A very big THANK YOU to the listeners, and David Nevue, for this honor.
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"Luminous by Michele McLaughlin in my view, is the best work of the artist thus far, I don’t say that lightly, as she has produced some amazing albums over the last 20 odd years, but for me she has manifested a sensitivity here that is beyond all that she has created before, and it has worked like absolute magic. Luminous is one of the most gentle and soothing narratives ever from Michele and is an album that every lover of any piano genre must simply have."
VIDEOS OF SONGS FROM LUMINOUS:
So there you have it. With every album release I modify and tweak this list and I'm always learning of new outlets, new methods, and new things I could be doing/trying. As I said, this isn't the secret formula, and it's not a set in stone list for all musicians. Every musician is different, and there are so many styles/genres of music out there. This list works for me... an independent solo piano composer. Just making music and sharing it with the world!
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A new single release from Michele McLaughlin
All rights reserved ©2019 (ASCAP)
About This Song:
This song is about how happy and joyous my life has been over the last year after my boyfriend moved in and we started living together. It's a song about pure joy and sharing love with another person.
Official Video - "Pure Joy"
A new single release from Michele McLaughlin
All rights reserved ©2019 (ASCAP)
About This Song:
This song is about how happy and joyous my life has been over the last year after my boyfriend moved in and we started living together. It's a song about pure joy and sharing love with another person.
Credits:
Composer and Performer: Michele McLaughlin
Recorded: Michele's Home Studio in Salt Lake City, UT
Mastering and Engineering: Joe Bongiorno at Piano Haven Studio
Piano: 9' Fazioli F278
Video and Editing: Shelley Boyd and John Huber at Huber Camera Works
Dancers and Choreography: Caitlyn Vergara and Davon Blackwell
SHEET MUSIC: https://michelemclaughlin.com/search?type=product&q=pure+joy
APPLE MUSIC: https://itunes.apple.com/…/arti…/michele-mclaughlin/79645834
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4FtcVLw0u7qvqrJYLHkHZn…
PANDORA: https://www.pandora.com/…/michele-mclaughlin/ARmjhl5rZXjjn7J
Official Website: http://www.michelemclaughlin.com
Thanks for listening and watching. I hope you like the new song!! If you do, please share!!!
Sheet Music: https://bit.ly/2HlGlrs
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2tRgiAz
Pandora: https://pdora.co/2VCbmLJ
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2H1R4rV
I really hope you like this one. It's one of my favorites from my singles collection. It's about how dark and mysterious, yet beautiful and alluring, the setting moon is low on the horizon.
January 2018
I recorded and released my first single of the year, Northern Lights, which included a video release that I edited and put together myself. This was my first self-released official video, and I'm proud of myself for how it turned out.
My friends, Glen Gabriel and Jens Lundberg, visited for a week during Sundance Film Festival, where Glen's musical score was included in one of the feature films, "The Game Changers". We had an absolute blast hanging out.
I also got to meet one of my piano idols, Helen Jane Long. That was pretty cool.
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February 2018
I traveled to Jamaica with my boyfriend, Matt, and experienced our first Sandals Resort. It quickly became my new favorite way to enjoy a beachy-time vacation.
I released my second single of the year, Winter, which also came with a video release that I edited and produced myself.
I also collaborated with a celtic group, The Gothard Sisters, and we co-wrote a song together called "When The Rain Falls", that's released on their album, Midnight Sun. That collaboration experience was so much fun and inspired me to be able to collaborate with more artists in the future.
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March 2018
I travelled to Seattle for the annual Whisperings Solo Piano Radio concert and awards ceremony. I love this hang so much as it gives me a chance to see many of my musical friends I only get to see once a year. It's always so much fun! I performed in the All-Star Concert and played my song "Peace". I also taught a Marketing Workshop to my colleagues that weekend and it was nice to be able to help out in that way.
In addition, I had the chance to spend a few hours with The Gothard Sisters after our collaboration and it was such a delight meeting them all in person.
I also had my first Valley View Concert of the year with local Utah pianist, Chad Hewitt. His music is so gorgeous and I loved performing with him.
