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        "name" : "Tuskle",
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        "description" : "contemporary jazz/classical hybrid compositions",
        "location" : "Augsburg, Germany",
        "bio" : "Tuskle, is a german composer and music producer born in July 1986. He started to play the piano at the age of 5 and he took drum lessons when he was 14. Around the age of 18 he did not take any lessons anymore as he found that he is rather the self-taught artist - a fact that caused some trouble concerning his school years.\n\nHe then focused on getting acquainted with the digital means of creating music - mostly electronic music at that time. When it comes to electronic music he is mostly interested in fast paced arrangements and complex, non-repetitive drum breaks. That made Squarepusher one of his favorite artists and he claims that it was him who inspired him most back then.\n\nHe spent a lot of his time behind a laptop with only a mouse creating electronic music that emphasized complexity. Not much of his works have survived his rigorous attempts of deleting anything he wasn't satisfied with, but he also claims that this attitude brought him where he is now. A few years later, Tuskle stumbled on a track of Al di Meola's that was on some jazz sampler he found at his father's home. It didn't take long and he was overly fascinated by his style, although he was already acquainted with jazz before. He still thinks of Al di Meola's works as not only sophisticated and skillful, but also entertaining and powerful and he considers him his topmost source of inspiration for his current compositions. At the time he was used to Al di Meola's works he could not find any inspiration of comparable depth, so he started to compose his own works that have nothing to do with his previous attempts that rather belonged to the electronic music scene.\n\nHe then realized that it is possible to compose with only a PC - or a laptop in this case - and his first album that got along without almost any electronic elements was about to be created. Even though he was biased by the technological aspects of our modern world in a way that even managed to coin his style, his means of composing as well as producing music could hardly be any more puristic as he does not utilize any other hardware than his laptop, a set of speakers and his mouse - a pretty atypical studio environment that really brands him as he still does not consider buying any additional hardware. Although he has discarded most of his electronic influences and goals during that time, there was still something quite enticing about this rather modern and young music which he is still trying to track down and utilize it in order to create a fusion of both electronic influences and a compositional context with a demanding momentum.\n\nRumors are that currently Tuskle is working on an album entitled \"Viva Synthetica\" which denotes the possibility of both young and old music to exist alongside one another. The name \"Tuskle\" derives from a video game called \"Okami\". The character that is called Tuskle has a rather inconspicious role at the very end of the game, but the reason he chose him to be his eponym was his unique appearance.\n\nIndividuality attracts him - no matter where. As an artist Tuskle believes in a reality behind certain arts - the essence of an idea that has the desire to make it into our world and he thinks of artists as the people in charge of enabling an idea to unfold and settle. A lot of artists alter the state of an idea itself by combining it with individual preferences which is only natural as they shape something into what they like, but that might also cause the initial idea to become more or less impure. He considers it the 'true art' to get a feel for what is individual preference and what is not...",
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            "name" : "Piano Works",
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            "release_date" : "2010-09-04",
            "genres" : ["Jazz","Classical","Instrumental Jazz","Instrumental Classical"],
            "vocals" : "instrumental",
            "moods" : ["reflective","melancholic","dreamy","mysterious","quirky","tender"],
            "uses" : ["podcast background","documentary","emotional storytelling","study or focus","art or gallery","meditation or yoga"],
            "energy" : 2,
            "instrumentation" : ["solo piano","digital piano sound","minimalist piano textures"],
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            "summary" : "A contemplative, digitally composed solo piano album blending contemporary jazz and modern classical influences, ideal for thoughtful, atmospheric background use in podcasts, documentaries, and focus-oriented projects.",
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        "listening" : "Stream the free previews, or buy an album for $8 to download it in MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, OGG or WAV. 100% of the price goes to the musician.",
        "non_commercial" : "Non-commercial projects may use the music under CC BY-NC-SA 1.0: credit the artist and Magnatune, and share alike.",
        "projects" : "Magnatune members may use any Magnatune music in their projects, commercial or not (videos, films, podcasts, games, apps, websites, adverts), including work for clients, under the Magnatune Project Licence. Projects released while a member stay licensed for good; new projects need an active membership. Credit is required. TV or radio broadcast, cinema, and background music in shops, restaurants or on-hold lines are not included: license those from the musician. Membership: $10/month, $99/year or $299 lifetime; agents can buy one themselves with MPP at /api/member-pass ($10 month, $99 year, $299 lifetime, one-off).",
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        "youtube" : "YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, podcasts: members may use the clean songs in monetized videos. Members register their YouTube channel (the set_youtube_channel MCP tool, or their account page) so YouTube's Content ID doesn't claim their videos. The free versions carry a spoken Magnatune voice and are non-commercial (CC BY-NC-SA), so they're not for monetized channels or client work.",
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