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kassia
(Shay)

Member Since: Wednesday, April 16 2008 @ 10:37 AM CDT
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Homepage: http://www.icompositions.com/artists/kassia
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, CA United States
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Bio:
I guess I should tell you a little about me. I live in the mountains halfway between Santa Cruz and the Silicon Valley. I'm a music maker, animal lover, book reader and espresso brewer. I play piano and french horn and can't sing worth a damn. I've had years and years of music training and theory, and can't remember a bit of it. I play what I feel and what sounds good to me. I would love constructive criticism and advice on both my music and my use of the different software. Enjoy!



Collaborations:

The First Time (with Alannah).
Letting Go (with livelargemusic).
Sit Down (with LunaTrick).
Summer Storm (with Motu).
Ember (with drakonis).





"And that is just the point: how the world, moist and bountiful, calls to each of us to make a new and serious response. That's the big question, the one the world throws at you every morning. "Here you are, alive. Would you like to make a comment?"... Writing poems, for me but not necessarily for others, is a way of offering praise to the world... Think of them that way, as little alleluias."
~ Mary Oliver





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Date Title Rating Hits Genre Last Comment Status
07.01.08 Doubts (---) 265 (26) New Age 07.04.08 Active
06.17.08 Decisions (---) 312 (41) New Age 07.02.08 Active
06.09.08 Remembrance (---) 515 (30) Classical 07.02.08 Active
05.19.08 Witch's Waltz (---) 414 (27) Other 06.11.08 Active
05.17.08 Lazy Afternoon (improv) (---) 377 (35) Piano 06.23.08 Active
05.17.08 Sit Down (swing) (---) 138 (9) Open Collaborations 06.10.08 Active
05.17.08 Sit Down (---) 122 (6) Open Collaborations 06.10.08 Active
05.06.08 Summer Storm (with Motu) (---) 317 (16) New Age 06.10.08 Active
05.03.08 Ember (kassiafied) (---) 398 (26) New Age 06.10.08 Active
04.27.08 Island Hopping (---) 194 (14) Ethnic-International 05.10.08 Active
04.18.08 Letting Go 9.33 (9) 548 (33) Piano 06.10.08 Active
kassia's Favorite Jams
Title Artist Date Genre
Leaving Inside Muse Ritual 07.02.08 Downtempo
Stephanie....I Love you KellyMarkSmith 07.01.08 Ballad
My Time Machine (downloadable) 12parsecs 07.01.08 Indie Rock
Lunar Eclipse - SmokeyVW (w. Alannah) Alannah 07.01.08 Jazz (vocal)
When The Sun Goes Down(GOOC) Feter 06.30.08 Country-Western
I Have Wandered (MJ GOOC) jiguma 06.30.08 Bluegrass
Girl, Be Nice! thekurtisproject 06.30.08 Acoustic Rock
Down The Road (MJCH) J.A.Stewart 06.29.08 Folk-Rock
Better Than Gold Shadowofnine 06.28.08 Inspirational (contemporary)
You Created me to Worship josephgvincent 06.27.08 Piano
Amish Landscape Tom Atwood 06.27.08 Cinematic Soundtrack
Demon Killer (W/KissMeKate&Eckleiste) Skean 06.27.08 Hard Rock
Rosie's glow (feat. Caroline) apb 06.24.08 Pop (Alternative)
My Time Machine 12parsecs 06.23.08 Indie Rock
The Snark - Poem (MJ Coffee House) drakonis 06.21.08 Spoken Word-Poetry
Lake Lagunitas thetiler 06.18.08 New Age
Progulation #1 (w/perceptualvortex and ibstrat, with ziti remaster) Ejh 06.17.08 Progressive Rock
loud Louder LOUDER quiet 12parsecs 06.17.08 Indie Rock
Total Comfort gail60 06.16.08 Piano
Gettysburg Angels (working title) LaLa_Divina 06.16.08 Folk (contemporary)
