176 *LOVELY* solo piano music pieces for your enjoyment!
Posted on: March 22, 2008Contained within for your senses is solo piano 7, a broad palette of mostly-relaxing piano music, the summation of a lot I've learned thus far. I've received previous (precious) comments that earlier installments of solo piano were amenable to being played in shuffle mode and one would blend into the next. This is even more true here — 6 hours of beautiful music for FREE!
Have a listen! Press play and the music will flow…
» DOWNLOAD MP3s - The links are on the right.
» DOWNLOAD ALL MP3s - ZIP file, wait for it to download.
» DOWNLOAD COVER ART - Painterly goodness by Wynter Bracken.
Nevertheless, there's a rich diversity to be found, even with one basic piano sound running throughout the entire collection: a variety of tonal tasting, eclectic chromaticism, and an abundance of styles which I've interpreted in my own, flavorful "composite alloy" way. If you're not sure what that means, this is it: I've influenced (and namedropped) certain great pianists who've come before me taken what I liked most about each of them and added it to my own wealth. This in turn gets shared with you!
From cascading arpeggi to building chord progressions to spaced-out moments suited for a cosmic beach of the mind's ear, it's all here. From stalwart minimalism to muted tones spanning octaves to flowing, pastoral delicacies, it's all here. From tightly-timed lock-'n'-stock rhythms to flexible melding of jazz + classical minds, it's all here. All of these were improvised live, with perhaps only a fleeting glint of ideas acknowledged beforehand, before I put my fingers on the keys. And most of them are de facto miniatures, 2-something minutes or less in length. (There's a good reason for this, keep reading!)
So, why 176? The story harkens back to the very first solo piano album, my first foray into sharing original music in quite some time. If you've noticed, I have an affinity for the number "4". I realize it's bad luck in some Asian cultures because the word for it sounds like death itself, but superstitions be danged, I've created my own culture.
A piano has 88 keys. Half of that is 44, which was the same or close to the same # of pieces included in some previous solo piano releases. And what's 4 x 44? 176.
Continuing and growing in the spirit of my previous solo piano outings, there are virtually no usage restrictions on these: please feel free to listen, relax, enjoy, use them in open source podcasts/commercial films/etc. and share them uninhibited-ly.
Even better — and HARK! if this applies to you! — if you can and would like to treat (or any of my other piano music) these pieces with electronic glitch/DSP effects (similar to the wondrous pairing of Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto), or simply remix them in any other fashion, as they say, be my gracious guest. Just promise to show me what you came up with! I may very well blog about it.
But if I were to be strict, since this music is free, do not resell it or the "curse of the number 4" will come true! 
Check out the Creative Commons license, yo.
Finally, for those of you who know — and enjoy — my other creations, notably Second Life video tutorials, it's due mention that the works of solo piano 7 have and will be used as soundtracks for future vidtuts.
Special thanxies go to my beloved wife & pet JennifeRavenelle, who's so incredibly supportive of my creation that it keeps me going — her early "beta testing" shaped the direction of this series — Jeroen Wijering for the kickass embedded media player, Wynter Bracken who did the painting for the fab cover art… and to you in advance for listening!
There's a lot here, I understand. Explore at your own pace, comfort… tell me your favorites, and if this music helps your life, I'd appreciate knowing.
All the very best in your love and life,
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March 25th, 2008 at 9:17 PM PDT
YAYZERAMA!!! Thanxies Torley!
March 27th, 2008 at 4:27 AM PDT
Hi Torley! Many thanx for your lovely piano musics, I like it very much! Unfortunately, I can't download the zip file (download all mp3 link) after several retries on different computers: downloading error… Is there another way (FTP ?) to get it? Congrates for all what you do, music and SL:)
March 30th, 2008 at 6:42 PM PDT
@DarkLight: You're most graciously welcome! Let me know your faves.
@Pi78, darnit, sorry to hear you had that prob. Do you have a download manager/accelerator that lets you "suck" all the media links from a page and download them so you don't have to right-click each one? There are some free ones, on Windows there's http://www.downthemall.net/ for Firefox. And thanks for the kind words!!
