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Joe Atlan (born July 23, 1989 in Malaga) is a Spanish Keyboardist, Composer, YouTube Partner, and Speaker. He has performed with several musicians such as Timo Tolkki and has shared the stage with other artists like Sungha Jung. Joe Atlan is also known for his academic writings and conferences about Music, Art, and Internet, including a TED talk.〔(Official TED event's site where Atlan participated )〕 He has a YouTube channel where he frequently uploads videos and publishes his music for free. ==Biography== He played for first a keyboard at the early age of 5, but he didn't go back to the music until he met the Italian power metal band Rhapsody. Atlan has stated many times in interviews or answering to comments on his Facebook/YouTube page that he discovered the "true Art" with J. R. R. Tolkien and the "art in Music" for the first time with Rhapsody. Since that moment, when Joe Atlan was 16, he started to play and compose music on the piano.〔(Interview on spanish TV )〕 In 2007, Atlan went to University of Navarra in Pamplona, where he studied Audiovisual Communication. He was seen often playing in charity/alumni concerts. During his studies at university, he showed interest for Film Scoring, and even though the degree was mostly about Cinema & TV production, he decided in his 2nd year that he would dedicate his life to Music. Atlan has composed the soundtrack of several short films and documentaries over the last few years, as well as the original music for a Spanish TV series.〔(Spanish TV series full cast on IMDB )〕 In November 2009, Joe Atlan was asked to play with the guitarist and Stratovarius found member Timo Tolkki in his Guitar Beyond Infinity Seminar Tour 2009–2010.〔(Short article of a Spanish digital magazine about show in Seville )〕 The contact was done by Tolkki's manager. Atlan has mentioned Tolkki as one of his greatest musical influences many times, being this tour an "incredible honor" for him.〔(Original post by Joe Atlan on his official Facebook page )〕 On February 10, 2010, he collaborated in the production of the World Record's biggest Lipdub ever made until that date, with almost 400 people in a single Long take.〔(University of Navarra Lipdub Webpage )〕 During his university time and afterwards, Joe Atlan showed a deep interest for the academic and philosophical aspects of Music and Art. He has always talked about the importance of "true music" and a "selfless and pure attitude" from the musician towards Art. Atlan has stated several times in interviews and social media that he is writing a book about Music, the importance of a pure art and the artist's attitude towards it. In 2010 he contacted with John Petrucci, the guitarist from the Progressive Metal band Dream Theater, to ask him to participate in the project. Some months later, Joe Atlan said also that he talked to Michael Romeo, guitarist from Symphony X about the project. According to Atlan, both of them were interested in collaborating on the book. On September 16, 2012, Joe Atlan was one of the winners chosen to participate in Youfest, an international entertainment Festival starring famous YouTube stars from all over the world, such as Paul Potts, Rick Astley or Sungha Jung.〔(Youfest Winners page )〕 Atlan was chosen by an arrangement he did with piano and keyboards of the Star Wars soundtrack on YouTube. In October 2012, Joe Atlan was called to play in a national TV talent show similar to America's Got Talent but in Spain〔(Announcement on Atlan's Facebook Page )〕 He performed Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu. In 2013, Joe Atlan was asked to give a TED Talk about Music in La Rioja.〔(Event page in TED website )〕 Atlan called the conference "Can Music tell a story?" and he did it entirely with piano music without saying a word,〔(News story about Joe Atlan's TED talk in spanish )〕 just some projected text on a screen.〔(Shot of the TED event )〕 In the "talk", Joe Atlan exposed that what interests to humans from the stories is not what they actually watch or read, but what they feel when they do that, the "ineffable", what "can't be described through words". On that basis, Atlan stated that Music can skip the intermediary speaking directly to the human soul, with the final answer to the title of the conference being: "Music can make you feel a story without telling it".〔(Atlan's TED talk in TED's Official Site )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Atlan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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