Mike Rowland

小簡介
天使的代言人 麥克?羅蘭 (Mike Rowland），這位謙恭、單純又有點害羞的英國紳士，卻以他天籟般的樂章?lián)铽@所有人的心。
1958年出生于倫敦，音樂之于他，就好似天賜的禮物，不需苦思，神來之樂輕易地就從指間流瀉而出，旋律簡單、樸質卻滿足所有人的企望。也許，這樣的描述有些抽象，且聽聽他的親身經(jīng)歷吧！
時光回溯到八○年代初期，某日Mike漫步林間，忽而被一陣不似凡間所有的美妙仙樂所吸引。這旋律掠攫了他，卻又遍尋不著從何而來。為了記錄下這份特殊的機緣，返家之后，Mike立刻在簡單的錄音機前，將所聽到的旋律盡可能地演奏下來。一曲真正的天籟于焉誕生.........。
他動人而具啟發(fā)性的音樂觸動了全球數(shù)以千計的人。他細膩敏感的心思以及音樂方面的天賦，結合自我的覺察(awareness)，連結了聽眾與大自然。麥可用他的鋼琴，創(chuàng)造出那獨一無二的聲音。
麥可羅蘭的音樂生涯始于英國。就在他漫步于廣大森林的那個片刻，他聽見了來自樹林某處的一種”無聲的”音樂?；氐郊液?，他將之錄下，并加上了他所能想到的，最簡單明白的意含，稱之為：指環(huán)精靈(The Fairy Ring)。
他帶著幾份錄音的拷貝，親自走訪了一些小店及經(jīng)銷商。就靠著口耳相傳，而非市場競爭，他成為了最暢銷的新時代音樂家。資深影星莎莉?麥克蘭將他「指環(huán)精靈」中的音樂，用在錄像帶課程「內在運動」(Inner Workout)中。
在1999年夏天，麥可開始在將計算機技術用在他的作品中?！高@就是計算機最美好的部份。每當你完成了一項創(chuàng)意的作品，你可以將之放入計算機內并播放它。你可以將一個片段以不同的方式來處理編排，拿掉或加入某些東西，而那真是讓人著迷。但對我而言，那仍然是在次要的階段。第一階段是靈感啟發(fā)的階段。我想我會一直保持這樣做的?！果溈烧f。
或許這份經(jīng)歷真的有些特別，但從中我們不難看出，Mike的音樂是如此地純凈、自然，有一股直入人心的感動。而人們對Mike的喜愛也直接反應在銷售成績上，單是卡帶就創(chuàng)下高達600,000卷的佳績。時至今日，Mike仍舊隱居在英國的鄉(xiāng)間，伴著他的老史坦威(Steinway)的鋼琴，繼續(xù)撫慰世間每一顆悸動的心。
New age composer Mike Rowland was born in London in 1958. As a youngster, Rowland showed a natural affinity for composing and playing the piano. After his schooling, he ran an antique shop, where he grew to appreciate the treasures that passed through his hands. He played the church organs at Albert Hall and St. Paul's Cathedral; while at home, he created dreamy compositions at his piano and synthesizer.
One day in the early '80s, he heard an otherworldly, yet humble, melody while walking through the forest. Back in his living room, Rowland set up a tape recorder and played the music as best he could remember. After mixing in some orchestral strings with a synthesizer, Fairy Ring was complete. Rowland made duplicates on his home tape recorder and casually distributed them to friends and stores. From this innocent beginning, Fairy Ring spread worldwide to become one of the most enduring new age albums of all time; Shirley MacLaine immortalized the music on her video Inner Workout.
Rowland occasionally gives public concerts, and during a 1986 tour in The Hague, he signed on with Oreade Music, thus assuring his recordings worldwide marketing and distribution. Rowland, however, has never lost that mystical innocence and charm. His album roster includes Piesces (1990), Within the Light (1996), and My Elfin Friends (1999). Land of Hope and Dreams followed in early 2001.