I am delighted today to share some new music with you today.



It was a pleasure to give a simple melody of this song to a very talented young pianist, Leah Senibaldi. And she brought life to it.  She says that her mission is to bring music to the world. First it is amazing that she writes music really well as you can hear from this arrangement. She is very attentive to details and has the potential to be an outstanding composer. I found it especially amazing that while a lot of people older than her are lost in the maze of this world, she already has a purpose and is striving towards it.



As I see most of life through the prism of singing, I concluded a couple of years ago that the purpose of life is to sing. I continually learn from people like Leah that it is important to find the song you have to sing in life. We often forget our song. And those who have found their songs remind us. So it was an honor and a pleasure to work with Leah!

I encourage all of you to find Leah's music on her facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Musicians-Leah-Senibaldi-and-Christian-Farris/149318428438717

PS: I also have a written notation of Leah's arrangement.  I am trying to figure out how to make that available.  When I do, I will post a link here.

Today I met an outstanding classical musician from Chicago, Ian Maskin. Ian is a Russian-born cellist and composer and has been described by the critics as "one of the most unique and gifted artists of his generation". Besides an international career as a classical musician, Ian performs and records in a variety of styles and genres: Jazz, Rock, Flamenco, New Age, World Music and more. He has collaborated with such artists as Andrea Bocelli, Gloria Estefan, P.Diddy and Snoop Dogg. We could potentially do a collaboration together.

Here is some of Ian's music:




Here are possible songs that I could do with Ian ... in addition to 3-4 that I am thinking about that are not recorded yet --