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		*About the project*
		Bart Flos: "My solo project NextSteps contains several ideas and goals. First of all the music incorporates different styles, varying between solo jazz and blues piano songs, vocal jazz scat tunes, pop ballads and fusion style compositions. Most of the songs are set up around the basic acoustic piano sound of a Boston-Steinway grand piano. The MIDI technology of today provides the opportunity to ‘play’ any kind of desired instrument to make songs sound as though they were actually performed by complete bands and orchestras. The result is a collection of different styles of music, to be applied in different directions". "Secondly, the recordings give some idea of what I like to do as pianist. It shows that I love to play jazz but that I also have an interest in other styles of music. You could regard it as a kind of resume from which I would like to invite other musicians to ‘join the party’. It states where I stand as pianist and I hope it will help me to re-connect with my musical environment. Last but not least, it was a lot of fun to do! I wanted to experience the challenge of converting all the hours of practising at home into a concrete musical product. I wanted to engage the struggle with myself to be less rational and more creative. And I had a desire to combine these musical ideas with creative energy to hopefully stimulate other musicians, either to join in with me or to explore their own musical potential." more text...