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STEINSTUDIO COMPLETES 3RD ALBUM WITH CLASSICAL GUITAR VERSION OF "I WISH THAT YOU NEVER HAD GONE"

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The steinstudio is in full gear, poised to publish a 3rd album, UneASy PiEcEs, punctuated by a classical guitar duet. This version of the song is what I originally intended, i.e., a quiet ballad related to a young boy's memories and longings from over 1/2 century ago. These vivid past emotional experiences, the feelings of which can be captured by musical expression, are eventually lost through aging and death. Despite one's wishes, there is the bitter truth that, along with ignorance, one must eventually let go of everything, and give oneself up to whatever one becomes, in the nameless cosmos. This song was performed using 2 acoustic classical guitar tracks, (acoustically mic'd with my steinstudio RODE NT 1-A), a guitar that I had hidden away, and just found in my basement, a 6 string nylon classical, that I bought in Brooklyn, about 40 years ago. The Story, itself, reflects an experience when I was 6 years old, when a pretty, young girl, a neighbor from 2 houses down, who had moved away, had returned to visit her Brooklyn home; we played tag together in a friend's driveway; she seemed to like me, and touched my hand lightly...and then she was gone, again.

STEIN'S HOME STUDIO REVIVAL PICKS UP SPEED - NEW MUSICAL GENRE CREATED

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Metro Noire was born this month, a new musical genre embodied by pjsteinsong's latest original, "Running From Time". Combining Disco, Nouveau, Sub-Saharan Percussion, Salsa, Do-Op, Hip-Hop, and Flat-Top, this new musical style is uniquely characterized by its evolution into newer musical genres, as the song progresses towards its final measures. Metro Rouge and Metro Bleu are to follow shortly.............

STEIN STUDIO DEBUTS WITH WEDDING SONG

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Bypassing the cost and complexity inherent in hiring a private recording studio, and using software on an iMac, pjsteinsongs, inc., has wasted no time in recording a tune dedicated to the marriage of an extraordinary couple, and several more tunes are soon to follow. Using an M-Audio Axiom 61 workstation, an Apogee interface, a pair of BX monitors, a RODE NT studio mic, and his Taylor acoustic & Gretsch White Falcon, Stein has begun layering dozens of tracks for several new melodies in the acoustic pipeline fermenting in his fecund imagination. It Won't Be Long, yeh!...............pjs

"FLYING TO THE SUN" TAKES OFF INTO DIGITAL CYBERSPACE!

Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

"FLYING TO THE SUN", A 9 MINUTE 26 SECOND MARATHON BALLAD, HAS FINALLY BEEN POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD PURCHASE ON THE 'PETER J STEIN' ARTIST'S PAGE OF CDBABY, WITH THE SINGLES "THE VESSEL", AND "MORE EACH DAY", AS WELL AS ACCOMPANYING STEIN'S 2 ALBUMS, BROKEN MAN - TRAPPED IN TIME, AND UNDER AN OPEN SKY.

"FLYING TO THE SUN" UPLOADED TO CDBABY FOR DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION ON THE WEB!

Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

WITHIN JUST A FEW HOURS (OR DAYS) "FLYING TO THE SUN", A 9 MINUTE BALLAD OF LIFE, LOVE AND DEATH, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR IPOD DOWNLOADS ON CDBABY, AND SOON ALSO ON AT LEAST 9 ADDITIONAL E-STORES, MUSICAL WEB OUTLETS, ONLINE SONG SERVICES, AND FRUIT MARKETS. GIVE IT A WHIRL; FLY TO THE SUN!.............pjsteinsongs

IN EMERGENCY TAKE-OFF, "FLYING TO THE SUN" ESCAPES UNSCATHED!

Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

DUE TO AN UNEXPECTEDLY PUZZLING CHANGE IN TEMPERAMENT, "FLYING TO THE SUN" HAS MADE AN EARLY, ESCAPE LIFT-OFF, WITH NEGLIGIBLE RESIDUAL DAMAGE. LISTENERS WILL SOON HEAR A REMARKABLE REFERENCE EDIT, AS LUSH GRETSCH WHITE FALCON TREBLY TONES COME SEARING THROUGH, MIXED COMFORTABLY WITH ORGAN, BASS, HARMONICA, DRUMS, AND LYRICS. PJSTEIN WAILS OUT HIS EPIC NARRATIVE FOR 9 MINUTES, DETAILING THE PATHOS, ETHOS, MYKONOS, AND WHEAT TOAST OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S NECESSARY STRUGGLE WITH EMOTIONAL TYRANNY, IN A QUEST FOR EMOTIONAL LIBERATION.

MIXING, SCHMIXING

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

It looks like we have about 30 diverse tracks for "Flying To The Sun", and there remains the challenge of finding the best, acceptable mix, trying to include various elements that will not drown each other out, placing the vocals and instruments in various proportions, positions, volume,EQ,effects,etc.The process is challenging, and the choices are often made by a 'feel', simple reflections of one's personal tastes, with some basic acoustic rules.

BALLAD CONSTRUCTION - STUDIO BLISS

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

IT TAKES AWHILE, MAYBE EVEN A COUPLE OF LIFETIMES, TO APPRECIATE AND SAVOR THE THOUSANDS OF ACOUSTIC AND DIGITAL NUANCES, THAT CAN DELIBERATELY, YET OFTEN SURPRISINGLY AND UNPREDICTABLY, CREATE THE PENETRATING SEQUENCES OF SOUNDS THAT COMPRISE A SONG. I AM WORKING ON A 9 MINUTE EPIC TUNE, "FLYING TO THE SUN", WHICH I CAN, ONLY WITH GREAT HUMILITY, ASSERT THAT MY STYLE HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY DYLAN'S "QUEEN JANE APRROXIMATELY", "VISIONS OF JOHANNA", "DESOLATION ROW", AND "LIKE A ROLLING STONE", THE GREAT, GREAT DYLAN BALLADS THAT EMERGED IN THE 1960'S...

YES! "I WISH THAT YOU NEVER HAD GONE" MOVES FORWARD!

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO CORRECT A COUPLE OF INCORRECT NOTES, AND TO ADD SOME UNEXPECTED EFFECTS! HOPING TO ENLIST A SURPRISE GUEST KEYBOARD/ORGAN TRACK IN A WEEK OR TWO THAT WILL TIGHTEN THIS SONG INTO A FOOT-STOMPING, HEART-BENDING BALLAD. ONCE COMPLETED, THERE MAY BE A LIVE RENDITION. STAY TUNED!

EARLY TAKES OF "I WISH THAT YOU NEVER HAD GONE"'

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

ONE NEVER KNOWS WHERE INSPIRATION WILL COME FROM, SO DON'T BOTHER LOOKING. WHILE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A SONG EARLIER THIS WEEK, A COUPLE OF TINY MUSICAL PHRASES SLIPPED IN, THAT MYSTERIOUSLY BLENDED WITH A FEW ACHING MEMORIES FROM MY EARLY LIFE IN BROOKLYN, BACK IN THE MID-1950'S. JUST 2 DOORS DOWN FROM US, THERE LIVED A GIRL...OH, NEVER MIND - BETTER NOT GET TOO DETAILED. MEANWHILE, AS THIS SONG WAS DEVELOPING, AND AS I WAS SEARCHING FOR A MIDDLE PART, TO BRIDGE THE VERSES, I HAD JUST FINISHED READING A FRIEND'S POEM - REGARDLESS OF THE CONTENT OF THE POEM, THE FORM OF THE POEM STRUCK ME AS REPRESENTING 'IMMEDIACY', 'MOMENTARINESS', AND 'TRANSIENCE', AS THE POEM DEPICTED VIVID, DRAMATIC INSTANCES OF SMELLS, SOUNDS, IMAGES, AND SNAPSHOTS OF TIME, THAT WERE SUDDENLY GONE; AND SUDDENLY. THE PHRASE CAME INTO MY MIND, PERHAPS FROM ANOTHER SONG: "CAPTURING THE MOMENT AND THE MOMENT'S GONE"; AND I HAD MY BRIDGE, AND 3 INTERESTING CHORDS TO GO WITH IT...PJS