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Van's second CD, "Seven Shades of Morning", is a relaxing mix of piano-based Contemporary Instrumentals and Solo Piano.  As with his first CD, several of the tracks from this CD reached #1 worldwide among tens of thousands of songs on MP3.com.

The CD was been remastered and re-released for 2009 and is available online at

About track #4 - Dancing in Avalon

Dancing in Avalon is a very unique piece and I feel that it is one of my best musical compositions among nearly 500 I have written so far.   This contemporary instrumental consists of three contiguous parts and is brought to life through a careful blending of electric and acoustic pianos.  Total playing time is 5 minutes and 40 seconds. 

Part 1: The Journey (1:46) is performed on the Yamaha CP-80 electric piano.  This intro section features a pair of bright sounding CP-80 electric pianos.

Part 2: The Crossing (2:01)- electric and acoustic grand pianos.   The piece grows in complexity during this second part.  The CP-80s are joined by a concert acoustic grand.  I worked quite a bit on the delicate timing between the CP-80 electric pianos and the acoustic piano.

Part 3: Looking Back (1:53)- Yamaha acoustic grand piano.  This retrospective part is pure acoustic grand piano.  I feel that this part of Dancing in Avalon is one of my best efforts to date. 

To hear a sample taken of Part 2 of Dancing in Avalon, click  here. 

Dancing in Avalon is available for download at most major MP3 sites, including iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby.   It has not been available online for about 5 years, so I'm very happy to make it available again!

I hope you enjoy this piece. 

-Van

Here's a screen capture from MP3.com's Contemporary Instrumental charts with Dancing in Avalon at #1 worldwide.  This was among tens of thousands of songs in this genre.  Note that Sony recording artist Vanessa-Mae was holding the #2 and #3 spot at the time.  A track from Van's first CD was in the #4 position.  This was captured when Dancing in Avalon was first released.

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