小简介
天使的代言人 麦克‧罗兰 (Mike Rowland），这位谦恭、单纯又有点害羞的英国绅士，却以他天籁般的乐章掳获所有人的心。
1958年出生于伦敦，音乐之于他，就好似天赐的礼物，不需苦思，神来之乐轻易地就从指间流泻而出，旋律简单、朴质却满足所有人的企望。也许，这样的描述有些抽象，且听听他的亲身经历吧！
时光回溯到八○年代初期，某日Mike漫步林间，忽而被一阵不似凡间所有的美妙仙乐所吸引。这旋律掠攫了他，却又遍寻不着从何而来。为了记录下这份特殊的机缘，返家之后，Mike立刻在简单的录音机前，将所听到的旋律尽可能地演奏下来。一曲真正的天籁于焉诞生.........。
他动人而具启发性的音乐触动了全球数以千计的人。他细腻敏感的心思以及音乐方面的天赋，结合自我的觉察(awareness)，连结了听众与大自然。麦可用他的钢琴，创造出那独一无二的声音。
麦可罗兰的音乐生涯始于英国。就在他漫步于广大森林的那个片刻，他听见了来自树林某处的一种”无声的”音乐。回到家后，他将之录下，并加上了他所能想到的，最简单明白的意含，称之为：指环精灵(The Fairy Ring)。
他带着几份录音的拷贝，亲自走访了一些小店及经销商。就靠着口耳相传，而非市场竞争，他成为了最畅销的新时代音乐家。资深影星莎莉‧麦克兰将他「指环精灵」中的音乐，用在录像带课程「内在运动」(Inner Workout)中。
在1999年夏天，麦可开始在将计算机技术用在他的作品中。「这就是计算机最美好的部份。每当你完成了一项创意的作品，你可以将之放入计算机内并播放它。你可以将一个片段以不同的方式来处理编排，拿掉或加入某些东西，而那真是让人着迷。但对我而言，那仍然是在次要的阶段。第一阶段是灵感启发的阶段。我想我会一直保持这样做的。」麦可说。
或许这份经历真的有些特别，但从中我们不难看出，Mike的音乐是如此地纯净、自然，有一股直入人心的感动。而人们对Mike的喜爱也直接反应在销售成绩上，单是卡带就创下高达600,000卷的佳绩。时至今日，Mike仍旧隐居在英国的乡间，伴着他的老史坦威(Steinway)的钢琴，继续抚慰世间每一颗悸动的心。
New age composer Mike Rowland was born in London in 1958. As a youngster, Rowland showed a natural affinity for composing and playing the piano. After his schooling, he ran an antique shop, where he grew to appreciate the treasures that passed through his hands. He played the church organs at Albert Hall and St. Paul's Cathedral; while at home, he created dreamy compositions at his piano and synthesizer.
One day in the early '80s, he heard an otherworldly, yet humble, melody while walking through the forest. Back in his living room, Rowland set up a tape recorder and played the music as best he could remember. After mixing in some orchestral strings with a synthesizer, Fairy Ring was complete. Rowland made duplicates on his home tape recorder and casually distributed them to friends and stores. From this innocent beginning, Fairy Ring spread worldwide to become one of the most enduring new age albums of all time; Shirley MacLaine immortalized the music on her video Inner Workout.
Rowland occasionally gives public concerts, and during a 1986 tour in The Hague, he signed on with Oreade Music, thus assuring his recordings worldwide marketing and distribution. Rowland, however, has never lost that mystical innocence and charm. His album roster includes Piesces (1990), Within the Light (1996), and My Elfin Friends (1999). Land of Hope and Dreams followed in early 2001.