I posted, Spring Morning, a sound scape visualizing new life breaking forth as the last signs of winter fade. It might well visualize other scenes, but that is what occurred to me when I was thinking of a title for this piece. I would love to hear from you, your thoughts and impressions.
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I posted King's Weston Improv, an improvisation on Vaughan Williams' setting for the hymn, "At the Name of Jesus". It is available on the player widget on my music circle profile I hope you enjoy it.
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Hi NAM Circle,Hosting a Dutch radio Show on Radio Lelystad every Sunday night, I've had the great pleasure to have several International guests, calling in for an interview and feature of some tracks. I extend this invitation to this circle's members now. You can get in touch with me via this medium or via m a z @ s o l c o n . n l (w/o spaces) .The time is Sundays 11:30 am Western, 8:30 am Eastern US time, and 20:30 CET. If you are interested to promote your work and introduce yourself in our show, please let me know. The Interviews are in English and are sometimes translated later for the archives.Thanks, and Best regards,Martin MAZ Weber-CaspersProducer Toonkunst Radio LelystadThe AUM-Orchestra(Toonkunst is a Dutch wordplay stands for something like "Art of Tone Shown" )
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Fantasynth is the brand new work of ambient- new age project Psicodreamics, originally created by Spanish musician Salva Moreno, published in 2009 thru his own label Witches on the Radiowaves.With Fantasynth we will leave the quiet and evocative ambiences of his 2008 release titled Ambiethernum, diving into a new world of fantasy where contemporary instrumental music blends with rhythm and percussion in a feast of sensations and emotions that tries to surprise the fans who usually follow the musical adventure of Psicodreamics and will hook those people who listen for the first time his music.An album that fusions genres and styles as different as ambient, new age, downtempo and chillout, mixing not only ethnic and symphonic instrumentation and orchestration but synthesized sounds and effects, on a more actual and innovatory musical outlook without leaving his characteristic and unmistakable style.Fantasynth is not only other musical adventure to dream awake but is a festival of emotions and fantasy where sound and beat will seduce your soul in a frenetic dance with a unique purpose: recovering the innocence lost since our childhood. Specially indicated for nonconformist that refuse commercial tendencies and look for something more.Titles:1. Unicorn’s Dream (the beginning) 6:022. Sleepy Sorrow 6:373. Spellbound 4:064. Erotronic 4:205. Mythos 5:576. Orient Spirit 3:117. Forbidden Pleasures 5:478. La Rosa de los Vientos 6:309. Imaginarium 3:4610. Synthetic Fantasy 5:3611. Palace of Sensuality 4:1212. A Winter Tale 4:2113. Unicorn’s Dream (the end) 5:44Total Time: 66:39The album is available from CDBaby here
I have been lamenting the whole process of making an album for a while now. Interspersed with my philosophical ramblings regarding music, where it comes from and why it does not obey my will. In the meantime some actual, concrete things have come to pass.Most notably I have finally settled on the title for the work. And that is no small matter. The title, while just a small phrase has the imposing job of expressing in just a few words what will amount to just shy of an hour of sound. That title will either capture the imagination of a would be listener or send them scurrying back to old favorites. And if it does win the attention of a prospective customer and the title does not match the content, there will not be any repeat performances. So the title is something you gotta get right!And here it is. It is going to be called “Emptiness Dances”. I promised myself I would not go off in this blog about anything metaphysical so I won’t go into a discussion of what Emptiness is and how it can Dance (being empty and all). Of course, if you ask I will be compelled to elaborate. Its up to you.So leaving the whole non-dual thing out of it (I was going to call it “The Shunyata Shuffle”), the title gives the picture of what I intend to convey with my music. Music is such a strange thing really. Simple vibrations in the air have such power to move us, bypassing the brain and going straight to the heart and body. It does seem to come from nowhere and spin its magic so effortlessly. “Emptiness Dances” seems to fit both the solo piano pieces that will make up the majority of the record and also the more ambient pieces that will hopefully punctuate the solitary journey.I reached another milestone as well. I finally achieving a sound on the mix of the title track that captured the energy I was after. As you have all heard me complain about before (uh… and often), I am not an engineer and certain aspects of the whole recording and engineering process I regard as black art, bordering on evil. But somehow by chance and stupid persistence I have finally managed to come up with a sound that I really like. No, more than that. Its a sound that fits me. And its a sound that seems to do that magnificent instrument, the piano justice. It is staggering to me just how much life and subtlety there is in a piano. You have 10 square feet of vibrating surface producing a bewilderingly complex sound. And every square inch of it sounds different from every other. Finally capturing that makes this project possible.So now the album has a title, a theme, a characteristic sound and a title track. I do find it interesting and a bit perplexing how these things work. For a over month I have been stumbling around in the dark looking for a light (praying for guidance) and then suddenly there it is. The whole thing begins to come into focus and the path starts to become clear.Please check out the new mix http://emptinessdances.com. Click on the solo piano section then on Emptiness Dances. I hope you hear what I heard.G
