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Spring Greetings from the rain soaked, but beautifully blossoming Northwest!
Thought it was time to say hello and let you know what is happening here at
DavidLanz.com....but before the latest news, maybe just a little music business :-)
The Narada label just had an "artists sale" on all their titles. This
saves on the wholesale CD prices paid by their artists (that would be
me:-) So now I would love to do the same for you. All of my Narada
titles, including Spirit Romance, Skyline Firedance, Romantic,
Cristofori's Dream, etc. are all on sale! Follow this link for all the
details: http://davidlanz.com/shop.html
AND NOW FOR THE NEWS:
February was a busy month starting with a very exciting tour of South
Korea. Gary Stroutsos, Eric Tingstad, Nancy Rumbel, and I visited and
played concerts in the cities of Seoul, Incheon, and Taegu. We also
filmed several television programs which I am hoping to get copies of
to share with you at some point. Many of our Korean friends turned out
to see us perform and we were made to feel right at home! Thank you,
South Korea!
March 18th I performed in the Bay Area in the great little metropolis
of Vacaville. The Whisperings SoloPianoRadio.com concert was
nearly sold out. Sharing the stage with me were pianists David Nevue,
founder of Whisperings, and local hero and Whisperings artist, Scott B.
Davis.
The Whisperings SoloPianoRadio.com station had humble beginnings
several years ago on the Live365 internet network. It has grown into
their number one station (by far!) and I am proud to have been a
supporter of David Nevue's vision these last several years. Here is a
link to the Whisperings show if you are interested in tuning in:
http://solopianoradio.com
While in the Bay Area I also had the pleasure of giving a piano
workshop for my friend and piano teacher extraordinaire, Kathy Parsons,
and all her wonderful students and their parents and friends. A good
time was had by all :-) I also had another wonderful workshop a little
closer to home in Bellevue, Washington, for Diane Chattin and her
daughter Bethany's marvelous students!
I am now beginning to compose and conceive new music for an exciting
DVD project in collaboration with my old friend, Emmy winning film
maker and director of the Natural States and Desert Vision DVDs, Jan
Nickman. Jan is capturing awe inspiring High Definition images of
magical Southwest landscapes even as we speak. All new original music,
featuring Gary Stroutsos and Keith Lowe (from Spirit Romance), and an
outstanding musical cast will grace Jan's HD images entitled "Living
Temples." We begin recording in the weeks ahead, and hope to unveil
"Living Temples" later this year!
My independent solo piano release, "A Cup Of Moonlight," is getting a
face lift so to speak with all new original artwork. Several new tracks
will be added, and the music is being edited and re-mastered for even
better musical fidelity! I will have more on this later this summer.
At present, I have a number of of Northwest shows posted on my site and
we are hoping to hear from presenters across the country about
addtional 2006 events in the rest of the US and Mexico. I do have to
say though, since 9/11, it has been slow going booking tours. I am sure
many of you are still feeling 9/11's effects in your own lives. But
being the perpetual optimist, I will keep my fingers crossed and will
let you know as more performance and workshop dates are added!
OK!! Well I think that is quite enough info for now. As always, I am
very grateful for your support and interest in my work. So from my
family to yours...many blessings and beautiful bouquets of spring
flowers to all!!
David Lanz

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