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In celebration of Piano Day 2022, here's a slightly stripped-down version of a song from my upcoming full-length instrumental release "Unknow". I hope you enjoy Saturday (Hushed). Happy Piano Day!

Add to your spotify playlist - https://open.spotify.com/album/3bLDMr11yufxlZwYY71lJp?si=a_pT0HHaQfCN31Bs2nlR7A

Saturday (Hushed) - Piano Day 2022

The Presence Of Love #pianoday2022

Music for string orchestra and piano.

Part of an album release by West One Music, "Inspiring Minimalism."

Used in the trailer for "The Dark Horse."  Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3YopiaQ3k8

Inspiring Minimalism

Life's Wonder

There are times in our lives when we yearn for simplicity; when things seem to overwhelm. After [and continuing] ill-health and hospitals, I have felt this need for simplicity, especially after not being able to play the piano for some time, my love and therapy.

I missed it so much; being here; listening to you all, and creating. ……and once again, some dear friends, Milco (The Flute Whisperer) https://soundcloud.com/milco-huisman…. Erik (Melotone) https://soundcloud.com/kiresivat ..  and The Subwave Network, UK https://soundcloud.com/the-subwave-network….. gave me so much, with encouragement and motivation. 

Thus, I woke in the middle of the night, with no ideas, just a need to get to my piano and try to get my feelings out 

It is a simple piece to reflect that need and yearning for simplicity, and which is reflected in the title. I felt sorrow, yet soothed.

I needed to do this, not only for myself, but also for some close friends undergoing some difficulties, and others too, who desire a moment of simplicity in their lives; to forget for awhile the burdens we all experience from time to time.

Please excuse any errors, being an improvisation, and I am hoping to get strong enough to be back online more often than I have recently.

I have missed so many of you and your music so much xx

PS If you are interested, and given that this is a simple piece, let me know if you would like to receive the midi files and we can perhaps commence a new 'Imaginations & Collaborations SoundCloud Challenge [Part 2] - If so, I will try to organise coordination of such. If you are not aware of the prior challenge, please look at the playlist on my page, with several great contributing artists :-)

Yearning for Simplicity - Megs McCarthy

As some of you already know, I'm not too big on social media. Sure, I'll use some of the more popular outlets to share these words on all this music, mostly because I think that's where you all hang out. Sometimes it feels like entering a packed and loud bar and just quietly saying in the corner, "Hey, did you hear about this new album by Akira Kosemura?" and then retreating for the night to my quiet studio, where the noise in my memory of this encounter is finally relieved by the sound of the piano keys. I feel like every year, I make an offhand comment about the insanity of the world, and every year it seems to get a little worse. The news, in particular, appears to be an amplified magnet of defilements intensely blinking for attention at the top of the roof. But I won't comment on the headlines and instead attempt to make my own. Today I am premiering for you a piece from Kosemura's new soundtrack for a film called "Rudy", which is scheduled to be released via his own Tokyo-based Schole imprint on September 15th. This is a beautiful collection of 31 vignettes, where "the piano plays a central role, and the listener is transported by the emotion of the compositions of this internationally acclaimed pianist." The human condition is explored on every single track, with a slightly melancholy, touching, quiet tone, perfectly capturing the overall sentiment of the storyline, whether the images unfold on the screen or in my mind behind closed eyelids. I think you will enjoy this little gem.

Rudy

Looking in the Same Direction

TRACK PREMIERE : Akira Kosemura - Looking In The Same Direction

Vitality

ABOUT THIS ALBUM
This "Top 20" album is a collection of my most popular songs from 2008 to 2015.  These are the most played songs on Pandora Radio and Spotify, as well as the most purchased songs on iTunes, Amazon and directly from my website.  All songs have been re-recorded and remastered to have a clean and consistent sound, and they all have a fresh, new touch to them as well.  Enjoy.
 
A NOTE OF VERY SPECIAL THANKS
I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to my fans, followers, and listeners for making these songs and my music a part of your lives.  It is solely because of you that these songs are "hits" and this album is a possibility.  You continue to support my art and my passion, and you encourage and inspire me to keep sharing my creations with you.  If I could hug you all, I would.  Thank you!!!
 
All songs composed, produced and performed by Michele McLaughlin www.michelemclaughlin.com 
Recorded on Michele's Fazioli F212 grand piano at her home in Salt Lake City, UT.  
Mastered and engineered by Joe Bongiorno at Piano Haven Studios in Sedona, AZ www.pianohaven.com  
Artwork and design by Matt Strieby at Newleaf Design www.newleafdesign.com
Piano maintained and tuned by Rick Baldassin at Baldassin Pianos www.baldassinpianos.com 
Manufactured at Diskmakers www.diskmakers.com 
 
Copyright © 2015.  All Rights Reserved (ASCAP)
www.michelemclaughlin.com 

11 - Midwinter Memories

38. Deseo - Suggestion Diabolique Op. 4 Nº 4 (Sergei Prokofiev)

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Stellarum Fixarum

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Life's Wonder

Steven Gutheinz