Pre-order of Music For Writers And Artists, Volume 1. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
The following tracks on 'Music For Writers And Artists, Vol.1' feature virtual instruments from pianobook: 'First Thought, Best Thought (For Allen Ginsberg)' - 'Mellow FM' by Francesco Silvestri; 'Nostalgice (The Experience Version)' - 'The Experience' by Dore Mark,'Ominous Cold' by Clay LaHatte and 'St. Helen's Steinway Pad' by Ash Verjee; 'Stegosaurus Upright Plate Meditation' - '12 Oscillator Doom Drone' by Christian Henson, 'Winter Voices (Frozen Textures)' by the pianobook community, 'LyraSextet-CH' sampled by Christian Henson, Kontakt instrument by Sean Pruitt; 'Escape From Blighter's Rock' - 'Mellow FM' and 'WLP - Whole Lotta Pads' by Francesco Silvestri, '12 Oscillator Doom Drone' by Christian Henson and 'Odin's Box' by Mark Allnut; 'Every Artist Needs A Setup' - 'Spanky Loops Vol.1' by Christian Henson, 'Rhodesian Keys (Edition 1)' by Vyacheslav Basharov and 'St. Helen's Steinway Pad' by Ash Verjee;
'Select Your Palette With Care Or Abandon' - 'MG Steel String Harmonics' by Mike Georgiades and 'Martin Pad' by Joshua Meltzer; 'To Create Calmly And Patiently' - 'RJS Guitar' by Risto Sipola, 'Mellow FM' by Francesco Silvestri, 'LyraSextet-CH' sampled by Christian Henson, Kontakt instrument by Sean Pruitt and '12 Oscillator Doom Drone' by Christian Henson; 'Awake To The Inner Light' - 'Family Grand' by Christian Henson and 'Mellow FM' by Francesco Silvestri.
To find out more about the pianobook project, how you can get involved and to download free pianos as well as numerous other free, sampled instruments, visit: www.pianobook.co.uk
credits
releases September 23, 2021
Recorded and mixed during Levels 4 and 3 lockdown due to New Zealand's Covid Delta outbreak, at The Experimental Roasted Dandelion Granules Laboratory, Kea Place, Māngere Bridge, Auckland, September 2021. Mixes monitored using Waves Audio Abbey Road Studio 3.
Composing and recording: Chris Bell
Audio engineer: Audrey O. Bliss
Mixing: Les Pellicules
Mastering: Saul E. Tempted
wordsSHIFTminds logo: Fremder Gorn
Cover design: Lisa Life
Published and released by: CBR (Chris Bell Records).
Chris Bell wishes to thank: Le Fay Basses, Korg, Phil Jones Bass, Warwick Amplification, Focusrite and Focusrite Sonible Balancer, Ableton Live, Session Drums for Ableton Live by Chocolate Audio, Soundtoys Primal Tap, M-Audio, Presonus, Plugin Alliance, Shure Microphones, Waves Audio StudioRack, Andrew Scheps Omni Channel, H-Comp, C4, MaxxVolume and IR-L Convolution Reverb, Izotope Ozone 2 and Iris 2 synth, Native Instruments Kontakt & RAUM, Spitfire Audio and Spitfire Audio LABS, pianobook, Elisa & Frank.
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