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Thanks for listening. Please share this album with anyone who needs #relaxing #healing #music in their life. Thank you to Vahagn Stepanyan on #piano, Sami Turunen on #guitar, Douglas Lira on #flute, and all of this album's collaborators. Many thanks to Dave Koz of Sirius XM, Maggie Linton, Ricky Colston of KKFI 90.1 FM+KOJH 104.7 FM, the Tony Kornheiser Show, Keanna Faircloth of WBGO 88.3 FM, and Trish Hennessey of Hybrid Jazz Radio for supporting, sharing, and playing various songs from the album leading up to the March 1, 2021 release. Much love to the 100+ Spotify playlists sharing the song "Peace From Within". We are truly honored by your support. For more from MTS Music Productions, visit http://MTSmusic.net To learn more about this album, visit https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii/ (C) 2021 MTS Music (P) 2021 Narked Records Credits: Matthew Shell Towards New Beginnings II: Songs of Healing (Featuring Vahagn Stepanyan & Sami Turunen) 0:00 - 01. Drifting Through Dreams (feat. Douglas Lira on Flute, Commoninterest & Erik Fredriksen) 2:54 - 02. Tribute (feat. Josue Garcia Garcia on Trumpet) 6:03 - 03. Faithful Until The End (feat. Marisa Frantz & Marcus Mitchell on Sax) 9:40 - 04. Soar (feat. Melloe D, Tulypz, & Josue Garcia Garcia on Trumpet) 13:01 - 05. Patience (feat. Marcus Mitchell on Sax) 16:30 - 06. Heart Of Love (feat. Josue Garcia Garcia on Trumpet) 20:22 - 07. Kindness (feat. Douglas Lira on Flute) 23:43 - 08. Life's Journey 29:11 - 09. Joy (feat. Marcus Mitchell on Sax) 32:58 - 10. Peace From Within 36:12 - 11. Song Of Healing (feat. Douglas Lira on Sax & Flute) Song Production: Matthew Shell, Arun Shenoy Songwriting & Arranging: Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen Mixing: Eric Fredriksen (Track 1), Deylin Sandoval (Track 4), Evan Sebenick (Tracks 2, 3, 8, 11), Matthew Shell (Track 6), and Sami Turunen (Tracks 5, 7, 9, 10) Mastering: Steven Vagovics Cover Art Design & Typography: Krishan Shalitha Video Design & Editing: Matthew Shell Additional Video Editing: Eduardo Blumenfeld Musicians: Piano, Bass: Vahagn Stepanyan | Guitar: Sami Turunen | Flute, Sax: Douglas Lira | Sax: Marcus Mitchell | Trumpet: Josue Garcia Garcia | Vocals: Erik Fredriksen | Vocals: Marisa Frantz | Vocals: Melissa Wright (aka Tulypz) | Drums, Percussion, Ambient Sounds: Tyrone Johnson (aka Commoninterest) | Drums, Percussion, Synthesizers, Bass: Deylin Sandoval (aka Melloe D) | Drums, Percussion: Glenn Welman (Tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) | Drums, Percussion: Phil DiMercurio (Track 3) | Bass: Hector Ruano (Track 11) | Ambient Sounds: Evan Sebenick | Additional Guitar, Percussion: Matthew Shell #Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/58FfXVWie3cy5p0FNk7Jsr?si=uzxCCTUVRuyqm-Z8J0dJtA #AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/1553108592 #SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/srtdm/sets/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/s-tqunv0okLB0 #YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4kXdfUW11As&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvvLbWQUt9AaMoR67OnQdQ3&index=1&t=0s Thank you to Jonathan Widran of the JW Vibe blog for this review of the album: https://www.jwvibe.com/single-post/matthew-shell-towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing Thank you to Kathy Parsons of the Mainly Piano blog for this review: https://mainlypiano.com/reviews/matthew-shell-towards-new-beginnings-2 Thank you to the Which Coast blog for this review: https://www.whichcoast.com/reviews/matthew-shell-towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing Thank you to Bob Smith of The Static Dive blog for this review: https://staticdive.com/2021/02/11/matthew-shell-tribute/ Check out the previous album "Towards New Beginnings" (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan & Sami Turunen) at: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/

