I am releasing a NEW album of piano tracks today on bandcamp.com. The entire album tells a story in music with a mystery-based theme. Please go and listen to the previews 100 times, and tell your friends if you like it . . . . http://chris-truelsen.bandcamp.com/album/exactly-what-happened-at-the-redbud
There are 10 songs to preview thus far, but there are 23 tracks on this album. ALL of the tracks and extra cover art are included in the download if you want to hear all of them now.
A new track will be added to the preview list each week, every Thursday or Friday . . . . Coming next week: release for Friday, August 26: CHESS
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
"Wintersong" Entirely Free for a Limited Time in Preparation for New Album Release
Wintersong is definitely out of season for right now . . . . That said, I am getting ready to put out a new album of songs. In the next few months, 23 new tracks will be available for download on the Bandcamp site.
Preview of the new album: this album is essentially the "soundtrack without a home." Entirely piano music, it is intended to tell the story of a detective who takes some investigative work that leads him down the path looking for a forgotten treasure in an old church cellar. A mysterious woman gets him on the track of the case, but her involvement with a dangerous, shadowy gang leads him into a circle of strange events and happenings.
In preparation for the new album's release, I am making my "Wintersong" album free for download from Bandcamp until then. After that it will go to a "fan-determined" minimum. That is, it will be a "name your price" arrangement.
More to come soon . . . .
http://chris-truelsen.bandcamp.com/
Be sure to listen to: "This Winter Life," "Winter Homecoming", "Sail for Home", and "December 25, 1776."
Preview of the new album: this album is essentially the "soundtrack without a home." Entirely piano music, it is intended to tell the story of a detective who takes some investigative work that leads him down the path looking for a forgotten treasure in an old church cellar. A mysterious woman gets him on the track of the case, but her involvement with a dangerous, shadowy gang leads him into a circle of strange events and happenings.
In preparation for the new album's release, I am making my "Wintersong" album free for download from Bandcamp until then. After that it will go to a "fan-determined" minimum. That is, it will be a "name your price" arrangement.
More to come soon . . . .
http://chris-truelsen.bandcamp.com/
Be sure to listen to: "This Winter Life," "Winter Homecoming", "Sail for Home", and "December 25, 1776."
Monday, September 6, 2010
Chris Truelsen's "WINTERSONG"
Chris Truelsen's Wintersong on Amazon.com
Wintersong on Bandcamp.com
I wrote all the music for Wintersong over the course of about five or six years, and recorded it during that time in my home studio. Some parts were done with acoustic piano and vocals. Other parts were done using a digital piano controller and softsynth programs that feature piano and bass.
There are a variety of songs on the album in different styles. If you don't like one song, try the next.
My favorite songs on the album are:
This Winter Life (features synthesized piano, bass sounds, and vocals).
Dec. 25, 1776 (acoustic piano).
Sail for Home (acoustic piano, vocals, and some light synthesized violin sounds).
Try the others too.
The cover art was done on Corel Painter.
The End of the Golden Age of CDs
Pen and Ink Details, Music Division announces the "lost" CD. Back in the days (2001-2002) when I was starting to get into the working world, and didn't have much of a social life-before I had even met my wife-I lived in an apartment and did what I could to create my own CD. This CD was in mono as I only had one microphone (sad isn't it), and I recorded it on my Hewlett-Packard computer complete with 9 gig hard drive. Plugged into this was an Aardvark audio card with breakout box, into which I could plug my microphone and midi connections.
I wasn't one of these 14 year old whiz kids who had learned everything there was to know about recording by his teen years. I was almost 30, and a beginner at recording. I composed and recorded 10 songs, and as they were recorded in my apartment living room on this setup, during thunderstorms, the heat of summer (air-conditioning was a must), and other various circumstances, you just might (or might not) hear some of these things. I also recorded the songs on my Kawaii electronic piano at the time. I still have that piano but a few of the keys don't work anymore!
I actually put the album on a CD. I made all of 20, maybe 30 copies on my Hewlett-Packard. I printed the front and back covers myself. I also self-printed the CD cover. These days it would download or fit on a jump drive nicely. No use bothering with CDs. Farewell golden age of CDs!
"St. Denis" and "It's Getting to Me" are my favorites on that album. "Showdown on a Passenger Train" was often a favorite of those who heard it.
I thought six of the ten songs were actually worth sharing. The songs can currently be downloaded for free, see my link just below (copyright 2002). Enjoy this vintage relic.
More photos from the original cover art:
Originally posted at Pen and Ink Details, Tues. June 22, 2010.
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