Lovely piano for your pleasure

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All of the following performances are by me, Torley. In most cases, they're also original compositions and improvisations. Choose any of them to enjoy the stories behind the songs and direct MP3 download links!

  • Pianoverse - 50 lovely little gems, most under a minute.
  • Holidium - Heartwarming adventures into the holidays and beyond.
  • solo piano 7 - 176 solo piano improvisations. So good you should listen to it. :D
  • solo piano 6: Really Repetitive Piano Music - But not as repetitive as I thought it'd turn out. 45 improvs which span the range from soothing new age/ambient to repetitive structures (that'd make Philip Glass proud!) to Scottish larrikin-osity.
  • solo piano 5 - 44 MOAR! Beauty & beastliness, a compendium of quintessential keyboard soundage. Performed and recorded when I was under the weather, something I'm thankful for in hindsight.
  • Cover songs - Includes moving piano renditions of James Holden's "Horizons", Utada Hikaru's "Simple & Clean" (AKA "Hikari"), Avril Lavigne's "Things I'll Never Say," and Depeche Mode's "Somebody". Also has my techno takes on Aphex Twin's "Girl/Boy Song" and one of John Williams' famous Star Wars themes.
  • Four Elements - 4 pretty long pieces that evolve, unfold, and stare back you — but in a way you'd find pleasant. Heck, read the writeup while listening, it's more amusing.
  • play while answering email - 14 pieces. Do exactly as it sez and you'll be alright. ;) Very pastoral at parts, I thought about being in a luxury hotel on a classy laptop while this was piped through the rich surround speakers placed throughout the room. (Listen carefully for the pedal clunks, ahh "realism"!)
  • solo piano 4 - A single piece which is about an hour (60 min.) in length. It goes through a lot of changes including some abrupt ones, and my wife said it was unsettling. I tend to agree.
  • solo piano 3 - 44 pieces… you know how it goes. Even mo' variety. After I established a bedrock, I experimented more. Influences from my fave pianists like George Winston and Raul di Blasio shine through, as focused through the prism of Second Life's digital landscapes.
  • solo piano 2 - 44 more pieces of solo piano. A continuation of the above with different recording techniques and keyboard styles. I love how the cover art for this turned out.
  • Improvisations, Vol. I - 44 pieces of solo piano. Where the "New Renaissance" of my piano recordings began. I was inspired, and set forth to share. As it often tends to be in my life, it worked out really well.
  • The Games We Played - Love video game music? This epic mega-medley is for you!

And if that isn't enough for you and you actually want to see me playing the piano, you're right in luck too — watch these videos:

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Suzan Pleva 2009-06-30 at 2:31 PM PDT

Love the beautiful clean crisp sound that you put out as always.

Suzan Pleva
Melody Piano
http://www.melodypiano.net
http://www.melodypiano.blogspot.com

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