George Winston - "Graceful Ghost"

George Winston One of the music websites where music2work2’s CDs are available is Last.fm. A feature of Last.fm is that they give you the names of other musicians whose music is similar to your own.

George Winston is listed as a musician similar to music2work2. I really like his music, and I agree that it reminds me of music2work2 sessions. One of George Winston’s songs that is my favorite is “Graceful Ghost.” In fact, I like it so much I had to buy it.

The tempo of this piece is sort of medium/fast; to me it almost has a “ragtime” feel. In light of the tempo, when I first listened to it, I expected it to conjure up feelings of happiness and lightness. However, the image that comes to my mind while listening to this song is of saying goodbye, perhaps to a good friend. It is sort of a bittersweet goodbye, not final in that two friends will never see each other again, but just the sadness that comes from separation from someone you care about and enjoy being with.

It is a lovely melody, and of course, is beautifully performed by George Winston. I really like it a lot. In spite of my above statement as to the image it evokes, it doesn’t leave me with feelings of sadness, more a state of mellowness and contemplation. I definitely recommend checking it out.

Abbey Road

I used to live on Abbey Road - had an apartment just up from the Beatle's studio's – it was a groovy time. Abbey Road

Having been through an intense period of musical turmoil - here's my new band:


Rockband with Abbey Road on 12seconds.tv

Day 2 - More Frustration but that's a good thing...

So - I almost hit yesterday's target of having my resume finished.  It is close and I reckon I'll have it by mid-morning.  I am going to apply to Fanscape for their Social Media Marketing Manager position- it looks right up my alley - we'll see - at this point it all comes down to fit. I still need to get through the list - I was working on a background image for andrewmccluskey.com the other day - still working on getting a groovy looking texture that conveys the idea of music but yet enables clean delivery of text - not there yet but here's where I'm at: Background Concepts for andrewmccluskey.com

Musically I took another crack at Frustration today - this time at 173 bpm - pace wise it is subjectively a little slower than the 61 bpm and 199 bpm that I was playing with earlier in the week - I like this string pass too - I'm still working on the middle section and this one comes out a little short - but I'm liking the direction.

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No post tomorrow morning as I'm off to write with Kelli - but back on it Thursday.