relaxation music
the artist the making SOUND & COLOUR, a new project! |
unicorner-studio click on picture |
the making Normally, when I am creating a song, I have no preliminary plan: most of the time I use a sound that I incidently find in one of the synths, and play around with it; then, sometimes there evolves a melody that I like; I will use this melody as a start to build a part of the song. Then I listen to this theme, listen to it again and again, and sometimes I hear a second sound, instrumental, a voice or some sound from nature that seems to be nicely in tune with the original sound. I search for it and check whether they match with each other. And so, this process goes on and on . . . The name of a song comes up in time, and to me it reflects the character of the song, and maybe its message. I do hope some songs will touch you as much as they touched me while I was creating them. The set-up I use: Korg-M3R, Kurzweil-K2500R, Yamaha-SY85, Roland Piano- 4500S and a PowerBook G4 with Cubase; for recording sounds in nature: Sharp MD- recorder MT831H with Soundman OKM-II microphones, recently replaced by an outdoor-recorder: the Olympus SL-10. |
Plessur-river, Switzerland click on picture |
the music Most of the time I compose music because I like to. People often tell me they experience relaxation while listening to this music. There is a healing quality in some songs as well. In many songs you hear sounds from nature: birds, dolphins, whales, babbling water, the surf, a river, melting ice, the wind in the trees, thunderstorm, fire, etc. In most songs there are easy-listening melodies. Nearly all songs are instrumental, in only two you hear the voice of a real singer: Ellen Pieterse features in Clarity (CD Song of Nature), in In My Heart (CD Gratitude) and in Harmony (CD Awakening). In two or three songs I used themes from famous composers like Bach and Chopin. |
Ellen Pieterse click on picture for website |
Challenge |
the labels The pictures I use for the CD-labels were created by Christina by a special technique, called encousting. Information about this technique you will find on the art-pages. To create the labels itself I use the program Discus; go to the links-page for more information. |
Christina click on picture for art-page |