Many thanks to Vahagn Stepanyan for editing this #dance #compilation video to celebrate these incredible dancers. Also, thank you to Vahagn for your amazing #piano work on these songs from the albums "Towards New Beginnings I & II: Songs of Healing" and "Contemplation" (now at 1,000,000+ streams on Spotify). It is so wonderful that all of these dancers submitted such great dance performances to our work together. 🙏 Details: Dance performances for songs from Matthew Shell's albums "Towards New Beginnings II: Songs of Healing" (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan & Sami Turunen) and "Contemplation" (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan) [Coming Soon]. Songs featured: Song of Healing Matthew Shell, Douglas Lira, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen, Hector Ruano, and Glenn Welman (Intro section) Soar Matthew Shell, Melloe D, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen, Tulypz, and Josue García García Dancer: Bagio Towards New Beginnings (Melloe D Chill Baile Funk Remix) Matthew Shell, Melloe D, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen, and Douglas Lira Dancer: Templar Peace From Within By Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, and Sami Turunen Dancer: Ieva Cho Morning Bliss By Matthew Shell and Vahagn Stepanyan Dancer: Paulina Petrikai Kindness By Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen, and Douglas Lira Dancer: Oliv Joy By Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen, Marcus Mitchell, and Glenn Welman Dancer: Paulina Petrikai Drifting Through Dreams By Matthew Shell, Commoninterest, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen, Douglas Lira, and Erik Fredriksen Dancer: Ajay Paul Tribute By Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen, and Josue García García Dancer: Yaneth Faithful Until The End By Matthew Shell, Vahagn Stepanyan, Sami Turunen, Marisa Frantz, Marcus Mitchell, Evan Sebenick, and Phil DiMercurio (Final montage of various dancers) All songs mastered by Steven Vagovics For more, visit: http://MTSmusic.net http://VahagnStepanyan.com Albums: TNB1: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings TNB2: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii/ Contemplation: https://open.spotify.com/album/6WhNjYv0vpXFWB7FXHGWvJ Copyright 2021 MTS Music Productions Published 2020-2021 Narked Records Family and friends, thanks for watching and sharing.

"Peace From Within" is a #relaxing #instrumental piece of music from Matthew Shell's album "Towards New Beginnings II: Songs of Healing" (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan on #piano & Sami Turunen on #guitar). Special thanks to dancer Ieva Cho and video editors Eduardo Blumenfeld and Onuruddho (who animated the intro) for bringing this music video to life. Listen to the full album via Jonathan Widran's JW Vibe review: https://www.jwvibe.com/single-post/matthew-shell-towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing Fun fact #1: The hexagon can be found throughout nature and often symbolizes harmony, structure, and balance. The hexagon is a very powerful geometric shape and is found in many religious and spiritual symbols. Fun fact #2: Spotify ranks this as my most popular song of all time. #thankful Learn more about this album at: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii/ Learn more about MTS Music Productions at: https://MTSmusic.net (C) 2021 MTS Music (P) 2021 Narked Records Stream the album on #Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/58FfXVWie3cy5p0FNk7Jsr?si=uzxCCTUVRuyqm-Z8J0dJtA #AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/1553108592 #YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4kXdfUW11As&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvvLbWQUt9AaMoR67OnQdQ3&index=1&t=0s #SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/srtdm/sets/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/s-tqunv0okLB0 More recent press: Kathy Parsons of Mainly Piano: https://mainlypiano.com/reviews/matthew-shell-towards-new-beginnings-2 Which Coast: https://www.whichcoast.com/reviews/matthew-shell-towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing Bob Smith of The Static Dive: https://staticdive.com/2021/02/11/matthew-shell-tribute/ Check out the previous album "Towards New Beginnings" at: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/ Learn more about the hexagon at: https://thebigdeer.com/hexagon-symbolism/

Shout out to Ajay Paul from India for his #soothing #freestyle #dance performance to this song "Drifting Through Dreams" (featuring Commoninterest, Douglas Lira on flute, vocalist Erik Fredriksen, Vahagn Stepanyan on piano, and Sami Turunen on guitar). Learn more about this album series "Towards New Beginnings I & II: Songs of Healing" (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan & Sami Turunen) at at http://MTSmusic.net Stream the full album series on #YouTube at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4kXdfUW11As&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvvLbWQUt9AaMoR67OnQdQ3&index=1&t=0s ...and check out all of the dance performances for TNB I & II at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbL2-VP5vdbs5uaXAeBwrarKhr59Y1moJ #Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/58FfXVWie3cy5p0FNk7Jsr?si=uzxCCTUVRuyqm-Z8J0dJtA #AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/1553108592 #SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/srtdm/sets/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/s-tqunv0okLB0 Music credits: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii/ and https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/ Video credits: Video directed, shot, produced, and edited, with dance choreography and performance by Ajay Paul Video executive produced by Matthew Shell Shot in India (C) 2021 MTS Music (P) 2021 Narked Records

