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Timothy Davey - Piano Player/Composer
I have been a piano player for nearly 40 years, and while I play in a number of bands which range in style from rock to jazz, I have always felt most comfortable just sitting at a piano and playing solo.
I especially like the responsibility for what comes out when you are on your own - and you can dictate the pace, the style, the leaps and jumps, the highs and lows, and just talk with and to and through the piano...
In 2001, I independently released my debut CD of original solo piano pieces - Uncovered Keys - and in 2005 released my second CD - Scenes from the Neighbourhood. Recently, I have just released my third CD, 'The Weight of Time'.
My own influences have really been guitarists - Leo Kottke, Doc Watson and most Bluegrass styles - although I don't think it intrudes too much into my playing that is where I always am in my head - trying to create a Bluegrass sound.
'Uncovered Keys', 'Scenes from the Neighbourhood' and 'The Weight of Time' are available through the CD Baby website at www.cdbaby.com.
Visit my MySpace page! It's at www.myspace.com/timothydavey.
‘The Weight of Time’ ~ Very Highly Recommended by Kathy Parsons from MainlyPiano.com - 19 May 2008
Reviewer Kathy Parsons from MainlyPiano.com recommends Timothy’s new CD ‘The Weight of Time’, very highly, saying, “I think it’s his best work yet!”
“Encompassing a wide variety of musical moods and playing styles, each of the fourteen tracks is a keeper - no filler at all! Often a bit more complex than most “new age” pianists, Davey’s music has always been in a category of its own. There are some extraordinarily beautiful ballads on this CD, but there is also some “down and dirty” blues, jazz, and just great original solo piano music…”
‘The Weight of Time’ is a great album and should bring Timothy Davey well-deserved recognition. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!”
Read the full review on the PRESS page of this website and visit
www.mainlypiano.com for everything that is anything in solo piano!
'The Weight of Time' Released! - 15 April 2008
The new CD 'The Weight of Time' is released! Recorded throughout 2007 by Neville Clark in Chapel Lane Studios, Adelaide, South Australia, the solo piano pieces on this album let you, “swim amongst the cross-currents of jazz, bluegrass, swing and blues, which coalesce into a musical experience which kicks your ass one minute and then eases you down the road the next” and continues Timothy’s interest in guitar-based bluegrass/crossover music. The CD is now available as a ‘limited edition’ digipak at CD Baby, including a beautifully crafted 32-page booklet with extensive liner notes and stunning photographic images. Your favourite individual tracks can also be downloaded from iTunes.
"The main inspiration for the theme of this album was my father’s pocket watch, which I ended up keeping after he died. I have had pocket watches since I was a boy, and I took this particular watch with me while I was recording the album. This watch is interesting for a number of reasons as it is quite heavy and its ticking has a firm, strong healthy beat… like that of a heart… defying age and bridging the gap between the past and the present, ticking onwards into the future… And it’s mechanical, not digital… like the music on this album."
The CD cover features the beautiful photography of young Adelaide artist Madelena Rehorek, brought to life by Michal Dutkiewicz and Carrie Rehorek. Produced by Kay Christopher, the new CD has 14 original Solo Piano compositions that Bill Binkelman says will, “take you on a trip through a myriad of musical moods and across a swath of life’s tapestries. In short, it will touch you, remind you what it means to feel, and hopefully have some fun at the same time.” A slideshow of photographs from the CD cover, with the track 'I Have a Notion' can be viewed on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knwCsISIV7I
'The Weight of Time' is available from CDBaby at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davey3 where you can listen to all of the tracks. Enjoy!
'Distant Starlight' video chosen as a finalist in the SL:MIMA 2007 - 17 September 2007
A video featuring 'Distant Starlight' has been selected for the final round of the Swan Lake: Moving Image & Music Award 2007
www.swan-lake-award.org. The piece was chosen by Hungarian filmmaker Béres Gergö, for his entry in the 'Digital Film' category.
It can be seen here on my page at NewAgePiano.net
www.newagepiano.net/wocms.php?siteID=47&viewArtistID=53
The Swan Lake: Moving Image & Music Award is an education oriented award programme created to showcase the very best in the new age music video clip creation.
The basis of the SL:MIMA competition is the creation of visual imagery set to the new age piano music genre. Musicians from all over the world provided audio tracks.
'Distant Starlight' will appear in a 'Best Of' CD/DVD with the best 16 videos in the competition.