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My egoistically personal favourites of 2013

Toonz

Stein Thor

Classics

Smooth and Calm

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Chill

piano

Emotional soundtrack 2

Wandering 2013 Conor Brown Remix

Good morning everyone, this theme is one that woke me up one sunny day when I heard someone improvising downstairs on the piano, so I stumbled down the stairs to capture the melody and... here it is !

please support and like me on: www.facebook.com/Dirk.Maassen.Music

Dirk Maassen - M's Theme (www.facebook.com/Dirk.Maassen.Music)

"It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Thanks to tbucha for the download and use of their image. You can download and use for free here: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1339167

The Place Love Began

Not a tune with a beat, just a mood piece featuring piano recorded in my living room to prepare you for the album to come; and since it's a mood piece, I'm not going to make you pay for it if you don't want to; Here's a download link containing both MP3 and WAV Versions:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/h0ukhrdh8kdlfiz/Prelude.zip

Prelude

This is a late night jazz inspired compilation album of all my best keys numbers I've made over the past two years. I hope you like, cheers Mark.

If you feel the love you can buy the album or individual tracks over at Bandcamp here -- ( https://markyd1.bandcamp.com/album/soul-lounge )

Artwork c/o http://www.loungemasters.org/

~~Buy At Bandcamp~~

Soul Lounge - Soul Keys (album)

This is a piece from last spring,, but now I worked in some orchestra... it´s for a short film that is being made and have to send it later tonight to the film maker.... I would apreciate any help,,, if you hear something strange or ugly,, or if you really hate this version...   maybe I´ll have time to fix it :),,,,,,   thanks guys

My heart´s nocturne - Cinematic version

Getting emotional..

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I am happy to announce the release of my 2nd original piano album! I consider the pieces included in this album to be my best compositions, recorded in 2013. The album has some tracks, which are not included in this set.

I hope you will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed playing them. Your support is very much appreciated as it brings me closer to achieving one of my dreams - to have a real acoustic grand piano. Thank you for your continuous appreciation of my music!

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/accidental-etudes/id848461749
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Etudes-Milana/dp/B00J8ZCOF2
BandCamp: http://milana.bandcamp.com/album/accidental-etudes

Reviews:
Kathy Parsons: http://www.mainlypiano.com/2014_Reviews/Milana-Accidental_Etudes.html
Michael Diamond: http://michaeldiamondmusic.com/2014/04/29/accidental-etudes-by-milana/
Sally Rowsell: http://rowsellstudio.blogspot.ca/2014/05/accidental-etudes-milana-zilnik.html

Storms  in my soul 

Storms  in my soul - Milana - on iTunes

Working on some lullabyes,,,  this one is for Aurora (Northern lights, daughter of Danilo, my wife´s brother  

Good night my friends,,, please tell me if this lullaby works on your child :)

A Lullaby For Aurora

Was in a dark and surreal mood when I played this one.
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I am happy to announce the release of my 2nd original piano album! I consider the pieces included in this album to be my best compositions, recorded in 2013. The album has some tracks, which are not included in this set.

I hope you will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed playing them. Your support is very much appreciated as it brings me closer to achieving one of my dreams - to have a real acoustic grand piano. Thank you for your continuous appreciation of my music!

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/accidental-etudes/id848461749
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Etudes-Milana/dp/B00J8ZCOF2
BandCamp: http://milana.bandcamp.com/album/accidental-etudes

Reviews:
Kathy Parsons: http://www.mainlypiano.com/2014_Reviews/Milana-Accidental_Etudes.html
Michael Diamond: http://michaeldiamondmusic.com/2014/04/29/accidental-etudes-by-milana/
Sally Rowsell: http://rowsellstudio.blogspot.ca/2014/05/accidental-etudes-milana-zilnik.html

Dancing With Hades

Dancing with Hades - Milana - on iTunes!

After a long week, many energy draining things,,, I manage to cook up this soft relaxation piece.... still in the lullaby spectrum.   Not my best work,,, but I like to keep up with the "one piece a week" goal.

Hope you are all having a wonderful winter my friends.

Mp - A Soft Whisper - Lullaby Nr. 3

To have a muse, in person or in spirit, is an artist's greatest yet most fickle gift. This closes the loop, completing a set of 3. 