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April 2018
My son celebrated his 21st birthday. I met my new granddaughter for the first time (she was born in the middle of March and is my son's girlfriend's daughter). I released my third single of the year, Alone, with a video I produced. My boyfriend moved in and we started the next chapter of our lives together. Overall this was one of my favorite months.
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May 2018
We travelled to New Orleans for the annual Zone Music Reporter Awards. My album, Life, was nominated for Best Solo Piano Album of the Year. It didn't win, but it was such fun to see everyone and have a long weekend of fun, and an honor to be included in the nominees. I was also a presenter for one of the other awards, which was really fun.
I also released my fourth single, "Beneath The Surface", with a video. It's been the most popular video of them all.
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June 2018
I had my next Valley View Concert with pianist and friend, Steve Rivera, who came to perform from Southern California.
We also travelled to the Caribbean on the annual Audiosyncracy at Sea cruise. This cruise featured my friend, Joseph Akins, but I ended up being a guest performer and it was so much fun.
Here's a fun improvisation that Joseph and I made up at the end of one of his shows. So fun playing with him!!!!
The next cruise is this coming June 2019 and I'm performing!! Come join us :)
I also purchased a 9 Foot Fazioli F278 Concert Grand Piano, which was an upgrade from my 7 Foot Fazioli F212 that I've owned since December 2012. It's so gorgeous and powerful and rich. I really love it.
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July 2018
I celebrated my 44th birthday!! We had our first solo guitarist, Lance Allen, at the Valley View Concert Series. It was a lot of fun hanging with Lance and his wife Twila, and playing both piano and guitar at the concert.
We also took a family trip to Turks & Caicos for a week, to the Beaches Resort (part of Sandals), and it was so much fun!!!
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August 2018
I had a pretty big elective cosmetic surgery at the beginning of this month. It was something I had dreamed of doing for years, and finally made the decision to do, to help improve my self esteem, self confidence, and self love. I worked really hard through the summer to lose 24 lbs before the surgery, and then worked really hard for the next 8+ weeks to recover and heal. I'm currently at 4.5 months post op and I'm still recovering in some ways. It was the best thing I've done for my personal self and I am very happy with the results. Because of the surgery though, I took some serious down time to heal and recover, so not much else happened this month.
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September 2018
Spent this month recovering, and a lot of time watching HGTV home shows. I am now a complete expert on home renovation and house flipping. If my career with music falls through, I'll definitely be able to have a back-up career. I also released my fifth single, "My Life With You".
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October 2018
The biggest and most exciting thing happened... I was interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine. They called me to talk about my success as an independent musician making a living from my music. On top of that, Pandora Radio notified me that I hit 1 Billion Spins on their platform. Happy Dance!! I am so excited to be part of the 1 Billion Club. So cool. I had a super fun photo shoot to update my website and promotional photos (you can see all the pics here). And we had a Valley View concert with my good friend, Neil Patton from Eugene, Oregon. Oh, and I released my sixth single, "Little Love", which I haven't done a video for yet, but will soon. This was a big and busy month full of wonderful things.
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November 2018
Even bigger, and more exciting... the Rolling Stone Magazine article was published online. It was a fantastic feature that I am so honored and thrilled to be a part of. It brings light to our little solo piano genre, which is a pretty big deal to be featured in THE mainstream music magazine.
We took a trip to St. Lucia for another Sandals vacation, and it was probably my most favorite vacation with my boyfriend to date.
And I also released my seventh single, "Triumph" which will have a video soon as well.
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December 2018
I had five holiday shows in December. Two with my friend, Matthew Mayer, who runs solopiano.com, then two more in Sedona with my friend, Joe Bongiorno and Louis Landon, at his Piano Haven Studio concert series, and then one more with my local Utah friends, Jason Tonioli and violinist extraordinaire, John Knudson. It was a busy month of concerts and music, and it was so much fun.
I invited John to perform with me on my song, Winter. He'd never heard the song before, and we had never played together before. What he created was astonishingly beautiful. It made my heart soar. Look for future projects of us together!!! I'm hoping we can make some arrangements.
