Bob Baran

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Bob Baran - "Heavenly Body" from The Life On Mars

Bob Baran "RetroActive"
Bob Baran:

The Short Version of A Long Story

Contemplating a "movie script" about the trials, tribulations and ultimate  success of an Artist?

...You won't have to fictionalize the life and career of composer, producer, author and multi-instrumentalist Bob Baran.

When you hear the story about the short chubby 4th grader from Detroit being denied his first saxophone lesson by an elementary school band teacher your heart sinks.

But then the story turns:  His family moves to New Orleans and his first music lesson instead comes from the director of the city's top High School Jazz band.  Not bad, but it gets better. 

How about his being accepted into the Indiana University School of Music, by Dr. Eugene Rousseau, acknowledged as the leading Professor of saxophone in the world...Six months after the saxophone department had closed its admissions for the year. Then he was welcomed into the Jazz Studies program by the legendary Dave Baker.

That's just a taste of the remarkable story of Bob Baran.  If his middle name isn't improvisation it must be determination. A determination to discover the source of music which he believes exists somewhere between the left and right-brain functions of the human mind he refers to as the "zone".  He believes his unique quantum consciousness creative process directly taps into and reinforces his connection to the "zone"  "It's a place you get to inside yourself that always surprises you. My music is my zone"...Says Baran.

Bob and his former business partner Gwen worked together creating and producing every aspect of his CD releases.  Using "Sound Painter" studios, located on the side of a mountain in southwestern Montana as their base of operations. Bob Baran's newest CD, a solo piano album, titled "Escape Music® A New Dawn",   is his 7th CD release on Gathering Wave®,  an independent record label and distribution company he launched in 2004. (Online at www.gatheringwave.com)

No newcomer to recording and producing music,  Bob has engineered and produced well over 150 albums through the years in his recording studios in Indiana and Montana.  His production company;  Baran Productions recently renamed Bob Baran And Associates, is on the Radio Advertising Bureau's "List of Recommended Creative Resources" and chances are you may have already heard one of his jingles, radio spots, or radio productions.   (Go online to www.baranproductions.com for more information.)

Baran's original musical style and growing repertoire of recorded music has become a genre unto it’s self with a trademarked name: "Escape Music ®". His newest release; "Escape Music ® A New Dawn", which was on the 49th Grammy ballot in four different categories, presents live unedited quantum consciousness solo piano performances. This album was inspired by a breathtaking Montana sunrise and further reinforces the unique musical niche Baran's music occupies.

What about the sax?  As a multi-instrumentalist, the sax has become one of several instruments Baran now calls upon.  "I've benefited from the evolution of music and recording technology. A good example is  my  wind synthesizer...it  plays like a sax but can sound like a violin, trumpet or an electric guitar.  Add my collection of keyboards and music software and I have unlimited possibilities for musical textures, colors and instruments when I'm composing.  It gives me Artistic control over every aspect of my music... But for me, solo piano is still the Holy Grail."

Contact Bob at www.bobbaran.com

For the Long Version of Bob Baran's Story go to his bio page: www.bobbaran.com

HEAR ALL THE SOUNDBITES FROM BOB'S 7 CD RELEASES at www.gatheringwave.com

CD's AVAILABLE AT: "Borders" Stores (USA) and many Book Stores, Gift Shops and Coffee Shops.

All download stores: iTunes, Emusic, Rhapsody, Napter...etc. Worldwide

Escape Music® Composed, Performed and Produced in Montana...

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You can listen to mp3 sound bites of every track on all of my CD's by clicking below each album cover...

Once you're there just scroll down to find information about how I composed and produced the album too!

To hear sound bites of each track on "New Dawn" click here

To hear sound bites of each track on "Martian Wonders" click here

To hear sound bites of each track on "The Art Of Love" click here

To hear sound bites of each track on "The Life On Mars" click here

To hear sound bites of each track on "The Birds Of Selenia" click here

To hear sound bites of each track on "Sound Paintings" click here

To hear sound bites of each track on "Bridge To An Open Heart" click here

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