One World Music Radio album awards nominated Pleiades for the best New Age album 2020 in their 8th Annual Album Awards. The results will be announced on Wednesday 26th May.
Category: Composition
Images Mixed Released
Images Mixed is a collaboration of award winning composer Christel Veraart and Chris Jules. They met in Alaska where Christel was about to perform at the Anchorage Museum and needed a hand. Running video, sound and perform are just too much for one person. Rumor had it that Chris, who for many years had been […]
Interview with Karoline Stevens
Life coach Karoline Stevens helps ambitious entrepreneurs achieve their greatest potential, offers strategies for breakthrough transformation by removing inner blocks, up-leveling mindset, and building a clear vision for success in areas of wealth, health, relationships & lifestyle. In her interview series “Dreamers and Doers”, she features weekly interviews with women who live their dreams. Last […]
Lotus Dreams reaches 100 K Spins on Soundcloud
Lotus Dreams reached 100,000 spins today on Soundcloud. This title track, and one of 9 tracks from the album Lotus Dreams was released in Indonesia in 2019 and echoes the soaring harmonies of Christel Veraart’s imagination. The erhu — a bowed, two-stringed Chinese fiddle — sings its soulful song throughout. Alternating between tender, sonorous, and […]
Celebration of Spring
Celebration of Spring, from the album Anthology, is a celebration of longer days, budding trees, and landscapes that are finally turning green. Exuberant, cheerful and sparkling, with all the vibrance and energy of spring. Awarded the 2014 individual artist award by the prestigious Rasmuson Foundation, this track was originally released in 2015 on the album […]
Erhu Meets Lotus Dreams
The songs celebrating the Chinese New Year reflect the diversity of cultural traditions in China, which includes a wide variety of instruments and singing styles. One of the most distinctive sounds of Chinese musical instruments is made by the Erhu. I love the enchanting sound of the Erhu, which reminds me of the female voice […]
A Thin Place
My latest single, entitled A Thin Place, is according to a New Age, Celtic belief, an invisible membrane that separates the conscious world from that of the spirit, where connections are made and spiritual awakening occurs. Through messages of respect and recognition, it shows us the larger world in which mind and spirit dwell, and […]
Pleiades Number 2 in Top 100 Radio Airplay
Pleiades ranked number 2 in December’s Zone Music Reporter (ZMR) Chart (up from number 4 the previous month). ZMR is the industry source for new Age, world, ambient, electronic, solo piano, relaxation, instrumental and many other genres of Music. ZMR Chart Pleiades – The Album Pleiades – One Sheet
Visuals for Pleiades
Inspired by all the wonderful myths and legends that accompany the star cluster of the Pleiades, the videos below capture stories about who is the brightest in the sky to what is so sacred about the number seven. They recount legends about how Zeus transformed the sisters into doves, and how the seventh’ sister may […]
Celaeno – The Dark One
Celaeno, the twelve minute track from my album Pleiades is also one of the sisters of the famous starcluster in Greek Mythology. The name Celeano derives from the ancient Greek word Kelaino, meaning “the dark one.” Celaeno was the middle sister of the seven Pleiades sisters. Greek mythology states that she was outshone by her […]
