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fave it New Age | Mood Music
12 tracks | 45 minutes
Released Jan 2007
on Van Sotraidis
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:33 Big Sky Blue lyrics BUY MP3 04:33 Big Sky Blue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:33 Big Sky Blue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 Aspen White lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 Aspen White lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 Aspen White
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:57 Midnight Blue lyrics BUY MP3 03:57 Midnight Blue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:57 Midnight Blue
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:45 Bryce Canyon Sunrise lyrics BUY MP3 05:45 Bryce Canyon Sunrise lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:45 Bryce Canyon Sunrise
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:06 Copper Mountain lyrics BUY MP3 04:06 Copper Mountain lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:06 Copper Mountain
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:10 Fields of Gold lyrics FREE 04:10 Fields of Gold lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:10 Fields of Gold
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:20 Earthtones lyrics BUY MP3 03:20 Earthtones lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:20 Earthtones
Beautifully recorded, this is a collection of elegant, original piano pieces, sure to warm your heart and soothe your soul.
Bio / Background
Earthtones is a collection of solo piano pieces I wrote and recorded between 2004 and 2006. I selected the twelve tracks for this collection from over one hundred piano pieces I wrote during that time. My motivation for writing so many songs was a new Yamaha GC1 grand piano, which I purchased early in 2004, after trying nearly every piano on the market. I found the power and tone of the Yamaha to be inspirational. In fact, I came up with a song idea in the music store while first playing the actual GC1 that I ultimately purchased. I had to hurry home and record the idea, as new song ideas are easily forgotten. In the following months, that one minute song idea grew to become Song #310, which I later named Copper Mountain for this CD. As I continued to compose additional songs over the next two years, the concept for Earthtones began to take shape. I usually knew right away if a new piece was right for this CD.
↓ more ↓Some of the tracks on Earthtones were actually consecutively written songs. Kalahari Sand, Bryce Canyon Sunrise, Zion Canyon Red, and Midnight Blue are Songs #357, #358, #359, and #360, respectively. They were all written in March of 2005. The last piece I recorded for this CD is Fields of Gold, which is Song #384.
While recording the GC1 for Earthtones, every effort was made to capture the warmth and beautiful tone of this magnificent instrument. A pair of highly sensitive, large-diaphragm microphones connected directly to a digital hard-disk recorder was used. This system captured every nuance of the piano’s tone with amazing clarity and with virtually no background noise. During soft passages in the music, the piano’s felt dampers can be heard raising and lowering onto the strings. This recording was made from the player’s prospective. So, you will hear the bass on the left, and the treble on the right, just as it sounded when I played it.
I hope you enjoy Earthtones, and please let me hear from you!
-Van
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Creative and likableToucan wrote on December 16, 2008
Some very creative and likable songs. "Big Sky Blue" is neat.





