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.

Stevie Nicks

Stephanie Lynn  (Stevie" Nicks), born May 26, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter, known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and a solo career; she created over twenty hits. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Fleetwood Mac was formed in 1967 and underwent a series of reincarnations. The only member of the band who persevered was drummer Mick Fleetwood. Keyboardist Christine McVie was second in endurance, writing some of the hit songs and appearing on all but two albums.

Lindsey Buckingham and "Stevie" Nicks became part of Fleetwood Mac in 1973. An album released in 1975 reached #1 in the US charts. Popular songs included Christine McVie's "Over My Head,"  "Say You Love Me", and Stevie Nicks' "Rhiannon.”  Another album released in 1977,  Rumours, was the best-selling album of the year, a Grammy Award  winner for the Album of the Year in 1977. Buckingham' wrote "Go Your Own Way", Nicks wrote "Dreams"  and Christine McVie wrote "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun".

The Stephen Gislason  P2500 Band arrangement of Dreams was recorded at the Persona Digital Studio.
Gold Dust Woman was first recorded in Dec. 2007. Rhiannon Feb 2008. All three songs arrangements were revised by Stephen in 2011 and re-recorded at Persona Digital Studio.

Lyrics From Dreams

Now, here you go again
You say you want your freedom
Well, who am I to keep you down

It's only right that you should
Play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound

Of your loneliness like
A heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering
What you had and what you lost
And what you had and what you lost

Thunder only happens
When it's raining
Players only love you
When they're playing

Say, women
They will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean
You'll know, you'll know

Now, here I go again
I see the crystal visions
I keep my visions to myself
It's only me who wants to
Wrap around your dreams
And have you any dreams
You'd like to sell

Dreams of loneliness like
A heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering
What you had and what you lost
What you had, ooh, what you lost

Thunder only happens
When it's raining
Players only love you
When they're playing

Women, they will come
And they will go
When the rain washes you clean
You'll know

Oh, thunder only happens
When it's raining
Players only love you
When they're playing

Say, women
They will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean
You'll know, you'll know
You will know, oh oh oh
You'll know

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.