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Best New Age Music Albums – 2011 by New Age Music World
New Year’s Day 2012 symbolizes another brand new beginning for everyone. Knowing this, I can assure you many artists are beginning, or are contemplating their new albums for 2012. As the year progresses, it will be a privilege to keep you informed about the best new albums in 2012 with my review and interview publications.
Hello everyone, my name is John P. Olsen. In my role as review publicist and site host for New Age Music World, I have sampled some of the best new age songs and albums music artists worldwide have produced last year. Like previous years, I have had the opportunity to write review publications for a proportionate number of new albums released in 2011. Today I am pleased to present my recommendation for the 12 best new age albums I have sampled or reviewed in 2011.
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Best New Age Music Albums 2011
miércoles, 4 de enero de 2012
Marc Enfroy - Biography
Marc Enfroy - Biography
Inspired by the death of his sister from melanoma, Marc Enfroy (pronounced EN-froy) began teaching himself to compose music in 2006. By interweaving beautiful instrumental piano melodies with touching orchestral arrangements in a style he calls Cinematic Piano, Marc has soothed many hearts with his warm and original compositions. This prompted radio broadcasters worldwide to bestow Marc with the Best Neo-Classical Album Award for his debut CD, Unbounded, in the 2008 NAR Lifestyle Music Awards, where he also received a nomination for Best New Artist. His follow-up CD, a neo-classical album titled Awakening, was a finalist in the 2009 Zone Music Reporter Awards and is aired on the Music Choice Soundscapes channel, Sirius/XM Spa, public radio and Internet music stations around the world.
Continuing the evolution of his signature heartfelt sound, Marc Enfroy now introduces his third Cinematic Piano album, Unconditional. Produced by the Billboard-charting duo, 2002, Unconditional is a departure from Enfroy's classical roots, moving him into the genre of contemporary instrumental music while exploring the concept of self love and acceptance.
Marc explains, "At the core of our souls, love and acceptance transcends all other emotional needs. It's part of being human. It's also a universal truth that loving yourself unconditionally is the foundation for both giving and receiving more love. So, how often do each of us take a few minutes to really love and appreciate who we are? Probably almost never. The music on Unconditional was written to create an environment where listeners can take a pause from everyday life and shower themselves with loving energy."
The marriage of Marc's piano melodies and the 2002 production know-how delivers a modern, warm and celestial soundscape aimed at fans of melody-centered instrumental music. Unconditional features a broad palette of instruments including piano, flutes, choirs, strings, bells, and guitars along with an array of synthesized sounds. Of the collaboration, Marc says, "It's the perfect match. There's no one else on the planet I would have rather worked with on this album than Randy and Pam Copus of 2002. Aside from being amazing musicians and sound designers, they're fantastic people and it's been a real honor to evolve my music with them."
Unconditional release date: March 1, 2011
From an early age, Marc was exposed to all kinds of music. He was always excited when his family would visit his grandfather, country music pioneer Bradley Kincaid, who happily performed for the family with his trusty “Hound Dog Guitar.” Thanks to his grandfather’s gift of a Hammond organ, Marc began to learn about playing keyboard at the age of eight. He got his first guitar when he was eleven-years-old and for most of his teen years, he and his Fender Stratocaster rocked with riffs from Aerosmith to ZZ Top. He spent hour after hour carefully listening to and imitating his favorite bands, and eventually developed the ability to play by ear.
Years later, Marc fell madly in love with a girl named Kelly and they eventually wed. Music took a back seat as his life became centered on raising their three sons — Adam, Alex, and Michael. Marc built a solid career in the software business, but his love for music never faded.
