Piano and Orchestra Music
About Steve Farley's Music
Piano and Orchestra Music by Steve Farley
Steve Farley is committed to providing you the beautiful sound of a concert grand piano with orchestra for the mature ear. Specializing in popular standards and love ballads, Steve mixes his piano playing with beautiful full orchestra backing. He writes many of the songs offered and for contrast always throws in a couple rag time tunes.
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I Relive Every Moment
Steve wrote this song in the summer of 2009. It’s a sad and dramatic piano and orchestra instrumental featuring a saxophone in the second verse. The song has also been rerecorded with words and vocal by singer, songwriter January. The song then is titled “The First Time” also on this album.
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Gods Been Good To Me
A very deep and moving instrumental featuring Steve’s concert grand piano style. The song tells of the trials and blessings of life. Written in 2008 and recorded in 2009.
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El Paso Sunrise
This Spanish/Country type of song is played with the famous “slip note” style made famous by Floyd Cramer. Steve wrote it in 2001 while playing in a western style restaurant. During recording he added orchestra and background singers to the piano and Spanish guitar to give it a full, more modern flavor.
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The Petticoat Waltz
The petticoat Waltz will take you back to the grand ball dancing of 150 years ago where the women wore huge dresses with petticoats underneath to give them body. There was always an orchestra, and chandeliers above; lit with candles. This 2005 composition of Steve’s may very well be his best.
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Close To You
A famous song written by Burt Bacharach and H. David and made famous by The Carpenters. This recording is structured very similar with the vocal being sung by January. January also sings her own harmony background. The fading at the end gives a real sense of longing and in love
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Love Story
Steve made two recordings of Love Story because he feels this beautiful song was “made for piano”. This recording uses a mystical guitar placed over some of the piano parts to make it his “James Bond” version.
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I Just Reach Out
This beautiful love ballad is the result of the combined talents of the team, Steve and January. Steve writes the music and January writes the lyrics. This song tells the story of being in love with someone, and so desperately wanting that person to know you exist. This was their first recording together.
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The First Time
This being the fifth recording made by Steve and January is the result of January’s lyric writing talent and Steve’s song writing. Writing words to “I relive Every Moment” and changing the name, January gave birth to this emotional ballad telling of love at first sight.
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You Say "I Do"
As a tribute to his wife, Doug Day, A talented song writer of gospel music and preacher, wrote these words to Steve’s earlier recording, El Paso Sunrise. A man showing his love to his wife. Doug sings on this recording.
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If You Were Mine
Steve’s first professional recording and only recording not mixed and mastered by him. It was recorded in Cincinnati Ohio. Steve wrote the song in 2005. It’s very dramatic and written for piano and orchestra.
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Alley Cat
A very famous cute song written in the fifties by Bent Fabric. It is especially good for the old upright piano at parties etc. Here Steve plays it on his grand and puts some sophistication to by adding strings to the bounce of drums and acoustic bass.
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The Model T Rag
Being the owner of a model T Ford, and being an antique auto nut, Steve just had to write this tune; portraying the feeling you get riding in a model T. Steve has restored and worked on several and logged many miles in the "Flivers". He added the sound of the coils buzzing, the buzzer horn, a police whistle, and an actual backfire from his 1923 touring.