April 12th, 2008 at 11:55 PM PDT
Torley thank you show much for the beautiful music, and for free on top of that. I decided to leave you a comment while my computer sifts through the large but nevertheless, very worth it , zip file for your your solo piano 7. Please keep up with the fantastic work.
And on a side note, I always love your Second Life tutorials and tips. Its amazing how much I can still learn even after spending close to a year in the game already. Thanks for the useful and funny tips
April 13th, 2008 at 11:02 AM PDT
@Shanessa: You are SO welcome! I SO appreciate your comment! Mmmm hope the ZIP file worked for you, and I will certainly keep creating more! I'm glad you like my video tutorials: I started making them in large part because I was thinking, "I wish I knew that when I started Second Life!" and wanted to share it around.
June 21st, 2008 at 11:24 AM PDT
Hey Torley,
i would really love to download your music, but unfortunately my mac doesn't let me open the zip files (usually it's no problem).
Is there any convenient way to get the files?
Thanks!
June 21st, 2008 at 11:10 PM PDT
@Damacy - Hello! Maybe you had a download problem and the zip file is corrupted (same for me with Windows:)) Did you try again (and again, lol)?
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:03 AM PDT
@Pi78 Allen - I tried it twice before i got a little bored…^^.
But i'll try it again.
July 11th, 2008 at 7:14 AM PDT
You know that wonderful feeling when you have discovered something new, such a new author, a painting, a place? It is the feeling I've had since finding your music. Thank you so much for the gift…it is amazing!
July 13th, 2008 at 10:23 AM PDT
@Shawna: You're soooo welcome! Thanx for listening!
July 18th, 2008 at 7:48 AM PDT
Absolutly fabulous
GK
August 6th, 2008 at 10:57 PM PDT
August 21st, 2008 at 5:47 PM PDT
Hey great Job! I love soothing piano music! Thanks for the free works, I hope God will use you to explore your talent even more!
August 21st, 2008 at 5:55 PM PDT
/me imagines …………. i so love this… i downloaded all 176 & burned one copy for car & one for mom… we both love it… but to me haz all the pretty colors:))) you & rav rock:) <3 muuahh!
September 13th, 2008 at 6:56 PM PDT
That is just amazing. Thank you for sharing, thank you very much. Please don't ever stop!
September 14th, 2008 at 12:06 PM PDT
I'll keep going! Promise!
September 20th, 2008 at 8:16 PM PDT
This is so beautiful…I am so glad I found you Torley.
I am a clipper too…
http://www.clipmarks.com/clipper/Imnclady
Thanks again, happy clipping to you…Mary
September 26th, 2008 at 11:34 AM PDT
Torley, I listen to your solo piano pieces at work.
Being another of the "differently brained" (ADHD), I need outside stimulation to help me focus, without it being jarring or loud enough to pull me off track. The fact that these are outstandingly beautiful pieces is a bonus!
Anya
September 28th, 2008 at 7:23 AM PDT
You are so welcome, Mary and Anya! Thanks for sharing this with me. =D
October 6th, 2008 at 9:50 PM PDT
Ohh!!! Torley, I love your piano solo so much, I keep listen again and again all this week.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:41 AM PDT
Hi Torley!
You know, I like your musics:) I got a MP3 player on SL and I wonder if I can use it to point to the http://www.archive.org/details/solo-piano-7 link to diffuse your musics on my land? May I have the full rights to do that? Thanks in advance!
October 11th, 2008 at 2:35 PM PDT
@K: Nice to see you here! Kop khun khrap!
@Pi78: Thanx! Ooh, yes, you SURE CAN. Please enjoy.
November 30th, 2008 at 10:56 AM PST
Hey Torley!
You possibly don't remember my previous comments or gracious emails (I think there was only one ha ha), but I feel that a constant reminder of it will help you remember hehe
Anyways… To continue my onslaught of overly-gracious thanks for your music; I think I just died and gone to heaven. By far the most provocative release you done and it surely burns the seconds of day together.
Best wishes.
Ciao.