Artist/Album profile for CRAIG FURKAS: A Drop From The Skypond
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Craig's roots lie in serious classical training with one of his earliest performances of Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata earning him the Honor Award from the Detroit Musicians League. He also has a Bachelors Degree in Music Composition from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. After many years of performing classical and mainstream venues Craig left Detroit and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music. His first years in L.A. were spent freelancing various jobs including film scoring and transcribing music for such artists as Wendy Carlos and Eddie Jobson. Eventually he landed a job as chief studio engineer at 2KSounds who were affiliated with E.M.I. and Virgin Records. Here he worked with an array of artists from folk to Rap including Glen Campbell, Randy Bachman and Michael Narada Walden. He left 2KSounds and started his own record label, Random Arch Music where he keeps busy producing his own as well as other artists CD's. With ten CD's to his credit this is his first. Make sure to check out Craig's Christmas CD,"Do You Hear What I Hear?" an eclectic synth Christmas, and his other CD's as well.
Check out the artist's website:
http://web.mac.com/craigfurkas
Track List:
1. Welcome
2. Tin Whistle Song
3. Eastern Market Place
4. Crystal Canyons
5. World In Motion
6. Creation
7. Out Of Control
8. Ethereal Elevations
9. Origins
10. Gigue In G Major
11. Jazz Etude
12. Magic Mountain
13. Africa
14. Wait A Minute
15. Fugue In F Minor
16. Peaks
17. December
Other Genres:
- NEW AGE: New Age
- ELECTRONIC: Virtual Orchestra
- TYPE: INSTRUMENTAL
