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To Journey Over Ice
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My 8th song of FAWM 2010. A rather atmospheric guitar ballad.
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Jazz-influenced progressive rock.
artist is a middle and high school science teacher residing in Sterling, VA, USA. He switched to teaching after a career in medicinal chemistry. He is a member of the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation, a Native American tribe originally indigenous to the Southeastern United States. As a musician, he plays bass, guitar, Hammond organ, keys, and various drums. Many of these appear on his first album, , it focuses on a jazz-influenced rock sound; however, like , it is almost exclusively built using odd time signatures (such as 5/4 and 7/8). In this way, although it was born in a different world, it retains its connection to the past. One more move: this time to a new house. It was a difficult change, and out of the struggle was born a new sound. is just that: a collection of jazzy, funky, cool -- and most of all, original -- compositions. In addition to the works above, Bruce is also on , where he releases raw (unmixed) tracks from his albums and other works for use by remix artists.
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Charts
Peak #318
Peak in subgenre #96
Author
Bruce H. McCosar
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2010
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February 08, 2010
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MP3 4.9 MB 128 kbps 5:24
Story behind the song
My eighth song of FAWM 2010 was written in the dark. Two days ago, during the big snow storm that has so dominated my FAWM experience this year, the power went out for about 4 hours. Of course, participating in FAWM, it helps to have things like a computer, an internet connection . . . not to mention the ability to record. But when the power went out, I had more pressing concerns. First was heat. The night was expected to go down to 8°F. So my wife and I were sitting on the 1st floor (we have ground floor, 1st floor, and 2nd floor, so the second one up). She was quilting, I was practicing guitar. I do this game sometimes -- I have a deck of 12 cards, on which I've written the 12 possible chromatic notes. What I do is turn over a card, and play something from that starting point. In this case, I turned over F# (or Gb). I improvised the rest of the song. Well, no way to go record it. So I practiced it, played a few variations, then went on to something else. That evening, when the power came back on, I was busy finishing my recording of song #6. And yesterday, I already had set up the room to play congas, so went ahead on song #7. Then, today -- I remembered the song fairly well! So I've finally recorded it, 48 hours after first writing it, pretty much pulling it right out of memory. OK, the instruments: Breedlove Classical (Nylon String) guitar. ESP Ltd Bass. Hammond Organ. (Subtle work with it this time, playing high for an atmospheric effect.) Nord Rack 2X (the two synth voices). -- This song was composed and performed using natural rhythm only -- without a metronome, click track, or drum machine. "No Robots Allowed" is my theme, and here are the rules I'm following: http://bmccosar.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/the-robot-rules/
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