I also found out that the actual printed magazine of the December 2018 Issue of Rolling Stone Magazine featured a couple of paragraphs about me. I ran all over Salt Lake City trying to find copies and I'm going to have it framed. I'm on the same page as Clint Eastwood. How cool is that!?!
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This year has been filled with accomplishment, milestones, love, relationships, family, and so much joy that I'm having a hard time writing sad and melancholy music right now. I am so thrilled and excited for all that has been happening. I am so humbled and so honored to be on this incredible journey. And most of all I am just so very very grateful.
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Well, I just found out that I'm also featured in the actual December 2018 printed magazine!!! My picture is on the same page as Clint Eastwood. I drove all over Salt Lake City trying to find copies I could buy, and I'm beyond excited, and humbled, and honored. To be featured in Rolling Stone is such a big deal, and massive milestone for me. I am so incredibly grateful.
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APPLE MUSIC: https://itunes.apple.com/us/
SHEET MUSIC: https://michelemclaughlin.com/
THANK YOU to Pandora for playing my music.
THANK YOU to all the listeners for supporting and playing my music.
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Hi! I am Michele McLaughlin and I am a pianist and composer. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah, and have been composing solo piano music since I was 8 years old. I released my first solo piano album in 2000, called Beginnings. Since then I've released 18 albums and multiple singles, won many awards, charted several times on Billboard, and am a bestselling artist on Amazon and iTunes. My music is available on all streaming platforms, including Pandora, Spotify and Apple Music.
My entire sheet music collection of original compositions and holiday arrangements is available on my WEBSITE STORE, for those who love to play piano. I have pieces that range from easy/beginner, to difficult/advanced, and everything in-between. You can easily sort by song title, difficulty rating, and album, to find pieces that would be perfect for you. You can listen to each piece, and sample the first page of sheet music as well, to make it easier to find the perfect piece for your playing level.
I hope you enjoy listening to and playing my music. As a THANK YOU for being a fan, I'm offering you 25% off your next purchase. Use coupon code SM25% during checkout to redeem.
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A big congrats to Fiona Joy Hawkins, Peter Kater, Masako and Lynn Tredeau for their nominations as well. And most of all, THANK YOU to the radio broadcasters who nominated me, and to ZoneMusicReporter for all they do. And a HUGE thank you to my promoters, Ed and Stacey Bonk. You guys are fantastic!!
If you want to come to an amazing concert and award experience, the awards are held in New Orleans, on May 12th. Details HERE.
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I travelled to California for the annual Whisperings Award Show and Gathering. I performed with Joe Bongiorno at Kim’s Piano, and helped run the online broadcastfor the Whisperings Concert. It was so fun to see all my piano friends and perform for everyone who came to our concert.
I released my seventeenth album, Life, which I am very proud of and is my favorite album of all the albums I’ve released thus far. I had a big pre-sale leading up to the release, and two sold out CD Release Concerts at my home in Salt Lake City. The album debuted at #7 on the New Age Billboard Charts!! I also held an online CD Release Concert a couple of weekends later, and started a big radio promotion campaign for the album as well. My pianist friend, Scott D. Davis, also came to visit for a week which was really fun since we hadn’t hung out in a couple of years. I also had a professional photo shoot to update my repertoire for the first time in four years.
My 2017 Valley View Concerts series started, with my first guest being Kori Linae Carothers. I also celebrated the 3 year anniversary of moving into my “Valley View” home. My sister and I also took a trip to Seattle for a long weekend to explore the city and see one of our favorite artists in concert, Agnes Obel.
My son celebrated his 20th Birthday and I started my weekly “Monday Morning Improvisations” series on YouTube. I also travelled to California for the annual Indie Music Channel Awards, where I won “Best Instrumental Song” for “Give It Time” off of my Life album. The second “Valley View Concerts” with Lynn Tredeauhappened as well.
I attended the Zone Music Reporter Awards in New Orleans and was a featured performer for the event. It was one of my best ever performances and one of my favorite moments of the year. I also travelled to Sedona to hang out with my friends, Amy Janelle and Joe Bongiorno, and record my first single release, Dismissed.
The third “Valley View Concert” with Adam Andrews happened and then I travelled to the Caribbean on the second annual “Audiosyncracy at Sea” cruise which featured Elijah Bossenbroek and Matteo Palmer this year. It was a ton of fun!!
