Tuesday, June 16, 2009Marc Enfroy's New CD, AWAKENING, Now Available

Marc Enfroy's second new age piano CD, AWAKENING, has been officially released. The album is currently available at MarcEnfroy.com and iTunes.

RELEASE SPECIAL: For a limited time, save 10% off the retail price of a CD. Visit MarcEnfroy.com for details.

This new collection of original songs will awaken feelings of peace, love and wonder within your soul. Warm your heart, melt away stress, and inspire your dreams with Marc Enfroy's soothing blend of instrumental piano, flute, violin and ethereal voice.

Violinist Janet Sullins, flutist Jack Chen and vocalist Jillian Aversa join Marc and his intimate piano themes to create heartfelt performances full of honesty and emotion. From the piano's tenderness to the wordless call of a heavenly siren to the flute's sweet enchantment to the soaring splendor of orchestral strings, you'll experience a sweeping soundscape that will touch your heart and lift your spirit.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009Stéphane Horeczko "Fugaces" on The Silent Ballet compilation, Vol. XII

A track of me "Fugaces", recorded this year is featured on the latest Silent Ballet compilation, Vol. XII. The track will appear on a future & upcoming album to be annonced. Meanwhile you can download it for free, as part of the compilation released via the Lost Children netlabel. Tracklisting is as follow:

1. Stephane Horeczko - Fugaces
2. Jasper TX - Sky
3. thisquietarmy - Orchestral Dots Under Static
4. Anduin - Lovers in Transit
5. Light Under Water - Awake
6. Cobra-Matic - Braille
7. Autistici - Curet Must be Protected (Little Murmurs Grow into Big Shouts Mix)
8. CJ Boyd - Pensive Pez
9. Sickoakes - Live Demo

Download Full Release Here:
www.archive.org/details/LostChildren068

Wednesday, May 20, 2009Brian Kelly to record a solo piano album

Composer and pianist Brian Kelly will record a solo piano album of 11 original compositions this summer (2009). Listen to preview tracks at:
www.solopianocd.com
www.solopianoartist.com

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Saturday, May 16, 2009Marc Enfroy's New CD, AWAKENING, AVAILABLE JUNE 16, 2009

Winner of the Best Neo-Classical Album Award in the 2008 NAR Lifestyle Music Awards for his debut album, "Unbounded," Marc Enfroy will soon release his second new age piano album, "Awakening." A soothing blend of instrumental piano, flute, violin and ethereal voice, "Awakening" will warm your heart, melt away stress and inspire your dreams. Pre-orders may be placed starting June 1, 2009 at www.MarcEnfroy.com. "Awakening" Release Date: June 16, 2009

Sunday, April 26, 2009Reviews for "East Wind" and "Light on the Water" by Timothy Cooper

 
Audio Street.net, APRIL 2009

Timothy Cooper Creates Relaxing, Meditative, Inspirational Piano Music

This Timothy Cooper album is called East Wind because it was inspired by his many trips to Asia. The titles of some of the 30 tunes give you an idea of specific influences (“Asian Rain,” “Bamboo Forest,” “Slow Peals,” “Wonder Wall”). When he titles a tune “Daylight,” you wonder if he was remembering a sunrise in Mongolia, the Ukraine or Vietnam. Where he has journeyed, you know he has seen “Ancient Moss” (maybe on an old monastery wall) and “Flames in the Wind” from either a cook-fire or religious-ritual somewhere halfway around the world.

This is an entirely solo piano album with no overdubs. There are 30 instrumental pieces, most fairly short in the two-minute range. The music is simple, stark, serene; you might say as pure as freshly-fallen snow. But it also is emotional. You get the idea that Cooper is really tapping into some strong feelings as he plays. “Green Seas” features strong chording. “Silent Streams” is all delicate, high notes. “Clearing” is less than a minute long, but repeats a simple theme a couple of times and is beautiful in its conciseness (the background materials compare the music to a short Japanese haiku poem, and this would probably be a good example of that). “The Dance” is upbeat and perky, while “Once Was 1&2” are very gentle and wistful. “Somehow” contains more notes with the left hand than some of the other pieces, and offers up some beautiful counterpoint between the left and right hands.

Cooper says he has been inspired by other acoustic pianists such as Keith Jarrett, Liz Story, Philip Aaberg and Suzanne Ciani, but I don’t hear a direct comparison with any of them. To some extent Cooper’s improvisational abilities are reminiscent of Jarrett, but Jarrett is a bit more jazzy and his solo piano pieces tend to be quite lengthy (just the opposite of Cooper’s brevity). Cooper calls his record company New Piano Age Music, and that actually might end up being an apt description. It does feel as if Cooper is onto something a bit new, maybe the cutting edge of a fresh style that falls somewhere between sitting down and composing complete melodies and arrangements on one hand, and completely improvising freeform on the other. Cooper says he does a bit of both when recording.

Visit Timothy's profile at www.newagepiano.net for more reviews on his music CDs.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009Philip Wesley live in concert with David Lanz

For tickets visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/61334

Monday, April 20, 2009Louis Landon releases latest solo CD: Solo Piano for Peace

Solo Piano for Peace is Louis Landon’s answer to the idea that peace begins as a thought, and thoughts become reality when put into action. In June 2008, Louis began posting free downloads of his improvisations to the Internet each day. To date, over 104 Improvs for Peace have been created. He received exceptionally positive response to his music from all corners of the world, prompting him to formally record the music. He then turned to Grammy Award-winning producer, Eric Tingstad who is a universally recognized icon within the contemporary instrumental genre. The collaboration between Landon and Tingstad sets the bar for reflective music lovers to visualize how a musical landscape opens subconscious channels in finding unique answers for love and peace, because without love, there can be no peace. As we project our individual translation of love and peace onto those we care about, the message is a contagious reflection of what we all really want in our lives. The cliché that music is a universal language really means music is the language of the universe serving as a catalyst for each of us to discover what peace means and where love comes from. ~ from the liner notes by Janet Hansen

All music written, arranged, performed by Louis Landon except "Imagine," written by John Lennon

Produced by Louis Landon and Eric Tingstad

Edited by Eric Tingstad at "All the Comforts of Home"
Sammamish, WA www.erictingstad.com

All music recorded and engineered by Joe Bongiorno
at Piano Haven Studios, Kenmore, WA
www.joebongiorno.com/piano-haven-studio.php

Recording dates: Aug. 4 & 6 2008. Jan. 25 & 26 2009 --- Total playing time 54:44

Mastering by Rick Fisher, RFI/CD Mastering, Seattle,
WA www.rficd.com/services.html

Art direction and design by Janis Wilkins --- Cover art by Dan Levin

Solo Piano for Peace is now available for download at Amazon

Thursday, April 16, 2009Steven Cravis launches iTunes podcast of new free legal music downloads

One can now subscribe to an ongoing podcast that will bring them new, special, free music by Steven Cravis whenever it becomes available. The audio files are 256kbps MP3.

The first two tracks Song for Sandra Cantu (solo piano) and Song for Sandra (vocal version with singer, songwriter Mark Stevens) were written out of sadness and in memory of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu from Tracy, California, who went missing and who's life was taken in a tragic way.

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Note from the artist: Please be patient while we update names of the first two podcast audio files. There may be some duplicates of audio at first.