Bob's Solo Piano Album "Escape Music A New Dawn"
Hits #10 On Billboard's New Age Catalog Chart!

An August 2009 phone call from Billboard's New York City office confirmed Bob's solo piano album hit the new age catalog chart at #10! Listen to snippets of the album at Gathering Wave - music or you can hear the complete track of "Escape" at Bob's Myspace page.

Bob Baran - The Short Version of A Long Story

Contemplating a "movie script" about the trials, tribulations and ultimate  success of an Artist?

...You won't have to fictionalize the life and career of composer, artist, author and multi-instrumentalist Bob Baran.

When you hear the story about the short chubby 4th grader from Detroit being denied his first saxophone lesson by an elementary school band teacher your heart sinks...

But then the story turns:  His family moves to New Orleans and his first music lesson instead comes from the director of the city's top High School Jazz band.  Not bad, but it gets better.

How his love of photography led to his becoming the weekend photographer for a small weekly news paper in Loves Park, Illinois - while he was still in high school - and later become the "campus photographer" at the first college he attened - with full faculty privileges (well, parking privileges!)

If that wasn't enough how less than a year later he started his music career playing in a band at the top nightclub in Rockford, Ill and "touring" with a band at the age of 19... 

"Never Give Up..." - Bob Baran

And how at 23 and married - he walked off an automobile assembly line - after working there a few weeks - and into an Encyclopaedia Britannica sales office. A couple of months later winning a four state sales contest - while simultaneiously having the largest amount of "sales concellations" in the company! Then being accepted into the Indiana University School of Music, by Dr. Eugene Rousseau, acknowledged as the leading Professor of saxophone in the world... Six months after the saxophone department had closed its admissions for the year... All these events taking place in his life - within in a period of only six months!

Then, while he was still in college, he was introduced to a business opportunity that was about to change his life. So much so that in a little more than a year and a half later he was able to buy five new cars and a new house! He'll tell you it all started with a box of vitamins - he just wanted to get at wholesale - and a piece of literature with circles on it.

He'll also tell you how on a fatefull day in 1976 he looked at those circles on that sheet of paper and declared: "You're gonna get me a recording studio" - and how that moment shifted the direction of his life and that it did indeed allow him to fully embrace his dream - to make music in his own world class recording studio!

The journey he took to his dream studio resulted in his becoming one of the top trainers and consultants in the network marketing industry and resulted in his writing a book in 1982 - "Multi-Level Mastery", that Amway of Australia called "the bible of multi-level marketing.

That's just a taste of the remarkable story of Bob Baran.  You can read about his business success - credentials and national recognition on other web sites on the internet.

If his middle name isn't improvisation it must be determination. A determination to discover the source of creativity and for him music - which he believes exists somewhere between the left and right-brain functions of the human mind he refers to as the "zone".  He believes his unique understanding of the quantum consciousness creative process allows him to directly tap into and reinforces his connection to the "zone".  "It's a place you get to inside yourself that always surprises you. My music is a reflection the zone"...Says Baran.

Bob and his business partner at the time Gwen,worked together creating and producing every aspect of this CD releases.  Using "Sound Painter" studios, located on the side of a mountain in southwestern Montana as their base of operations. Bob Baran's newest CD, a solo piano album, titled "Escape Music® A New Dawn",  is his 7th CD release on Gathering Wave®,  an independent record label and distribution company they launched in 2004. (Online at www.gatheringwave.com)

No newcomer to recording and producing music, Bob has engineered and produced well over 150 albums through the years in his recording studios in Indiana and Montana.  His production company;  Baran Productions,now operating as Bob Baran And Associates is on the Radio Advertising Bureau's "List of Recommended Creative Resources" and chances are you may have already heard one of his jingles, radio spots, or radio productions.   (Go online to www.baranproductions.com for more information.)

Baran's original musical style and growing repertoire of recorded music has become a genre unto it’s self with a trademarked name: "Escape Music ®". "for a unique and original style of music" - it may be the first time the U.S.P.T.O. ever granted a trademark for an "artistic sytle".

His newest release; "Escape Music ® A New Dawn", which was on the 49th Grammy ballot in four different categories, presents live unedited quantum consciousness solo piano performances. This album was inspired by a breathtaking Montana sunrise and further reinforces the unique musical niche Baran's music occupies.

What about the sax?  As a multi-instrumentalist, the sax has become one of several instruments Baran now calls upon.  "I've benefited from the evolution of music and recording technology. A good example is  my  wind synthesizer...it  plays like a sax but can sound like a violin, trumpet or an electric guitar.  Add my collection of keyboards and music software and I have unlimited possibilities for musical textures, colors and instruments when I'm composing.  It gives me Artistic control over every aspect of my music... But for me, solo piano is still the Holy Grail."

Beginning in 2007, Bob made a decision that has transformed Gathering Wave® LLC, into a platform for sharing his transformational creative process with the world. He named it the Intentional Prosperity™ System.

"I was able to take the creative process I was using to unleash my original music and turn it into a methodology that anyone could learn and benefit from. This is a very exciting time moving into the practical application of a process which is only limited by your desire" says Bob.

Unleash the innate unlimited potential we are all born with - and you can live the life of your dreams. The Intentional Prosperity™ System introduces a revolutionary - easy to understand process - that will empower a great number of people to start living the life they love. Intentional Prosperity™ will show them how to rediscover the power of their dreams as they learn how to use their imaginations - to write the next great chapter of their lives...

A special message from Bob:

2009 is a transformational time for many of us. We find the very foundation of our day-to-day realities being challenged by global forces that are beyond our control. Now more than ever it's time to take back control of your destiny. Give yourself the opportunity to discover how to create real prosperity and abundance in your life - by doing good for yourself and for others.

If you are ready to take the next step in your life - give me a few minutes to paint a picture for you of a profound discovery I've made that could change your life.

And Never Give Up Believing in Yourself ! ...-Bob Baran

Find out about my revolutionary method for unleashing your creative power
"The Intentional Prosperity™ System"

Contact me at bobbaran@bobbaran.com - call 406-475-3458

Watch my music videos on myspace

Find out how I can help your business or service create an emotional connection
with your market using rich media marketing technologies www.bobbaranandassociates

For the Long Version of Bob Baran's Story go to his bio page...