Firework

Song off of Thad's album Vast, written for his son Ross. Ross was born with a life threatening health issue involving his kidneys. This song was written during the time of his birth. Within a few years, Ross was fully healed of his illness, and is now a healthy, athletic, and talented boy....God is good...

For Ross

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 

1 - A Beautiful Distraction

Shake It Off: Instrumental Guitar Covers of Pop Hits

Chandelier

Sea of Stars

Dismantle

Remove The Complexities

In This Moment

The Departure

Gråfötternas Gryning i Glimminge, ihoparrad med Silverwood Quartet's Loreena McKennitt Trilogy: La Serenissima. På kul.

Gryning i Glimminge + Loreena McKennitt Trilogy: La Serenissima (Arr: Karolina Störling)

Not mine. All credit goes to Brooklyn Duo.

MAD WORLD (Cello & Piano Version) - Brooklyn Duo

VSQ Performs the Hits of 2013, Vol. 1

Thrift Shop

VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits 2012 Vol. 2 is available now: http://vsq.io/mrh12v2

1. Sail (AWOLNATION)
2. I Will Wait (Mumford and Sons) 
3. Stubborn Love (The Lumineers)
4. Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
5. Some Nights (fun.)
6. The A Team (Ed Sheeran)
7. Take a Walk (Passion Pit)
8. Madness (Muse)

Vitamin String Quartet Performs AWOLNATION's "Sail"

Los Angeles, California serves as home base for the concept group called Vitamin String Quartet. The group is made up of studio musicians who are brought together to interpret and record orchestra style covers of music from all types of genres ranging metal, techno, country, pop, rock and hip-hop dance music. While the quartet uses a wide assortment of artists and instruments, one fairly constant member of the group is violinist Tom Tally. Tally has been intimately involved in the composing, arranging and conduction of many songs on approximately 50 of the albums that have been recorded by the group. While the group is referred to as a string quartet, the reality is that more individuals are usually involved, using instruments such as violins, cellos, percussion, brass and woodwinds. The group was originally brought together in 1999 as an experimental project. They wanted to determine the effects of using classical style instruments to create new and different sounds on popular recordings. Early on, the FM broadcast station WWHK in Concord, NH would play the group's music 24 hours a day, every day, for a period of time. The popularity of the group's music has led to the music being featured on TV and in the movies. Credits include So You Think You Can Dance (2008), TV show The Vampire Diaries (2010), the 100th episode of Gossip Girl and the fifth season finale of Modern Family (2014). Throughout the years, the group has been involved in the recording of over 200 different albums. In 2009, the group stepped out of the box a bit and recorded some original material provided by some of the various musicians on the album Per_Versions.