Mike Rowland

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天使的代言人 麥克?羅蘭 (Mike Rowland），這位謙恭、單純又有點(diǎn)害羞的英國(guó)紳士，卻以他天籟般的樂(lè)章?lián)铽@所有人的心。
1958年出生于倫敦，音樂(lè)之于他，就好似天賜的禮物，不需苦思，神來(lái)之樂(lè)輕易地就從指間流瀉而出，旋律簡(jiǎn)單、樸質(zhì)卻滿(mǎn)足所有人的企望。也許，這樣的描述有些抽象，且聽(tīng)聽(tīng)他的親身經(jīng)歷吧！
時(shí)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(lè)所吸引。這旋律掠攫了他，卻又遍尋不著從何而來(lái)。為了記錄下這份特殊的機(jī)緣，返家之后，Mike立刻在簡(jiǎn)單的錄音機(jī)前，將所聽(tīng)到的旋律盡可能地演奏下來(lái)。一曲真正的天籟于焉誕生.........。
他動(dòng)人而具啟發(fā)性的音樂(lè)觸動(dòng)了全球數(shù)以千計(jì)的人。他細(xì)膩敏感的心思以及音樂(lè)方面的天賦，結(jié)合自我的覺(jué)察(awareness)，連結(jié)了聽(tīng)眾與大自然。麥可用他的鋼琴，創(chuàng)造出那獨(dú)一無(wú)二的聲音。
麥可羅蘭的音樂(lè)生涯始于英國(guó)。就在他漫步于廣大森林的那個(gè)片刻，他聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了來(lái)自樹(shù)林某處的一種”無(wú)聲的”音樂(lè)?；氐郊液?，他將之錄下，并加上了他所能想到的，最簡(jiǎn)單明白的意含，稱(chēng)之為：指環(huán)精靈(The Fairy Ring)。
他帶著幾份錄音的拷貝，親自走訪(fǎng)了一些小店及經(jīng)銷(xiāo)商。就靠著口耳相傳，而非市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，他成為了最暢銷(xiāo)的新時(shí)代音樂(lè)家。資深影星莎莉?麥克蘭將他「指環(huán)精靈」中的音樂(lè)，用在錄像帶課程「內(nèi)在運(yùn)動(dòng)」(Inner Workout)中。
在1999年夏天，麥可開(kāi)始在將計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)用在他的作品中?！高@就是計(jì)算機(jī)最美好的部份。每當(dāng)你完成了一項(xiàng)創(chuàng)意的作品，你可以將之放入計(jì)算機(jī)內(nèi)并播放它。你可以將一個(gè)片段以不同的方式來(lái)處理編排，拿掉或加入某些東西，而那真是讓人著迷。但對(duì)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(huì)一直保持這樣做的。」麥可說(shuō)。
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(lè)是如此地純凈、自然，有一股直入人心的感動(dòng)。而人們對(duì)Mike的喜愛(ài)也直接反應(yīng)在銷(xiāo)售成績(jī)上，單是卡帶就創(chuàng)下高達(dá)600,000卷的佳績(jī)。時(shí)至今日，Mike仍舊隱居在英國(guó)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(dòng)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.