So, even when you are doodling around at the piano, it sounds good... unless this is actually a practiced piece on contemplation. I like the way it starts very tentatively, and then as you play with the theme, you pick up steam. If this *is* practiced, then I would suggest just before the 1/2 way mark getting tentative again, once you get going, since you don't seem to slow back down, but instead build beautiful momentum toward the sweet ending... just like a real piece. The pace remains slow, but the piece fills out and starts sounding rich and grand, and never regains the "hmm... what about this" quality to my ears. Of course, if you really were just experimenting and recording an "impromptu session", then you are just too good, and it didn't work! (smirk) Anyway, this is a lovely piece, soft and lyrical.
ttfn,
Drakonis

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Paul, you have such a wonderful talent for putting human emotions and mindsets into your compositions. Just plain marvelous, and thank you so much for sharing your music with us.


God bless,

Rick


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You play with such emotion. Thanks for sharing.

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Chopin meets Mancini over wine to talk about the vacation they always wanted to take with someone no longer in their lives. Every note precious.

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Very sweet and lovely ... soulful and controlled playing, beautiful tone and lovely expression. A very fine piece indeed.

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Near the window where gradual wind blows.


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how your thoughts travel down into your fingertips and onto the piano keys to create emotional messages. It's like you are contemplating one thing, then you say "Hmmm... or I could do this..." Not a serious decision, though, the peaceful, dreamy kind of thoughts like just before falling asleep. Very pretty piece, Paul.

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But your playing puts the feel in it... the air, the sense of real hands playing real keys, with a real heart behind it all...

This is the piano equivalent of what I love in Cori Ander's instrumental improvisations... Not that they're stylistically similar, but in that I hear the human heart coming through the hands of someone who has achieved such mastery that the instrument no longer stands as a barrier between them and expression...

Ed

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This is lovely. Extraordinarily well-crafted and performed. You give the impression that these compositions come very easily to you; if so, that's a wonderful combination of a blessing and a lifetime of being a musician, and I hope we get to hear many more of your works.

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really exceptional depth and expression from a digital voice. I loved riding the flow of your thoughts and emotions. I heard little bits of musical signposts - but no actual quotes or cliches. A real accomplishment.

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As I listen to your newest piece,it is an hour after sunset. I sit in my livingroom, the steady stream of traffic just outside on Main St. has dwindled, and the town grows quiet.

This music is perfect for a late-afternoon "chilling" session. It is contemplative, uncluttered by too many notes or textures. Just solo piano played with feeling.

Thank you.

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One of the best pieces I've heard here at Mac Jams. Bravo! Paul
And thank you for the Download....digitalnirvana9/Norman

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Simply marvellous. So beautiful in its calm simplicity and depth. Enjoyed every note. When listening I imagined sceneries of landscapes with falling leaves, pondering the transient nature of life with all its beauty. Heard and orchestra accompanying in the background and just appreciated once again the sound of a piano being played so soulfully...how inspiring.

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Deep and beautiful. With the living presence that comes from a player who is, though relaxed, aware of every moment, every second. So the music lives and keeps me alive, from beginning till it stops.

In my mind I see a room where the sun shines in through the window on wooden floors. Lightly furnished. Rag-rugs. Light colours. A place and a moment of serenity. It is summer.

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...our moods in sound is beyond "enjoyable". Oftentimes essential.
Beautiful, Paul. Thanks so much for the invite. Very, very happy to be here.
Bob

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