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Wayfarer Music Group is overjoyed that Carl Rydlund has accepted the role of Director of Artist Development for Wayfarer Music Group. This officially makes Carl the label’s first triple threat serving as Director, Advisory Board member and a signed Wayfarer Recording Artist. But, with a background like Carl’s this was a no-brainer decision for the owners of Wayfarer Music Group.

CARL RYDLUND  has directly impacted everyone reading this without them even knowing it. From his work with Hans Zimmer, Hildur Guönadöttir, Disney, EA, Sony, Lucas Arts and countless others, Carl is one of the most prolific names in television and film music as both orchestrator and virtuoso musician. The enormous list of blockbuster films that Carl has contributed to include Men in Black, The Dark Knight, Life of Pi, Interstellar, Inception, Man of Steel and many more. Carl currently resides in Nashville, where he is Artist in Residence at the historic Ocean Way Studios as well as a professor at Belmont University School of Music.

Carl will be focusing his directorial duties on the development of the next generation of talent coming to the Wayfarer family. With this, he will also be serving as a Staff Producer available for the developmental acts as well as the entire Wayfarer roster. We could not be happier to have such an immense talent forging a path for Wayfarer’s future.

For more information on Carl and his enormous talents check out his official website HERE

There’s a lot more Carl news coming soon and mark your calendars for November 5th when Carl’s project with Billboard chart topping Wayfarer Chris Cox Music inspired by the motion picture Pieces of Us releases on Wayfarer Music Group!

Welcome aboard Carl! This should be a fun ride!

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One of the things that Wayfarer excels at is their presence on popular radio programs and podcasts. One of the shows that Wayfarers tend to make a regular appearance is Future Beautiful Radio‘s Atmospheres show hosted by Bruce Gall. Bruce is an amazing supporter of Wayfarer Music Group and its artists and the most recent show takes it up a notch with appearances by Dave Luxton featuring Michelle Qureshi and Nacre, Dieter Spears, John Gregorius and Christopher Caouette. Just check out this playlist!

Dave Luxton: Embers Of Me
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2024
Dieter Spears: The Lucid State Of Time
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2024
John Gregorius: Communion
Communion
2024
John Gregorius: Infinite Grace
Communion
2024
Christopher Caouette: Myth Of Thelandria
Myth Of Thelandria
2024
Christopher Caouette: Night
Myth Of Thelandria
2024
Dino Pacifici: Arctic Sky
Geo-Ambient Excursions
2023
Dino Pacifici: Echoes Of Zanzibar
Geo-Ambient Excursions
2023
Ion: Part 2 (excerpt)
Aurora
2024
INTERMISSION

INTERMISSION

Roach, Braheny & Burmer: The Breathing Stone
Desert Solitaire
1987
Craig Padilla & Zero Ohms: Initiation . . .
To Sleep On Stellar Winds
2024
Ghost In The Loop: Erosion/Concretion
Le Chant de la Glace
2023
Ulises Labaronnie: Episodes
Ignis Sequentia
2023
Gandalf: A Light From Afar
A Light From Afar
2024
Lonely Lighthouse: Ashamed
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2024

You can hear this amazing episode on Future Beautiful Radio/Atmosphere’s Mixcloud archive HERE

You can support all of these Wayfarers by picking up your own copy of these wonderful selections at major digital outlets worldwide as well as directly from Wayfarer HERE

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Wayfarer Music Group continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of trends to help propel our beloved genres into the future. Our latest effort in this has been a total revamp of our YouTube channel. YouTube has become the #1 source among listeners for discovering new music and we continue to see benefits from this amazing platform.

Wayfarer’s creative media time has been hard at work lately creating fresh content and in true Wayfarer fashion, its artists have risen up to do their part to make our channel the best it can be. Helping lead the way in this effort are Wayfarers Byron Metcalf and Ari Urban along with help from award-winning instrumentalist Dashmesh. Their music video for The Memory Temple, off of their album Rituals of Passion, is one of many from Wayfarer artists that you can now check out along with new videos from John Gregorius, Michelle Qureshi and Richard Theisen.

You can help support all of our amazing Wayfarer artists by subscribing to our Wayfarer Music Group YouTube Channel HERE

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Recently, bass legend and genre icon Michael Manring had a chance to chat with Wayfarer Music Group about his guest appearance on the title track for Ambiente Solstice’s critically acclaimed ambient jazz project entitled Short Stories. During the conversation Michael started off by telling us his basic recording methodology.

Wayfarer Music Group “Tell us about your production process and how you applied it for Short Stories”

Michael “…the first thing I like to do is listen to a track a few times to try to get a sense of what the artist is saying. Then it’s a matter of figuring out how I can help deliver that message. In the case of “Short Stories” I thought it might be good to use an approach I love where I use the fretless in a fairly dramatic role, moving between washy bass notes, Ebow colors and bits of melody.”

Wayfarer Music Group “What gear did you use to get your trademark sound on this?’

Michael “My Zon Sonus Elite Special fretless went into a Markbass Mark Vintage Pre and then to a MOTU UltraLite mk3 interface to Logic Pro 10 for recording.”

Wayfarer Music Group “Anything you’d like to leave us with about your experience with Ambiente Solstice and Short Stories?’’

Michael “I tried to come up with a part that was relatively present, but not overpowering. I love the mood of the piece, so it was a pleasure to get to be part of it!”

The pleasure was all ours Michael and what an honor to have such a legendary artist on this project. You can find more about Michael Manring at his official website HERE

You can also support Ambiente Solstice by picking up your own copy of Short Stories at major digital outlets worldwide as well as directly from Wayfarer HERE

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Wayfarer Music Group is happy to announce that the official music video for John Gregorius’ Exaltation from his brand-new album Communion is now available for viewing on the Wayfarer Music Group YouTube channel. The video was also created by Wayfarer’s own Dieter Spears. Exaltation has been featured on a number of top radio shows over the past few weeks helping Communion continue its climb on the charts where it is currently the #9 album in the country.

You can check out the official music video for Exaltation HERE

For more information on John Gregorius be sure and check out his artist page here at WayfarerMusicGroup.com.

Please support John by picking up your own copy of Communion at major digital outlets worldwide as we as directly from Wayfarer HERE

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This week’s top radio chart for the genre has been released and we are elated to see that John Gregorius’ Communion continues to climb and is now the #9 album in the country against some tremendous competition. We could not do this without the support from radio and listeners like you. A very special shout out to Echoes, Alpha Rhythms, Audiosyncracy, Morning Breeze, Rhythm Visions, Sequences, New Age Notes and One World Music Radio for their continued support of this project. Let’s keep going all the way to #1!!!

And while we are talking about Communion be sure and mark your calendars for the world premiere of John’s brand-new music video for Exaltation from the album Communion coming this Friday!

For more information on John Gregorius check out his artist page here at WayfarerMusicGroup.com

You can support John by picking up your own copy of Communion at major digital outlets worldwide as well as directly from Wayfarer HERE

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We are overjoyed to announce that our newly renovated and updated YouTube Channel is now officially HERE! You can check out videos from your favorite Wayfarers as well as sign up to get notifications for our upcoming video releases including new videos this month from John Gregorius and Dieter Spears. Please check out our new channel and while you’re there PLEASE Like and Subscribe so that we can continue to support our amazing artists and bring you the best in ambient, chill, cinematic, electronic and virtuosic music!!!

You can visit our YouTube Channel HERE

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