{"product_id":"northern-sky","title":"Northern Sky","description":"Review\n\nI have found his CDs to be a breath of fresh air. \"Northern Sky,\" fits this category with its heart-tugging melody and unfettered emotion. -- Kathy Parsons - Solo Piano\n\nProduct Description\n\nPiano music with light orchestration. The songs are moving and powerful.\n\nAbout the Artist\n\nBrian was born in Hollywood, California. He has been composing music as long as he can remember. Family members tell him that when he was very young he began whistling nearly all the time. When someone would ask what he was whistling, Brian would usually answer something like, \"I don't know. I just made it up.\"\nHe was only six years old when his parents bought a baby grand piano, thinking that Brian's musical talents could use a more polished medium. But Brian continued to whistle his songs. He was not drawn to the keyboard.\nWhen he was ten years old, Brian began taking piano lessons, but he soon became bored with the lessons. Besides, the piano took time away from his new passion, baseball. So he gave up the piano. His need to compose, however, would not be stopped. His friends would often hear him whistling his newest compositions during practice or games on the baseball diamond. At this young age, Brian was dreaming of becoming a professional baseball player while whistling his own songs.\nWhen Brian was fifteen years old he began editing award-winning educational films. While he was still a teenager, he began doing sound on Hollywood films. At nineteen years of age, he built his own sound studio to complete the first feature-length film in Hollywood to be finished in R-DAT digital audio. Some of his technical innovations in post-production sound became standard Hollywood practice.\nDuring this time Brian would occasionally sit down at that nearly forgotten piano. He would improvise at the keyboard, just as he had always improvised with his whistling, playing with the notes until something started sounding just right. He was, without realizing it, teaching himself to play the piano.\nAlso without intending to do it, Brian was training himself to compose at the keyboard. By his early twenties, he was composing songs for award-winning children's films. He was also still nurturing his dream of playing professional baseball, but after unsuccessful tryouts with professional teams, he sadly let that dream slip away.\nIt was during this time that his family suggested he record his personal piano works and release them on CD. He had never seriously considered recording for CD release, but when he recorded the first album, it was so well received that he now spends all his time composing and recording his own works. He continues to be encouraged by loyal fans who frequently tell him that his music has changed their lives. Now he jokes that the best thing that ever happened to him was not becoming a professional baseball player.\nBrian lives with his wife and baby daughter in a small town near the Rocky Mountains in the state of Idaho in the northwestern part of the United States. The nearest major city is Seattle, almost three hundred miles away.\nBrian still plays and records on the same piano his parents bought him when he was six years old. He lives a simple life.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00004TGFP\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00004TGFP.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Brian Crain\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41584355049530,"sku":"DBV.B00004TGFP.G","price":12.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B00004TGFP-0.jpg?v=1786246194","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/northern-sky","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}