The Domestic Cadman 06.16.08 Pop Classical
Friendship & Faith - MJ Coffee MarkHolbrook 06.16.08 Acoustic
Lead With Your Heart (with Fran Dagostino Band feat. Futzpucker) aclarke 06.16.08 Rock
Glen Byre (Collaboration with SJB & Seathach) seathach 06.15.08 Celtic
Arthropod perceptualvortex 06.14.08 Breakbeat
Pride Shadowofnine 06.14.08 Inspirational (contemporary)
Prelude in F# Minor leemiguel2004 06.13.08 Classical
the unfolding of a parable josephgvincent 06.13.08 Piano
Contra Youra 06.12.08 Film Scoring
Andalusian Vision - Simple piano version leemiguel2004 06.12.08 Classical
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto - 2nd Movement Harmonesque 06.12.08 Classical
Reflections on a Dream Cadman 06.11.08 Acoustic
Aurora Skatehorn 06.10.08 Acoustic
Expander 5 (Finale) Shadowofnine 06.10.08 Other
Coffee Calypso BrunchandChewy 06.10.08 Reggae
Someday you're gonna be looking for a fool like me woofer3 06.10.08 Pop (mainstream)
If I Only Had a Brain rsorensen 06.10.08 Indie Rock
Yesterday Won't Go Away (MJ Coffee House) Dadai 06.10.08 Folk (contemporary)
Guards of the Cannon VicDiesel 06.09.08 Renaissance
inchworm Mystified 06.09.08 Ambient
Drak's Bear Rag - Live!!! leemiguel2004 06.09.08 Ragtime
Broken (Remix) spitlogic 06.08.08 Hip Hop-Rap
Tunak Tunak Tin Alannah 06.07.08 Ethnic-International
Everybody Seems To...(remix) The Fritters 06.06.08 Acoustic Rock
What They Say paul f. page 06.06.08 Piano
Rain Rain w/ friends timothy devine 06.05.08 Open Collaborations
Between Green Sleeves guitapick 06.02.08 Acoustic
Lake Powell FlatRock2 06.02.08 Acoustic
Pretend (MJ Coffee House Challenge) rsorensen 06.02.08 Acoustic
Homage (for 2 Guitars) LunaTrick 06.02.08 Acoustic
Blue Spark Sparrow I. Spike 06.01.08 Folk (contemporary)
Break Me Mckenzie 06.01.08 Acoustic Rock
Come Monday (w/ MickD) LunaTrick 06.01.08 Rock
HITTIN' THE ROAD (Richard/Dadai/Smith/Jiguma) Miller-Schletty 06.01.08 Folk-Rock
She Brings The Sun Inside FlatRock2 06.01.08 Acoustic Rock
Coffee House Blues Relic67 06.01.08 Folk (contemporary)
Aimless Wanderings Elevator_Funk 06.01.08 Fingerstyle Guitar
That's How It Goes Dadai 05.31.08 Pop (mainstream)
A Beating From Her Brother peeg 05.31.08 Indie Rock
Suspect 12777 (trio) HenriROGERsoloandbands 05.31.08 Jazz Fusion
Cult of Anubis - Spitlogic (Diviner's Arabeseque Remix) Diviner 05.31.08 Ethnic-International
The earth afterwards Tadashi Togawa 05.31.08 Progressive Rock
fiddle while it burns (sons of hypnos w/pinkfreud) ageofthedeathtree 05.31.08 Acoustic Rock
Capricho Arabe thetiler 05.31.08 Classical
Sneak Attack floppysurprise 05.30.08 Experimental
Über'n großen Teich (w/Hannah B.) lavalamp 05.30.08 Alternative Rock
the road I travel... Mystified 05.30.08 Ambient
Klinky Klink deputydoofy 05.29.08 Other
Avalon - the Isle of Apples elfdaughter 05.29.08 Film Scoring
Chronicles of a Dysphoric Translator (Part IV-VI) rsorensen 05.29.08 Progressive Rock
Son's Song HipHopMoses 05.28.08 Acoustic Rock
Movement For String Orchestra: Allegretto kieran74 05.28.08 Classical
If Only I Feel Cool (W/LunaTrick) Skean 05.28.08 Experimental
Elevated Passage magnatone 05.28.08 Pop Orchestral
The Life of a Starfish AEROjet 05.28.08 Acoustic
Sovay Rebsie 05.27.08 A Cappella
Double Click HenriROGERsoloandbands 05.27.08 Jazz (instrumental)
pale blue haiku sonic_magpie 05.26.08 Other
Somewhere Without You quarkhead 05.26.08 Alternative Rock
A Thousand Ways (with permisson from Paul Nicholson aka UncleTupeloFan) Remark80 05.26.08 Folk (contemporary)
