Persona Music

Lois Armstrong
Wayne Shorter
Miles Davis
Chick Corea
Joe Zawinul
Louis Armstrong
Pat Metheny
Tom Jobim and João Gilberto
Dave Sanborn
Rippingtons
Herbie Hancock

Albums

Examples of  Persona Recordings playable online are offered as music history, music appreciation, education and demonstrations of Persona Studio's arranging, recording and mastering techniques. All the recordings are completed in house by Stephen Gislason. The music selections and their history are described in the book, Sound of Music.

Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny created a jazz band in 1977 with pianist Lyle Mays, and bassist, Mark Egan. Their second album, American Garage (1980) became #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart. Metheny is considered to be one of the most successful jazz musicians and composer who incorporated different jazz styles, Latin Rhythms and ethnic music. He has displayed remarkable stamina as a performing musician, touring  for more than 30 years.

He is one the great creators of eclectic musical styles. His principle instrument is the guitar which he used as a controller of synthesizers to expand his repertoire of sounds and musical expression.  Metheny used the the Roland GR 300 guitar synthesizer and the Synclavier guitar system.  His constant companion, Lyle Mays also used electronic keyboards with great skill and creativity. The first keyboards were Oberheim and Sequential Circuits Prophet V synthesizers. Mays expanded his setup with the Synclavier keyboard and later with many other synthesizers.

Three albums released in the 90s: We Live Here (1995), Quartet (1996), and Imaginary Day (1997) were interesting, experimental and of great interest to me. The latest release in 2005, The Way Up, is a symphony length 68 minute piece in four sections, played at 90 concerts during their world tour 2005.

Recordings edited and arranged by Stephen Gislason and recorded at Persona Digital Studio

Always and Forever
Going with Me

Persona Music Recordings  Our Music Catalogue includes recorded performances by the P2500 Band, Em4U, and the Persona Classical Consort. Music downloads are delivered from our companion website: Persona Digital Online. Music Downloads are albums, packaged as MP3 files in a zip folder. Download  the zip folder and save.  In Windows, click on the folder and choose the extract all option to unzip the files to your hard drive. A new folder containing the MP3 files will be created. The MP3 files will play on all computers, laptops, notebooks, smart phones, iPods,. iPads, CD and DVD players and all portable music players. Some albums contain liner notes or minibooks as PDF files that introduce the music. Some music recordings and Free Music Downloads are offered to illustrate music history, advance music  education and appreciation. The recordings presented online demonstrate Persona Studio's arranging, recording and mastering techniques. All the recordings are completed in house by Stephen Gislason. The music selections and their history are explained in the book, Sound of Music. More About Downloads.

Persona Digital Studio is located on the Sunshine Coast, Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada.
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Our Music Catalogue includes recorded performances by the P2500 Band, Em4U, and the Persona Classical Consort. Music downloads and books are available from our companion website: Persona Digital Online.