LAN MIAO

“Not for the casual listener, this is music created from a deep and vulnerable place in the artist and deserves care and consideration, but is ultimately rewarding for effort.” - Dino DiMuro

https://www.pitchperfectsite.com/indie-music-album-reviews/lan-miao-the-keep

Listen to “Rainbow” on Formula Indie America: 

- https://euroindiemusic.info/formula-indie/

"Lan Miao offers you her EP entitled ''The keep'', consisting of six songs, through which she uses the piano in a classic way to offer your ears a quality sound, rare, capable of giving you hope. and reassurance when you…

"I used to write from the heart and things would just pour out. These days I’m more practiced when it comes to feeling my way around the world. I am more deliberate about what I have to say, too." —…

“Blending piano-led writing with rock and tinges of classical into her sound, her EP lays down her restrained, often ambient style that’s full of personal lyricism and delicate melodic leads….an immersive sonic journey on a worthy debut effort.” — Alex…

"...a sensational work..." - IndieOClock

https://www.indieoclock.com.br/2022/08/lan-miao-acaba-de-lancar-seu-novo-album.html?m=1

"...hope it doesn’t take another 20 years for us to hear a follow-up to this thought-provoking masterpiece." - Your Music Experience 

https://www.weareymx.com/ymxblog/lan-miao-releases-20-years-in-the-making-debut-ep-the-keep

Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFA_qcSalXc

There are only 3 chords in this song... C, F, and G. It's unusual for me because I love going up and down the scales and making the left hand unnecessarily complicated :/ 

"...delivers to the listening public a sweet/smooth/full of emotion line, in addition to several instrumental elements that travel through contemporary pop, alt/soft rock, among others, in a combination that fuses different aspects of both rock and pop..." - Os Garotos…

"The composition and songwriting on The Keep express pains, and desires while representing vulnerable human emotions with musical narratives." - Sinusoidal Music

https://sinusoidalmusic.com/2022/07/31/lan-miao-the-keep-lustral-sonic-journey/

Watch the Pale Mother lyric video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCzG4HXb-Pk

The artwork in the background of the video is from a painting I did in 2002(?) of the "statue" I saw in my dream "with [her] eyes wide-opened and a cartoonish…

Interview with Music Arena GH: "California-based singer, songwriter and composer Lan Miao is a rising star in the music industry."

https://www.musicarenagh.com/lan-miao-talks-about-betrayals-in-her-debut-ep-the-keep/