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Review: Sora – Celtic / World Music with an Angel Voice

January 27, 2010

We’re on a Celtic kick at the moment – not least ‘cos of the free website giveaway that a musician / band or artist can win over at Kilted Chaos – but specifically because this week we’ve been listening to the music of Sora.
Sora is a Canadian Celtic / World singer songwriter who’s [...]

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Music Recommendation – Craig Urquhart

January 21, 2010

Another musician who’s music we are currently listening to is composer/pianist Craig Urquhart. Craig not only produces beautiful instrumental piano pieces, but he’s also a believer that music is helpful to human beings, which is one of the premises on which music2work2 is built.
According to Craig each composition reflects the healing power of music and [...]

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Late – 16 minutes 5 seconds

June 30, 2009

Early Piano theme development.

Another one of my favorite pieces of music – written in 2006 when I’d just got my hands on a Triton Extreme. Single voice piano all the way through, nods to Beethoven and Wendi’s theme – I really enjoy working to this one – I’m writing to it right [...]

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Richard – 13 minutes 52 seconds

June 1, 2009

Multiple strings over two distinct piano themes inspired by my brother, Richard.

My older brother has his birthday every year on the same day, the 11th of December – it is the most normal thing about him. He is an amazing human being and I love him. This was written for his 41st birthday [...]

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Lord, I’m Discouraged – The Hold Steady

March 27, 2009

I have fallen horribly in love with this song – it happens – the last time was with Handlebars by Flobots and yes I can ride my bike without them – thank you Ms. Balchen! There’s so much to love about this track – the presence of the initial guitar tone, the arrival of [...]

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Daryl’s House & Company of Thieves

January 15, 2009

I’m thoroughly enjoying the post Christmas gift card euphoria – I love buying music – there’s something very noble and rewarding about it.
There’s a website that I’ve been digging for a while – Live from Daryl’s House - it has this killer show that captures Daryl Hall and his band – they welcome in a [...]

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What is a Musician?

November 11, 2008

One of the blogs that I subscribe to is a musician centric blog called http://www.musicianwages.com – essential reading if you’re going to make a career of this music thing! The content might be a little specific for most readers but they recently sent out an all inclusive request asking for input on the question – [...]

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Cecilia Chailly

August 28, 2007

One of music2work2’s MySpace friends is Cecilia Chailly from Italy. Cecilia Chailly is a multi-talented individual. She plays the harp and is the “pioneer of electric harp.” She had an important classical career before beginning to write, play and sing her own music. She has recorded several albums.
Three of the four [...]

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