Copyright-free, royalty-free acoustic ambient trance music from the legendary Dr. Cornelius "Thumbs" Pianeer. This gorgeous recording features the Moozica double-decker kalimba, which Dr. Pianeer tore apart and rebuilt using the LOTUS tuning for a karimba. The sound is mesmerizing, like a dozen tiny bells dancing. Get ready for a long, soothing attitude adjustment as you listen to the LOTUS unfold.

Produced in 2023 by the Staunton Media Lab. Copyright-free, royalty-free, feel free to download and repurpose as long as credit is given to Dr. Cornelius Pianeer. Image courtesy Staunton Media Lab -- all rights reserved.

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Lotus - Dr. Cornelius "Thumbs" Pianeer Plays the Moozica Thumb Piano

Dr. Cornelius "Thumbs" Pianeer was born in the state of Michigan in the 1950s, the fifth child of nine, "like the center note of a kalimba with two older brothers and two older sisters and two younger brothers and two younger sisters and I learned how to play them all."

Dr. Pianeer holds a Doctorate of Divinity from the Universal Life Church of Seattle, Washington, for which he paid $89 extra to get a fancy diploma, clergy cards, and a binder with all the language for all the typical ceremonies of the world's major religions. 

Dr. Pianeer is prepared to recite ceremonies for birth, transition to adulthood, marriage, sickness, death and despair in five faiths and counting.

In 2010, Dr. Pianeer moved with his wife, Mae, to the mountains of Virginia where they live in the Shenandoah Valley making music, making art, making poetry, and sharing the love with the people of Appalachia.

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