About Artist
Ken Myers has been recording electronic music since 1990, and is visible in many online independent artist music circles. His music has been described as an aural tapestry of exotic soundscapes,and is designed for relaxation and stress reduction. His use of electronic sound textures and acoustic orchestral instruments and loops makes his music right at home for film soundtrack and other visual arts.
An earlier producer of R&B tunes, smooth jazz pieces and cinematic orchestral works, Ken's versatility shows in his compositions. Using light percussion as a backdrop, his careful layering of sound sources define his style as 'ambient new age', or as he prefers to call it 'musical soundscapes'. Whatever it is called his works have been referred to as both refreshing and bold.
Ken Myers was born in 1952, Cleveland,Ohio. His love of music came about when as a child he would listen intently to the radio broadcasts of the time. That included everything from Perry Como, to early rock n roll favorites Fats Domino and Chuck Berry. He would listen to his father's old 78 phonograph record collection with mostly Boogie Woogie, swing, and early rock n roll.
Ken's appetite for music didn't stop there. As he grew into his late teens he appreciated the sounds of classical music radio along with the sounds of that era, Motown, the Beatles,and the Memphis sound. By the time electronic music emerged with Tangerine Dream and other notables Ken was hooked.
Self taught, Ken started composing his own music in 1986 with the help of a Casio 5000 synthesizer he purchased from a music store. It featured multi-timbral capabilities (16 notes at a time), and the ability to load new synth sounds. This expanded his horizons for developing interesting melodic soundscapes. Ken's early music listening experience helped him in choosing the right combination of synth voices to use in his compositions, a factor in trying to shape just the right tone structures for his projects. He went beyond 'midi' orchestration and began studying the different nuances of orchestral instruments and is currently studying musical counterpoint.
Ken's early audience consisted of his friends and family who urged him to produce music for the public. His first self-produced new age cassette album was released in Cleveland in 1990 entitled "Deep Visions". It got college radio airplay ( which seemed to be the main market for new age music at the time ), and got favorable reviews from the local Scene magazines. A dj from Case Western Reserve University called Myers 'one of the most original artists heard from this region in quite some time'.
That is still true, as the new release "A Quiet Passion" will attest to. Since 1990, and after studying and producing other styles of music, Ken Myers is back to the form of music that he loves. Freedom to express music without boundaries.
An earlier producer of R&B tunes, smooth jazz pieces and cinematic orchestral works, Ken's versatility shows in his compositions. Using light percussion as a backdrop, his careful layering of sound sources define his style as 'ambient new age', or as he prefers to call it 'musical soundscapes'. Whatever it is called his works have been referred to as both refreshing and bold.
Ken Myers was born in 1952, Cleveland,Ohio. His love of music came about when as a child he would listen intently to the radio broadcasts of the time. That included everything from Perry Como, to early rock n roll favorites Fats Domino and Chuck Berry. He would listen to his father's old 78 phonograph record collection with mostly Boogie Woogie, swing, and early rock n roll.
Ken's appetite for music didn't stop there. As he grew into his late teens he appreciated the sounds of classical music radio along with the sounds of that era, Motown, the Beatles,and the Memphis sound. By the time electronic music emerged with Tangerine Dream and other notables Ken was hooked.
Self taught, Ken started composing his own music in 1986 with the help of a Casio 5000 synthesizer he purchased from a music store. It featured multi-timbral capabilities (16 notes at a time), and the ability to load new synth sounds. This expanded his horizons for developing interesting melodic soundscapes. Ken's early music listening experience helped him in choosing the right combination of synth voices to use in his compositions, a factor in trying to shape just the right tone structures for his projects. He went beyond 'midi' orchestration and began studying the different nuances of orchestral instruments and is currently studying musical counterpoint.
Ken's early audience consisted of his friends and family who urged him to produce music for the public. His first self-produced new age cassette album was released in Cleveland in 1990 entitled "Deep Visions". It got college radio airplay ( which seemed to be the main market for new age music at the time ), and got favorable reviews from the local Scene magazines. A dj from Case Western Reserve University called Myers 'one of the most original artists heard from this region in quite some time'.
That is still true, as the new release "A Quiet Passion" will attest to. Since 1990, and after studying and producing other styles of music, Ken Myers is back to the form of music that he loves. Freedom to express music without boundaries.
Photo Album
Leave Your Comments
Contacts
Website: www.myspace.com/thekenmyersproject
Website: www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenmyers
Website: cdbaby.com/cd/kenmyers2
Page Statistics
Total Views: 656
Total Plays: 97