After the loss of his sister, Marc was inspired to follow in her artistic footsteps and began composing music. He wrote from within, searching for chord progressions and melody lines that were emotionally compelling and moving. He says, “With a lot of encouragement and suggestions from my brother Paul, and his strong musical ear, I kept on writing. After about eight months, I started to hit my stride and found that creating piano songs, backed by orchestral strings and choirs, created the mood I was looking for.” Eventually, everyone who heard his songs said they sounded like music you’d hear in a film, which prompted Marc to christen his style: Cinematic Piano. “If you hear one of my songs and it creates a poignant scene in your mind, like in a film, I’m happy. If you keep coming back to that song and scene, escaping to that feeling again and again, I’m even happier because I moved you and that’s what I’m after — a moving escape for the listener.”
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Jose Luis Serrano Esteban - Biography
Jose Luis Serrano Esteban - Biography
If the old adage “Two heads are better than one” is true, than Jose Luis Serrano Esteban is well placed for a successful career in today’s high-tech recorded music industry. An electronic expert, with experience across the board in music production, engineering, studio electronics, broadcasting, sound installations, and more, and a skilled musician on guitar, keyboards, drum and rhythm programming, Jose Luis has performed in rock, pop, blues and folk bands, as well as recording in those genres as a guest artist. His formal training and vast experience in many aspects of recording, broadcasting, telecommunications, and other areas of electronics, allows the artist to sculpt his music from a technical and artistic standpoint by working with sonic characteristics in addition to the music itself, in essence unleashing the creative side of both production and engineering techniques.
Spanish-born Jose Luis Serrano Esteban first became interested in playing music at 12 when his parents bought him a small electronic keyboard. His parents being avid music lovers, he had already developed a love of music itself, fueled by listening to his favorite artists - Jean-Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, and The Alan Parsons Project. He took up formal musical studies, gravitating to the guitar and attending the Conservatorio Provincial de Musica in Guadalajara.
In 1993, he changed paths and began a course of study in Telecommunication Engineering at the University of Alcala de Henares in Madrid, graduating in 1997. While there, he began to unite his two areas of expertise – music and electronics – by studying computer music at several venues, including a Computer and Electronic Music Laboratory in Madrid and studying Electronic Music with the noted computer music expert Jean Claude Risset. He continued to grow his electronics knowledge through formal studies and via a wide assortment of job opportunities, many of them in the music industry, e.g. public address sound technician at concerts, installation of broadcast facilities at radio stations, and serving as broadcast sound technician for such international events as the Olympics and Eurocup games.
In 2005, he also began studying the specific composing of soundtracks for film, TV and DVD. During this time, Jose Luis continued to work on his own music, propelled by his burning desire to share his musical
talents with others. While he performed with a variety of bands in assorted genres and worked behind the scenes on other artists’ recordings, he continued to dream of recording and releasing his own music. “I felt the need to do it. I wanted to share it with people. I have felt so happy listening to other musicians, that I would love to know that my music may be useful to someone.” In 2002, Jose released his first CD, Tierra de Sueños (Dreamland), followed by 2009’s Un Nuevo Horizonte (A New Horizon), which is being re-released at the end of 2011 in a special edition with two new bonus tracks.
Through the years, Jose Luis’s musical influences have evolved, moving first through an appreciation for classical, before discovering the Windham Hill and Narada labels. Their artists’ fusion of classical and pop spoke to the deepest part of his artistic soul and he decided this was the direction his future had to go. “Music I compose is simple but complex at the same time…I would recommend people listen to this music with good sound equipment and listen calmly, so they can appreciate details.”
When asked why he has undertaken this venture, i.e. making and releasing music in a day and age when so many others are doing the same thing, Jose simply answers “During the years, I found the most important things in life are love, peace and happiness. I would be grateful if I could transmit these ‘feelings’ to listeners through the beauty expressed by music”.
By combining his skills in electronics, engineering, and production with his musical talent, Jose Luis Serrano Esteban makes music come alive for the listener, crafting sonic landscapes that evoke emotions and paint vivid pictures. His long term goal is to continue releasing his own music but to also compose soundtracks and see his beautiful music wedded to images, thereby intensifying the enjoyment for the listener.
Bill Binkelman
martes, 27 de diciembre de 2011
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