Pipe Choir Records

Pipe Choir is a Creative Commons netlabel featuring the music of Pipe Choir, P C III, PC-ONE, and The Marian Circle Drum Brigade. Pipe Choir is an American alternative rock project formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1991. It was founded by Michael J. Bostwick as a one man project. Pipe Choir's music is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. P C III ( Pipe Choir Three) is a musical project started by Michael J. Bostwick in 2013. P C III was developed as a platform to showcase all of Michael Bostwick’s Onistwave compositions. Onistwave is a genre of music developed by Michael J. Bostwick. Onistwave is described by Bostwick as: 1) Music created with the aim of relaxing the listener. 2) Music of an extremely long duration (a minimum of 15 minutes). 3) Very light handed minimal percussion is used. 4) Punctuating cymbal crashes are not used. 5) Is not constructed with samples or loops from external sources. 6) Music that often includes elements of pop, rock, classical, ambient, electronic, and world music. 7) Music composed with primarily acoustic, electric, and electronic instruments. 8) Music that incorporates a heavy use of keyboards and atmospheric treatments. 9) Music that often incorporates minimal but heavily layered vocal lines. PC-ONE is a musical platform created by the netlabel Pipe Choir to showcase songs created by Pipe Choir that are considered to be too sonically different from the usual Pipe Choir sound. PC-ONE Wilderness is an collection of 13 acoustic guitar and vocal songs. PC-ONE Division is an album of Heavy Metal songs. Since 2015, PC-ONE music has been available on the independent netlabel Pipe Choir. PC-ONE's music is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. The Marian Circle Drum Brigade is a musical project started by Michael Bostwick of Pipe Choir, PC-ONE and P C III in 2010. According to Bostwick, The Marian Circle Drum Brigade was inspired by his love of marching band drumlines