The Muse: http://soundcloud.com/oliversadie/the-muse
The Muse II: http://soundcloud.com/oliversadie/the-muse-ii

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Photograph © 2012-2013 <a href=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=532762340073690&set=pb.156806751002586.-2207520000.1370912183.&type=3&theater>Cap Photography</A>.

Support Artist

The Muse III

Time Remembered

Bill Evans - Time Remembered (Philippe Edison Rework)

Vérité is the second instalment of piano & soundtrack works from Máistrí. Covering 12 tracks ranging from minimal piano though to classical and ambient textures.

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/verite/id435794849

Amazon (UK): http://www.amazon.co.uk/V%C3%A9rit%C3%A9/dp/B004ZC087O/ref=dm_ap_alb2

Amazon (US): http://www.amazon.com/V%C3%A9rit%C3%A9/dp/B004ZEYJ6I/ref=sr_shvl_album_1/176-8819420-8818839?ie=UTF8&qid=1304686800&sr=301-1

Napster: http://music.napster.com/m%C3%A1istr%C3%AD-music/album/v%C3%A9rit%C3%A9/14278931#s_module=artist_header

© Copyright 2011 Máistrí, All Rights Reserved.

02 Máistrí - Vérité - "Less Is More"

Another original piece this time. I just finished a massive project today so took some time out to practice composing. Post-lullaby-adventures in your sleep, battling dream goblins and saving imaginary princesses and all that jazz. It quite heavily feature's Orange Tree Sample's new Evolution Steel String library which I can definitely recommend to anyone needing acoustic goodness.

Used:
FL Studio 9, Kontakt 4 library, Spiritoso, Cinesamples CineOrch, Orange Tree Samples Steel Strings, Spitfire Percussion &amp; British Woodwinds, VOXOs, Audiobro LA Scoring Strings, Alicia's Keys.


Buy on Bandcamp

Adventures in your sleep

Just felt like making a song for you all tonight,, going to do an orchestral version of it this week and hopefully send to the 8dio  standout contest.  Or maybe I´ll just do another song for that, don´t know. 

I´m always waiting for something, but I think maybe it´s time to stop waiting and either just be happy with what I have in life or do something drastic like move to a lighthouse somewhere and live off the land :),,, don´t know. I do miss a lot of things but I have a lot of things also.

In other news, after a crappy summer here in Iceland autumn greets us with crappy weather, so I´m planning on either going somewhere or start taking drugs :)

Hope you enjoy the music though my friends. You can download it freely.

Waiting vs. Wanting, but it withers away

A love song,,,,

strange to say it, but I like this song my friends,,, and it´s a personal one...

In Your Arms - A Love Song (done)

Last song of the month,,,  horrible weather we had this month,, crap crap crap...   but some nice moments and this is about a nice moment in the dark.

Dancing In The Dark

Produced by MickyPat
Sample from Chrono Trigger Original Soundtrack - "Gato's Song"

Gato's Beat [MickyPat Remix/Instrumental]

Have a nice journey everyone,  thank you for listening. :) 

CD on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Trip-Miranda-Shvangiradze/dp/B00D2CSQPE/ref=cm_cmu_pg_t

Buy this song

Ready For The Trip?

Espisodes of  Mirza 
Monday cover by Amir

روايت اول ميرزا

روايت ميرزاى پنجم

روايت ميرزاى چهارم

Иоганн Штраус - Медленный вальс

"Through its dynamic co-operation TrondheimSolistene (the Trondheim Soloists) and 2L has always sort to stretch the boundaries of what is possible to convey to the listener, aiming for the ultimate recorded listening experience. With the Serenade the team has taken things one step further with the TrondheimSolistene truly justifying their name. By placing each individual next to someone from a different voice rather than sitting in conventional sections we are working at the very outer limits of what is possible and creating chamber music at the highest level" - Øyvind Gimse, 2012.

http://www.2l.no/pages/album/090.html

We allocated two weeks in 2011 to record this new album. Artistic director Øyvind Gimse and his associate Geir Inge Lotsberg initially chose two pieces that represent, in their estimation, "the most beautiful music ever composer for the string orchestra": Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence and his Serenade for Strings. Aiming for a 90 minutes program left 30 more minutes to record. So the orchestra and 2L logged on to Facebook and asked the listeners worldwide what they'd like to hear. And the audience responded: Nielsen's Suite Opus 1. A little gem that would exploit the Trondheim Soloists' singular way with Nordic repertoire.