We hope this dance performance music video brightens your day and relaxes your soul. Here's the story: After Paulina Petrikai's 🔥 dance submission for the song "Life's Journey", I enlisted her to choreograph and perform another #soothing #interpretive #dance to this song "Joy" (feat. Marcus Mitchell on Sax) from the new album "Towards New Beginnings II: Songs of Healing". We hope you like it. - Music videos, streaming links, and more at http://MTSmusic.net Stream the full album on #YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4kXdfUW11As&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvvLbWQUt9AaMoR67OnQdQ3&index=1&t=0s #Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/58FfXVWie3cy5p0FNk7Jsr?si=uzxCCTUVRuyqm-Z8J0dJtA #AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/1553108592 #SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/srtdm/sets/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/s-tqunv0okLB0 ...and learn more at https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii/ Song credits: Produced and arranged by Matthew Shell featuring Vahagn Stepanyan (on #piano+bass), Sami Turunen (on #guitar), Marcus Mitchell (on #sax), and Glenn Welman (on #drums), with mastering by Steven Vagovics. Video credits: Video shot and edited with choreography and dance performance by Paulina Petrikai. Video directed and executive produced by Matthew Shell. Shot in Lithuania. (C) 2021 MTS Music (P) 2021 Narked Records

Shout out to Bagio from Istanbul Turkey for his amazing #animation #freestyle #dance performance to this #song "Soar" [featuring Vahagn Stepanyan (on #piano), Josue Garcia Garcia (on #trumpet), Melloe D (on #drums+bass+co-production), Tulypz (#vocal artistry), and Sami Turunen (on lead #guitar)]. Learn more about this album series "Towards New Beginnings I & II: Songs of Healing" (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan & Sami Turunen) at at http://MTSmusic.net Stream the full album series on #YouTube at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4kXdfUW11As&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvvLbWQUt9AaMoR67OnQdQ3&index=1&t=0s ...and check out all of the dance performances for TNB I & II at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbL2-VP5vdbs5uaXAeBwrarKhr59Y1moJ #Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/58FfXVWie3cy5p0FNk7Jsr?si=uzxCCTUVRuyqm-Z8J0dJtA #AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/1553108592 #SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/srtdm/sets/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/s-tqunv0okLB0 Music credits: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii/ and https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/ Video credits: Video directed, shot, produced, and edited, with dance choreography and performance by Bagio Shot in Turkey (C) 2021 MTS Music (P) 2021 Narked Records

Shout out to Ajay Paul from India for his amazing #contemporary #dance #performance skills. Many thanks to the musicians involved in "Heart of Love" (featuring Vahagn Stepanyan on piano+bass, Sami Turunen on guitar, Glenn Welman on drums, Evan Sebanic on percussion+mixing, and Josué García García on trumpet). Learn more about this album series "Towards New Beginnings I & II: Songs of Healing" (feat. Vahagn Stepanyan & Sami Turunen) at at http://MTSmusic.net Stream the full album series on #YouTube at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4kXdfUW11As&list=PLbL2-VP5vdbvvLbWQUt9AaMoR67OnQdQ3&index=1&t=0s ...and check out all of the dance performances for TNB I & II at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbL2-VP5vdbs5uaXAeBwrarKhr59Y1moJ #Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/58FfXVWie3cy5p0FNk7Jsr?si=uzxCCTUVRuyqm-Z8J0dJtA #AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/1553108592 #SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/srtdm/sets/towards-new-beginnings-ii-songs-of-healing/s-tqunv0okLB0 Music credits: https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings-ii/ and https://narked.com/album/towards-new-beginnings/ Video credits: Video directed, shot, produced, and edited, with dance choreography and performance by Ajay Paul Shot in India (C) 2021 MTS Music (P) 2021 Narked Records