I’ve struggled for years to come up with a single genre that the various kinds of music I make might all fit into. Having given up on that, TMTT is my way of describing what I do… It comes in a few flavours (with lots of overlap between them):
Improvised journeys, sometimes delicate and spacious, sometimes intense and powerful, always emotional. I've been playing piano for over 40 years... It's my deepest well - my 'mother tongue', as it were...
Intrigued with the creative possibilities of electronic music since childhood, I tend towards complex, evolving soundscapes as opposed to dancefloor beats. Rich, atmospheric, melodic, captivating...
Combining multi-instrumental performance (piano, flute, trumpet, french horn, percussion, guitar, bass...) with electronic textures, these hybrid pieces range from subtle and serene to elaborate and multi-faceted.
I’m tobias tinker, a Canadian-born, Berlin-based composer, pianist, multi-instrumentalist and producer. I make Thoughtful Music for Troubled Times… You can find out more about it, and about me, on this website. More importantly, you can download some of it for free, by signing up for my newsletter…
But this site isn’t just about me, it’s about you, and us, and how we can connect and engage with each other, and what you can expect to hear from me in the future… And that depends on you. I’m hoping the prospect of some free music – 13 tracks worth (a baker’s dozen!), and more to come – is worth your time and trust…
Just buy it! Direct from the artist! Peruse my catalogue of albums, from the classic Broken Saints soundtrack series, to the Continuum solo piano series, to the soon-to-be-re-released Sound Fascination series, and various other projects and collections.
I've got a few projects in the works, including a new solo piano album, Painter/Piano. You can help me get those across the finish line, in exchange for advance purchase and other exclusive rewards! (Spoiler: I'll be trying some vinyl runs soon, if you lean that way ;^)
Three platforms (Patreon, Artiscto, Bandcamp) that allow me, in exchange for small but regular payments, to provide exclusive content - new tracks, videos, works-in-progress, behind-the-scenes and so on. Each is structured a bit differently, so I've given you the option to choose...
Experimental, future-facing, next-gen platforms including Blockchain-powered, Stream-to-own and other models. Not for everyone, and some of them may fizzle rather than catch fire, but they are intriguing alternatives to traditional streaming...
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