New Age Vibe

Natasha Miren | blooming ambient musician

by shankar on April 21st, 2008

Copyright Natasha Miren.

Many months ago, Natasha Miren contacted me on email giving me an opportunity to listen to her music on myspace.com. I quickly listened to her music and as it happens with most other people, I listened to the track Nothern Lights (being the first track listed on myspace) fully and previewed the rest.

A few days before I visited her myspace profile and spend sometime listened to all her compositions fully and repeatedly a few. Of the 6 tracks listed, I liked 2 tracks so much that I feel myself compelled to comment on them.

Natasha’s compositions and an approximate number of plays recorded in myspace when I listened to them.

1. Northern Lights (around 5300 plays)
2. October (1400)
3. The Rocks (900)
4. Envy (400)
5. Haze (300)
6. Sparkle (70)

If you go by the stats to choose which one is the best of these, it proves that stats are always wrong. Of the six, I feel the best of all is the Sparkle, and the next in line is Northern Lights. So if you chance to visit Nathasha’s profile, don’t just listen to the default Nothern Lights, go down and make an effort to listen Sparkle.

I value Sparkle (and Northern Lights, but second in line) for the only reason when I close my eyes and listen to it, it gives me a vision while the rest just feeds any restless mind. I personally like the kind of music that doesn’t crave for getting attention but feels gentle like a breeze. Sparkle is music of such kind. I like its soothing nature, ambient quality and it does help me to look within.

Comparison is the disease of the mind which I cannot overcome altogether, though I know that each one is unique on its one. Sparkle is unique, in the same way, but if you like Zen breakfast by Karunesh, you will definetly like this too. It’s the only album that I can think of grouping Sparkle with. I wish Natasha brings more meditativeness to her music and adds more beauty and breeze. It doesnt matter for me if she cannot read her music notes (she claims it on her profile!), but as long as she brings life and subtle feelings to her music, she is as good as any great musician for me and I’ll be her fan. I wish her all success in her music career.

Tete-a-tete with Natasha: thanks for putting up with my quick replies J

About Natasha ( from her myspace profile)

Natasha Miren was born in Switzerland to a Dutch father and Filipina mother on March 8, 1988. As a child she would tinker around on her grandmothers old piano but it wasnt until the age of 9 that Natasha finally asked for piano lessons. She was taught by ear and later found it almost impossible to pick up note-reading, often cheating by learning her piano homework from CDs at home and disregarding the sheet music entirely. After falling in love with the movie scores of several films, Natasha decided she wanted to compose herself and did so using her piano and keyboard…. Read the rest here

Natasha manages an active community on Myspace and Facebook

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