's NEW #future #jazz album "Elemental" is available now and features Marcus Johnson, among others: https://Elemental.sg 

This album "Elemental" is also available in #Dolby #ATMOS 7.1.4 #immersive #audio on Apple Music and Tidal at: https://gyro.to/73999Elemental 

Many thanks to mix engineer Roger Montejano and Dolby Labs technology.

Also, Matthew Shell's new #soothing #piano #instrumental #album "New Perspective" is also available now at https://MTSmusic.net. It features #pianists Jonathan Wesley, Vahagn Stepanyan, and Douglas Lira.

A special thanks goes out to Narked Records, Soothe Sounds, GYROstream, and everyone supporting this and all of our music.

Matthew Shell

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