Sit Down Swing (w/Kassia) LunaTrick 05.26.08 Open Collaborations
Drive Me Wild BridgeCreek 05.25.08 Acoustic Rock
Apogee MissChaos 05.25.08 Dance-Club
a time for peace josephgvincent 05.25.08 Acoustic
Turkish Boat Ride michael2 05.24.08 Dub
Softly, Softly elfdaughter 05.23.08 Film Scoring
The Kind of Man (w/spitlogic) rsorensen 05.22.08 Hip Hop-Rap
Awake PickQuick Records 05.21.08 Heavy Metal
Rollin' Ibstrat 05.21.08 Blues (traditional)
Seriously Frolicking Macaudion 05.20.08 Pop Orchestral
Mirrored Ice Promise LunaTrick 05.20.08 Alternative Rock
Hydrostatic Dreams LunaTrick 05.18.08 Alternative Rock
Buffalo Bill #3 woofer3 05.17.08 Pop (mainstream)
Daze in Sunshine (w/michael2) sonic_magpie 05.17.08 Indie Rock
End of a winter - Part I Confounded 05.16.08 Ambient
Disembodied Eye Juggles Scrap Metal shavingronaldscar 05.16.08 Drum n Bass
Chance Encounter (multi-collab) magnatone 05.16.08 Other
I SEE IT IN YOUR SMILE craighalkett 05.16.08 Pop (mainstream)
Believe This (w/t Evolvweb) echoroom 05.14.08 Art Rock
The First Time (Kassia + Alannah) Alannah 05.13.08 Romantic
Sunset to Sunrise Firesign 05.13.08 Electropop
A Certain Elegance paul f. page 05.11.08 Piano
Silken Feeling Motu 05.11.08 Ambient
Glacier Ride (with ziti) magnatone 05.09.08 Pop Orchestral
Harry keeps his records in a rack woofer3 05.08.08 Pop (mainstream)
Whatever Works (2006) Jim Bouchard 05.07.08 Blues (traditional)
1415 ic42 05.07.08 Ambient
Rain rain - OneSweetWorld collab cchaplin 05.06.08 Jazz (instrumental)
Loving Sedna Greenpeace 05.04.08 Acoustic
Steel feathers victorias_playground 05.04.08 Acoustic Rock
All The Way Down Brian D 05.04.08 Ballad
beautiful wall (with Einarus) Mystified 05.01.08 Cinematic Soundtrack
The New Statesboro Blues ziti 04.30.08 Blues (traditional)
Under the Dunes HenriROGERsoloandbands 04.30.08 Jazz (instrumental)
Standing Here gail60 04.29.08 Piano
Silence davevan 04.29.08 Pop Orchestral
Song for Karen Ibstrat 04.28.08 Fingerstyle Guitar
Chronicles of a Dysphoric Translator (Pt. I-III) rsorensen 04.28.08 Progressive Rock
fairies tokai 04.27.08 Rock
Ice Jim Bouchard 04.27.08 Acoustic
Kyoto Motu 04.23.08 Ambient
Quixotic Dreams (first draft) drakonis 04.21.08 Latin
The Last JadeLennings 04.19.08 Pop (mainstream)
Prepared Piano michael2 04.18.08 Alternative Rock
The Swimmer & the Siren LunaTrick 04.15.08 Alternative Rock
Prairie Sky davevan 04.14.08 Other
All I Ever Hear dajama 04.13.08 Acoustic
Dream Dance composerclark 04.09.08 Classical
In the Stone w/Echoroom racerat 04.05.08 Art Rock
Angel Convention magnatone 04.04.08 Pop Classical
Hopeless gail60 04.02.08 Piano
String Piece draft 2 chipan 03.31.08 Cinematic Soundtrack
Introspective MarkHolbrook 03.30.08 Classical
WILD Alannah 03.08.08 Downtempo
Fennario MarkHolbrook 03.06.08 Folk (traditional)
Beautiful as You peeg 03.05.08 Acoustic
who will I be Scott Carmichael 02.29.08 Acoustic
Fur Elise Jazz Solo 2008 John Stebbe 02.27.08 Jazz (instrumental)
The Avalon Suite elfdaughter 02.23.08 Ambient
Ornamental Featherweight (w/t Estellie) echoroom 02.16.08 Pop (mainstream)
Tracers ( Didge Mix) Muse Ritual 02.15.08 Trance
Haecceity (Final) Alimar 02.15.08 Cinematic Soundtrack
Interference/Goodbye rsorensen 02.06.08 Alternative Rock
Dreamers w/ davisamerica dajama 02.04.08 Psychedelic
Sky Fall Down Brian D 02.02.08 Ballad
Willow (international) pablatone 01.30.08 Folk (contemporary)
The Hard Ground by Paddler droop 01.22.08 Acoustic
Fragments Bubowski 12.20.07 Classical
