Finding Stillness, by Music Within

Finding Stillness

by Music Within

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1.	Dream State 05:07	buy track
2.	Finding Stillness 05:04	buy track
3.	REM 05:30	buy track
4.	By the Sea 04:57	buy track
5.	Weightless 03:44	buy track
6.	Goddess of the Sea 05:16	buy track
7.	Quiet Mind 05:20	buy track
8.	Daydreams 04:09	buy track
9.	Alpha Waves 04:56	buy track
10.	Light Years 04:00	buy track
11.	Worlds Apart 04:46	buy track
12.	Floating 05:06	buy track
13.	Restore 04:00	buy track
14.	Calm Surrender 04:10	buy track
15.	Look Within 02:48	buy track
16.	REM (Soft Mix) 05:30	buy track
17.	Daydreams (Soft Mix) 04:09	buy track
18.	Worlds Apart (Soft Mix) 04:46	buy track
19.	Goddess of the Sea (Soft Mix) 05:16	buy track
20.	Quiet Mind (Soft Mix) 05:20	buy track
21.	Finding Stillness (Solo Piano) 05:04	buy track
22.	Weightless (Solo Piano) 03:44	buy track
23.	Alpha Waves (Solo Piano) 04:56	buy track
24.	Floating (Solo Piano) 05:06	buy track

about

In an effort to create deeper, more meaningful music I decided to compose and release ‘Finding Stillness’ in late 2018. It is a commentary on the fast, relentless pace of the world around us today. We’re always hurrying here, rushing there, meeting deadlines, answering emails, and thinking about the next hundred things that we need to get done. All the while, forgetting the here and now. Change is happening at an unprecedented rate and things that didn’t even exist 5 years ago are now deemed essential. Our society and culture has progressed to a point where we literally don’t wait for anything; it’s all immediately at our fingertips. Distraction is running rampant and taking over our ability to concentrate. As you might be able to guess from the title, ‘Finding Stillness’ stands in total contract to this epidemic.

It features soft, dreamy, slow-moving, ambient-cinematic compositions suited for deep focus, yoga, meditation, relaxation, and sleep. I made it a goal to create the most beautiful, peaceful, calming music that I could. I wanted to encourage myself (and the rest of the world) to slow down! To take time to breathe in and out, quiet the mind and appreciate this life. I imagine ‘Finding Stillness’ as a soundtrack to friends sitting on a dock in the darkness of a summer night, staring up at the stars in wonder. I picture someone sitting in traffic on the highway, listening and actually enjoying that time of waiting. I envision the album playing in yoga studios and helping people to quiet their minds and meditate more deeply. I hear the album as a nighttime soundtrack, helping people to fall asleep when it seems like an impossible task.

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released September 14, 2018

Written, performed, and recorded by Rob McAllister

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Music Within Toronto, Ontario

Music Within is the modern classical / ambient-cinematic project of Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist Rob McAllister. Rob also composes music for film and television.

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