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Searching for Now

by Dan Lis

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The world is a kaleidoscope 03:44
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For David 03:40
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Ripples on a Glass Lake 02:09
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Like Gnarls in Wood 02:55
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A Thought on 9 Letters 02:45
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The Glue Part II 02:33
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Unease Diagnosis 02:39
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Entr'acte 03:26
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My marriage was illegal in 1967 03:10
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Miniature Suite 02:22
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Prelude 2 - City Street Lullaby from 3 Preludes for Piano 02:59
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Coyote and His Wife 03:19
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Evelyn 03:51
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A cold sorrow, a warm sorrow 02:46
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Searching for Now is an album blending rock, contemporary classical, and jazz influences into a rather genre-less series of tracks. Some tracks lean heavily on the rock side, some heavily on the neoclassical or soundtrack side, and others with multiple styles throughout the song.

Comprised of a series of smaller, shorter tracks, this album deviates from my prior releases with the focus on a high track count and short track duration. The result is a kaleidoscope of style and genre. Composed, performed on guitar, mixed, and mastered entirely by myself, this work is start-to-finish an exploration of my favorite types of music to write and play.

The title reflects a play on words; I am “searching for the now” in each moment of my life, in an attempt to find mindfulness and inner peace. Perhaps I will be “searching, for now,” for “the now”, but I have a feeling that I will be “searching for the now” for my entire life. The cover is a photo taken from the top of Mount Washburn in Yellowstone National Park, showing a trail across the edge of a hill with clouds and space filling the background. The darkness and colors introduced portray the darkness in this album that sometimes clouds the path of “now”, while the coloration indicates the colors that lie beneath the shroud.

Take a listen, enjoy, and search for “now” in your life, at least for now.

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released February 12, 2019

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Dan Lis Hartford, Connecticut

Composer Dan Lis fuses rock and contemporary concert music to create dynamic, rhythmically-driven works for the full range of performers and electroacoustic media. A committed educator, his blog Composer’s Toolbox focuses on technical, technological, and aesthetic issues relevant to today’s emerging composers, and also discusses mental health. ... more

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