Inspired by Morten Lindberg's extensive work with choral music, the Tchaikovsky's SERENADE was recorded with the ensemble placed in mixed voices, meaning no one is sitting beside anyone playing the same part, creating a totally new soundscape to the music. Carl Nielsen's SUITE opus 1 is recorded in a more "traditional" way in these sessions: Facebook Photo Album - Recording Sessions Part I

What we recorded in May 2011 is now published exclusively as high resolution audio files, by streaming and on vinyl. Then our recordings from October will add up to a full release on Pure Audio Blu-ray in May 2012.

DXD (352.8kHz/24bit) DMM (Direct Metal Master)
180g audiophile grade vinyl

TrondheimSolistene (The Trondheim Soloists) are regarded as one of the top chamber orchestras in the world. Their DIVERTIMENTI and FOLK STYLE were both nominated for a total of five American GRAMMY Awards in categories "Best Small Ensemble", "Best Engineered Album" and "Best Surround Sound Album".

The music captured by 2L features Norwegian composers and performers, and an international repertoire reflected in the Nordic atmosphere. The surround sound recordings of Lindberg Lyd not only transforms the entire listening experience, more radically, these innovative recordings overturn some very basic concepts regarding how music is played and even composed. 2L emphasizes surround sound with Pure Audio Blu-ray and HiRes file distribution, and have garnered no less than 12 American GRAMMY nominations over the past six years.

Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence: I. Allegro

روايت ميرزاى ششم

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Daisi (Sunset)

From album 'Ready For The Trip?'
Found a new sound - Japanese instrument Shamisen. 

Sun In Cold Water

Rubric - Tyondai Braxton from the album REWORK_Philip Glass remixed

A wiggly orchestration of 'Oh Bubblegum' from Adventure Time. Rebecca Sugar's song was too catchy not to orchestrate. I might tackle the other half of the demo in a later release.

Find more of the Synthetic Orchestra on the sites below:
Facebook: http://facebook.com/syntheticorchestra
Twitter: http://twitter.com/syntheticorch
Google+: http://plus.google.com/b/116523306548488804710/
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/blaketothefuture/
All my orchestrations: http://syntheticorchestra.com/all/
Site: http://syntheticorchestra.com

Lyrics:
Slime Princess you're alright,
Flame Princess you're okay
Wildberry Princess could be better
All of the princesses are pretty alright but...
Oh Bubblegum... You look like a lot of fun
I'm right outside, and that is how I know
Hey Princess did you get my text?
With the picture of my awesome gun show.
I'm also working on my pecs,
If you'd like I'll send a picture of that too
Oh Bubblegum... I really need someone
or anyone... Pretty much anyone
I'm so alone.
Will somebody tell me what's wrong with me?
Anybody?!
Anybody?!
Anybody?!

Find Rebecca Sugar's other Adventure Time music:
http://www.youtube.com/robsugar

Used Software:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, ymVST, Massive, Spitfire Loegria, Albion, Percussion, Harp, Harpsichord, Symphonic Strings & Solo Strings, Cinesamples CineBrass, CineBrass Pro, VOXOs, Piano in Blue & HollyWoodwinds, Orange Tree Samples Pineapple Ukalele, Evolution Acoustic Guitar & Tiny Music Box, Sample Modeling Horns & Tuba, Fablesounds Broadway Lites, Project Sam Symphobia II, Various private libraries

Adventure Time - Oh Bubblegum Orchestra

Bedtime Stories (Austin Peralta Reinterpretation)

Thank you to absolutely everyone who has been listening to us here at SoundCloud! You're all lovely xx

48 Acres - UnDone

saturday morning music, so much to think about and do,,,  but instead I do this :)

it´s an imrov of sorts in passacaglia style, although just a touch of it,  same chords for six minutes,,, and isn´t our lifes usually the same much of the time. Blessed are the people that manage to live and revitalize all the time.

