How and Why I Compose Piano Works

Posted by John on May 25th, 2007 | no comments home title

Choose a note.
Something new.
Press the key.
Hammer strikes.
String vibrates.
Ear translates.
Mind debates.
What comes next?
Heart perceives.
Then conceives.
Mind receives.
Hand achieves.
Cycle repeat.
Body, Mind,
And Heart unite
Till Heart speaks
What Mind cannot.
If you listen
Hear my soul
Delight to play
Before the throne
In the court
Of God alone.
I, the instrument
He has made
For His pleasure,
Piano or none,
All the same.

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John Albert Thomas began composing original, melody-based piano works when he was 12 years old. His compositions have the simplicity and thinly-layered delicacy of Mozart, combined with a contemporary sound reminiscent of Enya, George Winston, and Jim Brickman. In 1995, John graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, with a bachelors degree in Music Theory and Composition. Upon graduation he moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he now lives with his wife, Rebecca, and their four children. John has released several solo piano albums, and continues his work on future projects.