My friends, Lisa Downing and Pete Foster, came to visit at the beginning of the month, my sister and I both celebrated our birthdays, and I spent the majority of the summer just relaxing and taking time to enjoy time for myself. It was a much needed respite from the busy first half of the year. I also went live with a completely new and updated website with a new design, new shopping features, and easier to access webstore for desktop and mobile.
The fourth “Valley View Concert with Catherine Marie Charlton happened, and the following weekend I released my first single, Dismissed, along with an animated video. I also started a big deck/porch rebuild to update my outdoor living space, and converted it all over to Trex decking. At the end of the month I travelled to Nashville for the CD Baby DIY Conference and hung out with my friend, Joseph Akins.
I travelled to Pennsylvania to perform in three sold out concerts with Greg Maroney at his house concert series, and had the best time! I also travelled to Idaho to celebrate my friend’s wedding, and had the fifth “Valley View Concert” with Michael Logozar. I also won for Best Instrumental Song in the Utah Music Awards, and lived through construction for the entire month while my deck was being rebuilt. And the biggest moment was when I bought my dream car, a Tesla Model S!!!
October
I travelled to Austin, TX with my boyfriend to attend the Formula 1 Races, which was really fun, and had a chance to see my friends, Jamey and Stacey Osborne, and Howard Mackert, as well. After we returned, I spent a week recording my new Christmas album, “Christmas - Plain & Simple III”, and enjoyed the sixth “Valley View Concert” with Matthew Mayer. We had the best time hanging out and it was my favorite concert of the year.
My sister and I travelled to Southern France to visit my music friend, Ryan Stewart, and his family. We explored Nice, Marseilles, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Carcassonne, Le Beux, and Monaco. It was such a fun trip and was so good to see our friends again, especially after we hadn’t seen them since they moved in the summer of 2016. After getting back home, it was a mad rush to release my eighteenth album release, and third Christmas album, “Christmas - Plain & Simple III” over Black Friday Weekend. I also started a new health journey, and have lost 14 lbs and 5.5” off my waist in just a month’s time.
December
At the beginning of the month I released my second animated video to go along with my arrangement of “Sing We Now of Christmas”. We finished off the “Valley View Concerts” season with two completely sold out shows, with Tim Glemser. I travelled to Washington State to visit my friend, Jennifer Thomas, and learn how to video edit. We created THIS really fun and silly video of our adventures while I was there. My friends, RJ & Ellen, came to visit just before Christmas. And we had a most delightful Christmas celebration this last weekend. I received a phone call from Pandora Radio telling me I rank in the top holiday artists, alongside Michael Buble, Mariah Carey, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Pentatonix, etc. That was such a happy and exciting call!! They even featured me in an incredible article talking about my spins on Pandora. Wow! My music also skyrocketed on Spotify, growing to almost 600K monthly listeners, and over 2.5M spins for the month of December alone. So grateful!!!
Every year in January, I make a list of all the goals I want to accomplish for the year. In looking back at my list for this year, I accomplished all of my goals except one. I released Life, began a weekly improvisations series on YouTube, rebuilt and redesigned my website, released my first Single Release along with an animated video, released my Christmas album, along with another animated video, I performed for the ZMR Awards, attended the Audiosyncracy At Sea cruise, worked on my personal health, travelled with my boyfriend and my sister, and made some much needed changes to my home. The only thing I didn’t accomplish was a tutorial series on YouTube, which I plan to accomplish in 2018. I am very proud of myself for everything I’ve accomplished this year and look forward to accomplishing more in 2018!
I hired a new marketing team that I’m very excited to work with. I plan to continue the improvisation series, more Valley View Concerts, a tutorial series on YouTube, more single releases, more videos, daily inspiration series, some mini-tours, sales and giveaways, more albums, more traveling, and some fun surprises I don’t want to reveal just yet!
Thanks to all of you for being part of my journey and for helping to make 2017 such a fantastic and eventful year!!!
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Anyway... here's the article. And I want to say THANKS, to Glenn Peoples, at Pandora Radio, for featuring me. So very very cool and I am honored.
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