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» member profile:
mbarden
» genre:
Instrumentals >
Smooth
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Mike Barden
» label: unsigned
» for fans of: Jim Brickman, George Winston, Yanni, Joe Sample
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Funky, smooth jazz piano tune dipped in a rock-guitar crunch coating. Yummy.
A SoundClick Top 50 song
Fat, juicy piano Nu-Blues over a lush, complex bed of funk, electronica and nasty rock guitar.
A SoundClick Top 50 song
“Grace Under Pressure (Turbulent Calm)” is the CDs first move toward a darker sound, with percussion, synth layers and a minor tonality; it is presenting the paradox and challenge of maintaining inner peace when anxiety is right there to challenge it
“The Spiral Way” continues the darker minor sound and presses it downward with a continuously descending chord progression. The paradox here is that the downward movement is not leading to despair, but a deeper level of resolution.
“Deep Blue” ventures out into the expanse of space and freedom that is found in true peace.
A little trip-hop, a little blues. Very cool, chillin' piano.
“Full Circle” sets the piano in front of a contemporary jazz backdrop, and it’s about gaining a more mature perspective—those times when you know you’ve been here before, but because of what you’ve experienced since then, it’s different this time.
“Look Around” means there are good things around you, if you’re willing to look and see. This “theme and variations” piano piece mirrors that thought by moving from one place to another.
'Simply' has the beginnings of a simple, maybe even predictable solo piece, but then goes places you might not expect—much like our own journey toward resolution. “Simply, but not easily.”
The first solo piano piece, opens the CD with a simple, yet passionate statement about the desired end of all our conflict—resolution.
Incorporating two pianos and a gentle contemporary jazz treatment, expresses the confidence of knowing you are at peace with yourself.