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I get asked that question a lot. Every composer does. I get that question and others like “What were you feeling when you wrote that?” or “What is this piece about?” Interviewers have to ask questions like that. And musicians have to make up interesting answers like “I’m trying to create world peace”, “I am vibrating the heart Chakra to clear your blocks”, ‘I am protesting the war in ________ (conflicts vary by era)” or “I lost my _____ (girl, boy, mom, car, job, dog, faith, way)”Unfortunately the real answer is not so interesting. “Uh… I dunno. Its what I thought of when I was sitting at the piano”All the answers, I’m afraid, are after the fact. First I write the music and then I figure out why I did it. Or more accurately I make up a story as to why I did it. Well, that does not make for an interesting interview so we music types are obligated to go on all day about the shades of sound, the vibrational centers in the body and the importance of reducing carbon emissions. But is there really a connection between that and the act of writing a tune?Not for me. Even if I really want to write a piece about something. If that particular something appears in the piece it is not because I wanted it. It is because the music gods wanted it and one of two things happened. I just happened to want what they wanted at that time or they made me want to do that in the first place so I could think I actually had some say in the process. Which, as far as I can tell, I don’t.All the explanations come later. I am really convinced of this. So if there is a connection between what I think I did and what actually happened it is pretty much a coincidence. Actually, its a bit of a delusion, a pretty delusion to be sure but a delusion none the less. I suppose we all want to believe we have control over things. We want to see a connection between what we do and what happens. It makes us feel safe. But is it true? Uh… not that I can see. But hey, it doesn’t have to be true to make me feel safe. As a matter of fact the more delusional it is the better I feel.So let’s look at what really happens or better said what I really experience. A bunch of events occur, one after the other. I sit at the piano. My fingers move, sounds appear in my mind and a piece of music happens. I play it. I record it. Someone hears it. All of that happens of course. But did the one thing happen because of the previous? Or did it all just happen? I mean I could have sat at the piano and no new music happened. So sitting at the piano does not cause the song to happen. Nor does a song happening mean that someone other than me will hear it. So exactly where is the causal connection? I assume a connection but looking closely at my actual experience there is just a series of events.So I will continue to answer people’s questions about my music, although I’m not really sure it I can rightly call it mine. Calling it mine is the tail wagging the dog. None the less, I won’t buck convention and I will continue to explain how I am saving the whales, ending global warming, bringing peace to heavy hearts. And I actually hope all that will happen. But the real answer?I didn’t. It just happened.G – http://emptinessdances.com
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I have received friends' mail today,that may be my first email coming from abroad.I am very relieved and happy..New age music circle,thank you very much! You give me this wonderful platform to be able to communicate with friends from the whole world,and we have Identical interest hobby,that's we all love music,especially NEW AGE MUSIC...That's we get together...So let's enjoy our music fervency in NEW AGE MUSIC CIRCLE!!!
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"Bill Binkelman" New Age Reporter/Wind & Wire"This is a solid follow-up release to Mystic Moods from Michele. Features more music and more diversity, too, yet retains her signature sound.""In The Clouds" is a collection of serene Ambient/Classic New Age music.Compositions of original music brings the listeners into a state of harmony, peace and tranquility.Calming Dreamlike Melodic Sound Voyage Tranquil. Meditative.Relaxing Refreshing Oasis For The Mind/Spirit"I believe music has curative powers and brings renewal""Music is intimate and revitalizes the spirit within us"iTunesAmazonCdBabyEnjoy!
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"Bill Binkelman" New Age Reporter/Wind & Wire"This is a solid follow-up release to Mystic Moods from Michele. Features more music and more diversity, too, yet retains her signature sound.""In The Clouds" is a collection of serene Ambient/Classic New Age music.Compositions of original music brings the listeners into a state of harmony, peace and tranquility.Calming Dreamlike Melodic Sound Voyage Tranquil. Meditative.Relaxing Refreshing Oasis For The Mind/Spirit"I believe music has curative powers and brings renewal""Music is intimate and revitalizes the spirit within us"iTunesAmazonCdBabyEnjoy!Read more…
