Persona Music

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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.

Chicago

In 1967, Chicago musicians Robert Lamm, James Pankow, Walter Parazaider, Lee Loughnane, Terry Kath, Peter Cetera, and Danny Seraphine formed a new group to create "a rock 'n' roll band with horns." The band was prolific for many years producing 20 Top Ten singles, 12 Top Ten albums and sales of more than 120 million records. First album: Kath, Pankow, and especially Lamm were writing original material, with Lamm completing two of the group's most memorable songs, "Questions 67 and 68" and "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" 

Chicago was formed in 1967, the year I graduated from medical school. The band appealed to me because  the jazzy arrangements and a steady flow of good tunes. They recorded their first album in 1969, "Chicago Transit Authority."  Their first hit song was "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is ?" The album was an underground hit on FM radio with college audiences and later became a Billboard magazine top LP where it stayed until the end of 1972.  They recorded a second album in 1969:  Lamm  wrote "25 Or 6 To 4" which became a hit in the the summer of 1970. In June 1976, a new album, Chicago X was released with the song "If You Leave Me Now".  A succession of albums followed. In Chicago VII (1974), Cetera's song, "Wishing You Were Here." became an all time favorite."  Chicago IX  was a "greatest hits" collection. Chicago X (1976) contained Cetera's "If You Leave Me Now" became a Billboard singles chart topper.  The album X went platinum record, selling a million copies in three months.

The  P2500 Band has recorded Stephen Gislason's arrangements of:

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is (Lamm)
25 or 6 To 4  (Lamm)
If you leave me now (Cetera)
Color My World
Saturday in the Park
Wishing You Were Here (Cetera)

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.

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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.