John Adorney began his musical studies on the cello at the age of nine, then taught himself the guitar and began recording his original material at the age of eleven. “I sat up in my room with two reel-to-reel tape recorders, overdubbing cello and guitar parts to tunes that I had written,” he says. “I was fascinated by the fact that I could play four or more parts on the cello, and layer them on top of each other. Although the technology is incredibly more sophisticated now, I'm still doing basically the same thing."
John soon taught himself to play piano, and continued his classical studies at the University of Connecticut. Relocating to Los Angeles in 1980, he finished his undergraduate studies in both music and psychology. He began teaching music at a Culver City school for emotionally disturbed and developmentally disabled children. In 1991, he became a certified music therapist and developed a successful private practice while also teaching courses in music therapy at California State University, Long Beach.
During his years in Los Angeles, John began to focus on composing instrumental music. In 1986, he met 7-year-old Daya, who, even at a young age, had an outstanding voice, and would later lend her vocals to John’s recordings. In 1998, he was invited to join EverSound, and soon released his first solo CD, Beckoning. This was followed three years later by The Other Shore, which was voted the best New Age CD of 2002 by the Coalition of New Age Retailers. On his third solo CD, Waiting For The Moon, his musical collaboration with Daya entered new territory including two songs that John composed specifically for Daya to sing.
John’s latest release, Trees of Gold, captures the energy and melodic beauty of his previous CDs. Daya once again provides her magical, luscious vocals, while on the title track, as well as the beautiful “Yilowe,” she is joined by African vocalist Marcel Adjibi. ~ eversound.com
John is a very gifted artist. I love his sense of timing, melody and instrumentation. He is a genius at bringing notes to life and his new album, Trees of Gold, shines brightly with the spirit of adventure, beauty, and majesty. ~ Diane Arkenstone
