A Little Bit About Melody
The melody of your song is what most people will remember, and really is the heart and soul of the composition. There are a few rules and guidelines that help in writing a good melody. Ask yourself, is it catchy and ...
Biography
GRAMMY NOMINATED PIANIST DAVID LANZ is a contemporary instrumental legend whose deeply-felt compositions helped forge the New Age music movement over 20 years ago. Since then, countless fans around the world have embraced his music which is infused with a passion and tranquility much sought after in the face of today's world.
Born on June 28, 1950, Lanz started his performing career in his early teens playing keyboards with his rock band ";The Towne Cryers". The Towne Cryers were a local hit and placed third in a field of 300 bands at the 1965 Seattle Teen Fair. (See Downloads for mp3's from The Towne Cryers)
From his young teens through his late 20s, the Seattle native was a rocker with groups steeped in both classic covers and what he terms "Northwest Instrumental Rock". The talented young musician honed his skills working with an eclectic array of groups and recording projects, including playing keyboards on Terry Jack's 1974 world wide smash hit "Seasons in the Sun" and recording one album for Mercury Records with Canadian super-group BRAHMAN in 1971. (See Downloads for mp3's from Brahman)
YEARS LATER IN THE 1980’s, deftly playing blues and jazz in a piano bar, he "stumbled" onto a different path.
"My friend, Dr. Larry Iverson, was leading a seminar and wanted some music to illustrate the flow of energy through the centers of the body sometimes referred to as chakras," Lanz says. "I was also interested in the healing qualities of music and it's effect on body and soul, so I made a little tape of solo piano for the seminar and just about everyone who heard it, to my utter surprise, wanted a copy!"
"There was no musical style quite like it in those days," he says. "And it certainly wasn't called New Age. I used the music I composed for this seminar as the basis for my first solo piano album, HEARTSOUNDS.";
1984’s HEARTSOUNDS helped launch Narada Records into the mainstream and led Lanz into a chart-topping career which featured nine bestselling solo albums and three popular collaborations with producer/rock guitarist Paul Speer--NATURAL STATES, DESERT VISION, and BRIDGE OF DREAMS.
Lanz's solo recordings include the landmark CRISTOFORI'S DREAM (Number One on Billboard's first adult alternative/new age chart for 27 weeks); NIGHTFALL, SKYLINE FIREDANCE, RETURN TO THE HEART, CHRISTMAS EVE, BELOVED, SACRED ROAD, the live recording AN EVENING WITH DAV
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