Stephen Gislason, a Personal Music History

Stephen is a physician, author, musician and composer. He is the chief performer, arranger and studio engineer at Persona Digital Studio. He started the Trinity P2500 Band in 1996 which became the P2500 Band in 2009. The Persona Classical Ensemble was formed in 2007 to arrange and record pieces by JS Bach, Amadeus Mozart and other composers in the classical repertoire. He has written that singing, dancing and playing music are the best expressions of humans. 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 started to play the trumpet in 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 reports that 2009 was his best year for music production. 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. Release of these complete works in 4 albums is scheduled for the second half of 2010.

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Persona Digital Studio is located on the Sunshine Coast, Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada. www.personadigitalstudio.com email music@personadigitalstudio.com. Our Music catalogue includes recorded performances by the P2500 Band, Em4U, and the Persona Classical Consort. Music downloads are available from iTunes, Napster, AmazonMP3 and from our companion website: Persona Digital Online. We enjoy association with Reverb Nation who provides an online service for musicians to present and market their music.

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