I'm having a bit of a piano week - actually I'm having a bit of an Igor Longhi week! ;-) His beautiful melancholic track Broken Soul is featured on the Music to Grieve to list and while running through his catalog I feel in love with this track too.
I'm a sucker for tracks that build - particularly for the essay writing list - there's just something about writing along while the music grows in intensity - I get carried along and the words flow faster.
This track is brilliant in how it does that without getting too distracting. It uses a similar technique to Pachelbel's Canon in D - the arrangement is built around a minimal number of chords and doesn't change throughout the track but intensity is developed through the addition of instruments and melodic variations. The result is that the music never feels unfamiliar and yet the energy levels grow and you feel yourself riding a creative wave.
It's not terribly long - coming in at just over 4 minutes - but the beauty of these kind of "round" tracks is that they work fantastically on repeat.
You should definitely take it out for a spin!
You can learn more about Igor Longhi here:
About the Curator: Andrew McCluskey
The first visual memory I have is that of the white upright piano in Singapore, Hell and the dark forces lived at the bottom, Heaven and the Angels at the top. They would play battles through my fingers and I was hooked.
Although I've always played, I haven't always been a musician. Most of my twenties were spent working with people, buying and selling and learning how the world works. It was in my thirties that I came to America and focused on music and began to develop music2work2.
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Andrew McCluskey
The first visual memory I have is that of the white upright piano in Singapore, Hell and the Dark Forces lived at the bottom, Heaven and the Angels at the top, they would play battles through my fingers and I was hooked.
As a psychology graduate I studied how sound affects human performance.
As a musician I compose instrumental music that stimulates your brain but doesn't mess with your language centers, leaving you free to be creative and brilliant without distraction.
As a curator I research how music can improve your life and create flow - I can tell you what music to listen to when studying for a test and why listening to sad music can make you feel better.
As a creator / contributor at musicto I’m part of a global creator community that collaborates through music. You can learn more about our community here.