Eduard's musical interests span a variety of musical genres, including, classical, world, ambient, electronica, and rock and blues. His venture "SchwanSongs" is where he writes and publishes his own musical compositions, usually classically-based music of sweet longing and hope... music meant to transcend language and cultural differences and stir the soul of the listener.
His musical influences come from a lifetime of classical, 60s-80s rock, electronica, and world/folk music from many countries (South America, Russia, Japan, Ireland, ...) A few influential names are: Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Loreena McKennitt, Yamasaki Hako, Tears for Fears, Enigma, J.S. Bach, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Beethoven, Haydn, Sibelius, Stravinsky. Music Videos:
Here's a low-resolution peek at a music video I completed. The high-quality DVD (with behind the scenes interview) was on sale up until recently via The Lost Records:
And, here's a quick peek at the DVD case artwork: Here is a peek at the teaser/trailer for my next music video project, "Fractal Serenity":
Here's a video I shot while on Vacataion in Big Sur, California, where we got up-close and personal with at least 15 amazing California Condors!
Collaborations with Macjammers:
Several sets of collaborations with myself and other Macjams artists are listed here:
Between - RSchletty/Magullo, [RSchletty], [Magullo]: This is my "Between" poem, read by the eloquent Richard Schletty, with his and Magullo's amazing music as abackdrop, and Richard then springboarding from there into a related song of his own... this is really quite a beautiful treat!
Am I Being Unfair?, [Daphna], [CJorgensen]: Run the text of this MacJams forum thread through my mythical 'i-Sing' auto-lyrics-generator program, add Daphna's awesome talent for catchy tunage and bouncy vocals, and out pops this! It's probably best to read the first page of that forum's posts first, then listen to the song, it'll make more (or less) sense.
"Ember" Open Collaboration Project (Join in the fun!):
My ambient "Ember" piece is available for you to update/alter/add to, if you are interested. Feel free to drop me a note
to get the Mac GarageBand file, MIDI file, or AIFF/WAV file to work from. All I ask in return is that you post your version here
on Macjams, let me know when you post it (so I can add it to this list on my page), and that you have fun with it. Here is the
original "Rekindled", followed by the growing list of amazing variations, created by other Macjammers here:
Ember-Ablaze, [Avoider]: Ember is "IDM"-ified with Av01der heating up the drums. He also liked the ending I had faded out, so he revived and extended that a bit.
Ember (Mungo Mix) *deleted?*, [Mungo-Departed]: This is my "Ember-Rekindled" piece, slowed and deeply twisty-swirled by the great mindscape-artist Mungo (No longer available on Macjams.)
The Legend of Drakonis, [comdotdom]: The hilariously talented Dominic weaves a partly mythical (but definitely whimsical) origin of "Drakonis".
Tongues on Ember, [RSchletty]: This is my Ember-Rekindled backdrop music, with Richard taking us on an amazingly creepy/humorous/twisted journey into a demented mind! Probably one of the most ingenious directions anyone has taken Ember so far. Best played on Halloween or in an old folks home.
Ember in Transition, [RSchletty]: This is my Ember-Rekindled backdrop music, with Richard waxing philosophic about the transition state between dreaming and waking.
Yev-Ember, [Roxylee]: Roxylee captivatingly reads a dark Russian Poem (in English).
Electrified Ember, [Electric Lobster]: The Electric Lobster gives Ember a major thumping, sending it spinning off in his dizzyingly delightful directions... intriguing harmony, rhythm, and sound abound.
Cinder, [Obstructions]: The last atoms of Ember speed toward their final quantum decay, with some of Obstructions' signature gritty deconstructive surgery.
Em2ber, [Michael2]: Deep space planets send indecipherable signals, lost in the cosmos.
Surfing Embers (Woodguy Remix), [Woodguy32]: Ember gets a Totally Tubular Make-over with Woodguy's awesome surf-guitar parts and little Brassy bits added (Hawaii-5-Ember?).
Ember (Salamander Mix), [Lizard*Whistle]: Ember floats back to the isles of Aulde, where Lizard*Whistle plays guitar, lizard-whistle, and sings of moonlit nights on the moor.
Music by Drakonis