Birth to death - a waltz about life (19. jan 2013) (downloadable)(found)

پيانو مينيمال
به زمستان مهاجرت‌های بیشمار و به تنهایهایی که بی‌ حضور تو  گذشت

زمستان در تنهايی‌- Winter in lonliness

Track 6, from Ce soir, après dîner (2002)

Rouge Rouge - l'amour avec toi

Was playing around with Studio 1 from Presonus tonight,,, and this is the result...  hope you like it.  I´m starting to think I could do nothing except write music all day long, only problem is that it does not pay any bills :)....   

I tried analog delay from S1 on my piano sound and let that run the tempo,  played around with the echo effect,  and sometimes let the echo lead me on.  Then I did the string part, which took awhile since S1 has worse midi workings that Logic, and for classical nerds like myself it has no sheet music option.  Seeing the notes helps me when scoring piano improvs, I can see the harmony and read the lines.

So mixing and everything is done in Studio one (old version),  still waiting for Cubase 7 upgrade,,,,  moving away from logic, it´s not keeping up with times.  Apple seems to have given us musicians the finger.... 

Life´s little echoes

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

Walk

Heart Felt Tears.

Had a lot of emotions of late,,, good ones mostly,,,   still revamping my mind,, trying to find my zen, still far away but some progress.  My heads not too clear, full of ideas but time is quite full of work, odd jobs and stuff I need to do.  Need to find a mountain somewhere and climb it, maybe just stay up there.

This piece here is not letting me alone,, it swims around in my head,,,,   this is the version I´m going to work with,, still 70% improvised, but I probably will write it up on sheet and record it.   The first part is conflicting F- major with f-minor in the melody,,, the second part changes hands,, so the f- minor becomes the harmony under.... then it goes into major of sorts in the end,, so ends in harmony without dissonance....

We all seek harmony and a world without fractures,,, but it´s hard to find,,,  and to be honest,,  music would be so boring without dissonance,,, most of the pop music is today without any dissonance,,,  hence it dumbs the mind,,, quite mindblowing stuff.....    I know the conflict A Ab is going to disturb some of you,,, sorry about that :)   

Dissonance in life´s perfect harmony

At a pivotal moment in the drama, The Muse makes herself known to the protagonist whose sculpted art begins to multiply into abstract forms, drifting and scattering in his ragged space, filling his vision with reflective fragments of his dreams.

One of three:
The Muse II: https://soundcloud.com/oliversadie/the-muse-ii
The Muse III: https://soundcloud.com/oliversadie/the-muse-iii

___________________________________
Photograph © 2012-2013 <a href=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=532762340073690&set=pb.156806751002586.-2207520000.1370912183.&type=3&theater>Cap Photography</A>.

The Muse

Last day, tomorrow I go home, but it was a really nice day. Been living in the past, finding my childhoods favorite places, and spending some time with my 92 years old grandmother. Went with her to my grandfathers grave and then I came back to the farm. Been sunny but windy, really nice, and I´m starting to feel at home. I really should just stay here :).

When I came inside I decided to check on my inspiration and this song came out, fully functional and I think the best one in the series, maybe one of my best songs, when I listen to it I think, yes, this is the song I was supposed to write here.

The picture now is of the house where I´m staying,,,   such a lovely place and I find that I have a really easy time staying alone, way too easy....   should just find a mountain somewhere.....

Maybe this is the last song of this session,  if so I thank you for following,,, for me this has been really nice.  I´ll see if the midnight sun gives me one more song.

Tjörnes session - 5. Memories

I like to work in sets, sorry for that,,,  when I have time and energy to write songs they do come out pretty fast.  This one is a response to the one I did this morning, I like this one much more....

Good night my friends ..... sleep tight,, (here in Iceland it´s about 23:30 and full light outside)

Good night my friend, the midnight sun sends it´s greetings

Sheet music
www.steinmusica.com

If you want to contact me I´m only an email away

stein.musica@gmail.com

Always happy to lend music and would love to take part in cinematic projects.

Mp - A Soft Whisper - Lullaby Nr. 3

Stein_Thor