CASALE & PARAS

About the Artist

At age 8, we met on Hick's bridge, in our hometown of Westbury, a community for all seasons. The idea of collaborating on a musical project was born in our Long Island treehouse, about four years later.

The son of industry-veteran Don Casale (The Rascals, Iron Butterfly's Inagada Davida, and many other greats). Don spent more youthful hours in a recording studio than other kids did on swings or monkeybars. While he was banging on drums and playing his grandmother's unique turn-of-the-century piano, Phil too had learned to work the keys; partially through lessons, mostly through self-instruction. Phil was always in the company of music as his mother's stereo never stopped, and his grandfather enjoyed his collection of over 100,000 long play records (really!), mostly classical. Their music style is inspired primarily by the works of Yanni, Enya, George Winston, and Suzanne Ciani, but the sound is unique.

"Memories are melodies, arrangements are road maps, instruments are tour guides."

Unspoken is a collection of fresh, memorable, tangible, textured compositions - real themes, familiar sounds, occasional oceans and gulls, traditional soothing instruments, pianos, choirs and strings; unsung songs inspired by beautiful places.

Recordings