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Mike Garson
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Mike Garson
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GForce impOSCar, GForce Minimonsta:Melohman, GForce Oddity, M-Audio EX66 Reference Monitor, Sputnik
Official Website:
http://www.mikegarson.com
Mike Garson
M-Audio Gear :
GForce impOSCar, GForce Minimonsta:Melohman, GForce Oddity, M-Audio EX66 Reference Monitor, Sputnik
Official Website:
http://www.mikegarson.com
Mike Garson
Mike Garson is a man of many talents and limitless inspiration. Best known for his impressive skills as a pianist, he is a respected composer and a budding computer artist. His story begins at the age of seven,...
Mike Garson is a man of many talents and limitless inspiration. Best known for his impressive skills as a pianist, he is a respected composer and a budding computer artist. His story begins at the age of seven, when he was first introduced to the piano and began to study the classics. He was drawn magnetically to the piano and by his fourteenth birthday Garson was modifying complex Chopin and Mozart compositions. In his late teens, Garson discovered jazz and the allure of improvisation – a pivotal moment in his artistic development.
Garson's love of improvisation is most evident in the music he has developed under the NOW! MUSIC™ brand. First created in 1995, this innovative approach to classical composing transfers his knowledge of improvisation into the classical realm. Using a Yamaha Disklavier piano, Garson composes sonatas, nocturnes, ballades and concertos in real-time. The result is refreshing, inspirational and always original music. In addition to his NOW! MUSIC pieces, Garson has composed by more traditional means. Over the course of his career, Garson has written over 4,000 pieces of music in a variety of genres.
1999 saw the release of the MGM film “Stigmata” for which Garson co-composed the score with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. Garson and Corgan also co-wrote “Identify,” the film’s title track performed by Natalie Imbruglia. (Garson also performed with the Pumpkins during their 1998 Adore tour and their final concerts in 2000).
Garson has composed ten pieces for Andres Cardenas, concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and improvised a series of duets with saxophonist Dave Liebman. In 1998, Garson was commissioned by Eddie Daniels, Larry Coombs and Ricardo Morales to compose a clarinet suite that they performed at the Ohio State University Clarinet Festival.
His versatility and virtuosity have earned Garson a lifetime relationship with David Bowie, with whom he has toured and recorded since 1972. Garson contributed to albums including “Earthling,” “Outside,” “The Buddha of Suburbia,” “Black Tie, White Noise,” “Aladdin Sane,” “Diamond Dogs,” “David Live,” “Pin-Ups,” “Young Americans” and “Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture.”
Garson’s solid reputation for creativity and quality has motivated many other well-known rock musicians to invite him to record on their albums. Trent Reznor – who first met Garson during David Bowie’s 1996 “Outside” tour – featured Garson on several tracks of Nine Inch Nails' “The Fragile.” Garson can also be heard on Seal's “Human Being” as well as a special bonus track at the end of No Doubt's “Return of Saturn” album.
Since 1982 Garson has been a member of Free Flight, a cutting-edge jazz and classical ensemble that also features renowned flutist Jim Walker – with whom Garson has also produced a number of projects. In addition to serving as the group’s lead pianist, Garson has composed most of their original music. Garson and Free Flight appeared four times on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and also performed with the L.A. Philharmonic a concerto composed by Roger Kellaway for the group.
He has also recorded twelve solo albums including “Admiration,” “Avant Garson,” “Gershwin Fantasia,” “Jazzical,” “Mystery Man,” “The Oxnard Sessions, Volumes I and II,” “Serendipity” and “Remember Love.” For the ABC television movie “Liberace,” Garson played all the piano pieces in the style of the flamboyant performer. Garson's signature sound can be heard on several television shows and Yamaha Disklavier disks.
Mike Garson is a man of many talents and limitless inspiration. Best known for his impressive skills as a pianist, he is a respected composer and a budding computer artist. His story begins at the age of seven, when he was first introduced to the piano and began to study the classics. He was drawn magnetically to the piano and by his fourteenth birthday Garson was modifying complex Chopin and Mozart compositions. In his late teens, Garson discovered jazz and the allure of improvisation – a pivotal moment in his artistic development.
Garson's love of improvisation is most evident in the music he has developed under the NOW! MUSIC™ brand. First created in 1995, this innovative approach to classical composing transfers his knowledge of improvisation into the classical realm. Using a Yamaha Disklavier piano, Garson composes sonatas, nocturnes, ballades and concertos in real-time. The result is refreshing, inspirational and always original music. In addition to his NOW! MUSIC pieces, Garson has composed by more traditional means. Over the course of his career, Garson has written over 4,000 pieces of music in a variety of genres.
1999 saw the release of the MGM film “Stigmata” for which Garson co-composed the score with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. Garson and Corgan also co-wrote “Identify,” the film’s title track performed by Natalie Imbruglia. (Garson also performed with the Pumpkins during their 1998 Adore tour and their final concerts in 2000).
Garson has composed ten pieces for Andres Cardenas, concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and improvised a series of duets with saxophonist Dave Liebman. In 1998, Garson was commissioned by Eddie Daniels, Larry Coombs and Ricardo Morales to compose a clarinet suite that they performed at the Ohio State University Clarinet Festival.
His versatility and virtuosity have earned Garson a lifetime relationship with David Bowie, with whom he has toured and recorded since 1972. Garson contributed to albums including “Earthling,” “Outside,” “The Buddha of Suburbia,” “Black Tie, White Noise,” “Aladdin Sane,” “Diamond Dogs,” “David Live,” “Pin-Ups,” “Young Americans” and “Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture.”
Garson’s solid reputation for creativity and quality has motivated many other well-known rock musicians to invite him to record on their albums. Trent Reznor – who first met Garson during David Bowie’s 1996 “Outside” tour – featured Garson on several tracks of Nine Inch Nails' “The Fragile.” Garson can also be heard on Seal's “Human Being” as well as a special bonus track at the end of No Doubt's “Return of Saturn” album.
Since 1982 Garson has been a member of Free Flight, a cutting-edge jazz and classical ensemble that also features renowned flutist Jim Walker – with whom Garson has also produced a number of projects. In addition to serving as the group’s lead pianist, Garson has composed most of their original music. Garson and Free Flight appeared four times on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and also performed with the L.A. Philharmonic a concerto composed by Roger Kellaway for the group.
He has also recorded twelve solo albums including “Admiration,” “Avant Garson,” “Gershwin Fantasia,” “Jazzical,” “Mystery Man,” “The Oxnard Sessions, Volumes I and II,” “Serendipity” and “Remember Love.” For the ABC television movie “Liberace,” Garson played all the piano pieces in the style of the flamboyant performer. Garson's signature sound can be heard on several television shows and Yamaha Disklavier disks.
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