Stephen Gislason, a Brief Music History

Stephen is a physician, author, musician and composer. He is the chief composer, performer, arranger and studio engineer at Persona Digital Studio. He records as the P2500 Band, Em4U, and the Persona Classical Consort. The Classical Consort first appeared in 2007 to record pieces by JS Bach, Amadeus Mozart and other composers in the classical repertoire. His review of popular music starting in the 1940's brings him pleasure and inspiration to develop new compositions. He states that he has been most attracted to beautiful ballads, modern jazz and lyrical melodies. He studied piano for many years, beginning a at age 5. As a child, he was immersed in classical music. In high school he played the trumpet in concert and dance bands and continues to play trumpet and flugelhorn parts on the keyboard. In the early 70s, he learned electronics, began building synthesizers and experimented with psychoacoustics. His study of neuroscience integrated nicely with his study of electronic sound processing and sound processing in the brain.

Stephen's arrangement cover a broad range of musical styles, including Jazz, Rock and Roll, Pop, Latin and Electronica. He selects Pop and R&R classics with good melodies and the potential for interesting instrumental arrangements. He experiments with new techniques of sound production, exotic rhythm instruments, unusual scales, and algorithmic composition. His interests include hypnotic sounds, meditation music, cool jazz, trance dance, chill, new age soothing music, and minimalist composers such as Philip Glass. He has stated that a meaningful inquiry into the possibilities for authentic new music will involve philosophy, neuroscience, acoustic science, technology, and a growing understanding of human nature. More about Em4U

Stephen reports that 2009 and 2010 were his best years for music production. In 2009 he has created over 40 original compositions, completed his Bach masterworks interpretation of the Art of the Fugue and a Jazz series that honors Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Zoe Zawinul. In 2010 he focused on his own compositions and developed the Digital Bach for the 21st century series, featuring 4 albums in the Counterpoint for Genius series. Album 1 was released in 2011 and is available for download. His new 2011 book, the Sound of Music, is available online both in printed and download versions. The studio has been very active in 2011 with album completion, revisions and remixes or previously recorded pieces.

Original Compositions

Time Travel From the Em4U series involves ten adventures into acoustic terrains that share some similar themes but move in different directions. The rhythms feature clock-like regularity interwoven with irregular episodic pauses and bursts of enthusiasm. Presented as two zip folders for download, each with 5 MP3 recordings.

Transcend means to rise above and go beyond. The idea is that the music itself goes beyond preceding music and listening to this music helps you transcend whatever local concerns that might preoccupy you. I began to appreciate that the listener can be a very creative person in the mix of composer-performer-listener. The essence of healing music is not just a calming or soporific effect, but an opportunity for the listener to participate and create. This opportunity requires space between sounds, gradual transitions and nuanced understanding of the brain processing of sound.

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We Seek Audiophile Perfection We make great music at Persona Digital Studios. We have many years of experience with computer based sound recording and enjoy technology shop talk. We also have a well developed interest in how our brains process sounds. Our in house music production creates audiophile quality recordings presented as CD's, DVDs, singles and albums for Download. 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. 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. More About Downloads.

Topics presented at Persona Digital Studio are from the book, The Sound of Music by Stephen Gislason.
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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.
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