LSP is making the world melt (rainbow mix) Diviner 11.30.07 Trance
Watching Sidewalks Dry Inside My Head (In The Shadow Of Mt Saint Helens) Leonard Cohen Mogodon Mix biba_nova 11.11.07 Pop (Alternative)
Lyke Wake Dirge (w/ Dick Langford) Rebsie 11.04.07 Folk (contemporary)
The Messenger K.I.S.KISMET 09.10.07 Downtempo
Sanctuary Parichayaka 08.29.07 Cinematic Soundtrack
Fragile (Echoroom/Mystified/Rebsie/MissChaos) MissChaos 08.25.07 Downtempo
Green perceptualvortex 07.28.07 Ethnic-International
Fisherman blaky smith 07.13.07 Other
Mama Cries (Horizon Mix) MissChaos 06.07.07 Downtempo
Sweet Baby (w/Jim Bouchard) ledebutant 04.28.07 Acoustic Rock
Seminole Solstice dreadmon 04.03.07 Native American
Endings & Beginnings Cameron 03.21.07 Classical
What Do You Care eleveneyes 03.14.07 Alternative Rock
Happy Birthday, Drakonis! Roxylee 02.10.07 Acoustic Rock
Drive The River (New Version) springclock 01.19.07 Alternative Rock
Don't Tell the QUEEN eleveneyes 11.30.06 Acoustic Rock
Emergent Bubowski 11.22.06 Cinematic Soundtrack
Peaceful Sunrise (col w RoxyLee) SmokeyVW 11.14.06 Open Collaborations
Over the Hill Einarus 09.24.06 New Age
In The Garden (PV Mix) ledebutant 09.20.06 Dance-Club
Use This (Cori Ander w/ktb) Karmatoburn 09.18.06 Acoustic Rock
Grapefruit Song (Sometimes) drakonis 08.12.06 Comedy-Satire-Parody
Edge of Reason (Ein/Ziti) ziti 07.22.06 Rock (instrumental)
Castro-fishboisfo fishboisfo 07.21.06 Trance
The Cool Breeze Komrade K 07.12.06 Celtic
A New Unknown (complete) Tom Atwood 02.06.06 Cinematic Soundtrack
Caroline's Bear Rag (aka Lickety Split) drakonis 01.31.06 Ragtime
The View from Up Here MissChaos 01.27.06 Cinematic Soundtrack
Be Undone btransue 11.07.05 Folk (contemporary)
Endured Audiologic 09.05.05 Dance-Club
Wayfaring Stranger ziti & mystified ziti 08.13.05 Open Collaborations
Somewhere Over Greenland Peter Greenstone 07.20.05 Alternative Rock
Summer Song peeg 02.12.05 Alternative Rock
Evening Out West futzpucker 07.31.04 New Age
In Devotion futzpucker 05.31.04 Acoustic
Music Background
I’ve been playing, performing and writing music since I was tall enough to reach a keyboard. My first instrument was a small electric organ that neither of my parents knew how to play, but had in the house for some unknown reason. My mom bought a sticker kit and put colored stickers on the different notes and I taught myself to play by matching colors to the notes in the books. At some point, we all got tired of listening to the organ, so I got a piano and instantly fell in love. I have been playing keyboards and piano for 25 years now, with 14 years of formal piano training. I spent 15 years playing electric keyboards, piano and organ as an occasional accompianist for weddings, funerals and choirs. I have a partially finished Bachelors degree in Music Composition, and along with piano, I have had 11 years of formal training on the French Horn. I’ve also had 8 years of formal choral training, but my singing days are over. It’s all instrumentals for me from now on.
Music Skills
piano, french horn, vocals (or maybe not!) - I have an accordian, tin whistle, harmonica and fiddle lying around the house, waiting for me to learn how to play them - along with the 2 guitars that haven't been touched in way too long.
Music Hardware
GEM PS1600 full-size keyboard, sno-ball mic
Music Software
Garageband 4, Sibelius 4, and Audacity. iDrum and LogicExpress 8 which I don't know how to use!
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