playlist artwork#12 this weekStorm-A-Comin'

by GingerTom

Tracks

1 12:08 262 listens
2 2:59 190 listens
3 7:52 141 listens
4 5:06 122 listens

About this album

  • Updated: 22/08/2011
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    • Wyatt: Arrangement.

My hearing still isn't back to normal (but it is better.) If Ludwig van Beethoven could compose completely deaf then who am I to complain about a slight loss. And, besides, I wanted to end this enforced vacation and get back to my vocation.

NOTE: This is the 'lite' version--the 'full' version will be up soon.  (Minutes, not days.)


NOTE NOTE: This was written as one track but the whole piece was too long and wasn't accepted for upload (40 minutes and 48 seconds in length) so I had to cut it up into four sections to get it to go--it's now reduced to approximately 28 minutes length in total (I obviously shortened it--I cut seven minutes from the fourth movement alone--but kept in the main themes) but hopefully it still makes sense when all four tracks are listened to one after the other--and they do say that sometimes less is more.  ;-) And, of course, I'll file away the complete original--maybe one day it will be heard the way it was meant to be.


The Original 40 Minute Length Setup:

An old man looks out over the land towards the horizon, bright rays of sunshine stab here and there through the dark, gathering clouds. "Storm-a-comin'," the man says to his grandson.  

"What kind of storm, Grandpa?" asks the boy.

"Can't likely reckon--but those clouds are real dark."          

(The piano/keyboard parts in 'Storm-A-Comin' portray a late-escaping vehicle having motor problems--which forces a convoy of other men, women and children fleeing towards the safety of the next town (called Insanity Woo) to leave without them. The occupants of the motor stay behind to fix the vehicle that contains all the possessions they could gather up in time.)

Throughout the piece you can hear the sound of other, faster, escaping vehicles racing passed the slower convoy.
 
The question is, will the loner be fast enough, reliable enough or will they be overtaken (like so many others) by what is advancing from the rear? (Denoted by the drum themes.)

The chase is on. The 'storm' has arrived...

The tracks of this album are published under a Creative Commons licence, check the licence associated to each track.

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Wolfsong.thePoet

WOW!!

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Wolfsong.thePoet • 2011-08-23 00:00:41

Wow . . . ambitious . . .big and dramatic and I love the story . . . (Now, GingerTom you just need to finish writing the story . . . get the producers to back you and make your movie . .. ) ;-D The mood is dramatic, dark and adventurous. . .. lots of apprehension is heard in these tracks giving it that BIG sound that is so great with large productions and movies. "Insanity Woo" . . . makes me think how silly we are about our possessions . . . so attached that we are willing to risk our lives . . . It made me think of all the people in the States, who need to flee their homes due to storms, fires, winds, etc . . . its hard! Of course if I think about what I would have to gather up . . . my two reluctant cats, their food .. .. water . . . food for me . .. clothes, blankets money fuel etc etc . . . "The Lone Vehicle" was so charming with the hurry up feel, the other vehicles passing, the slowness of the disabled vehicle, limping along . . anxiety and dread are a subtle feeling in this piece . . . And then that last piece . . . the end . . well that was very dramatic! Big BIG stuff! This artist is a story teller at heart and a good one at that . . and with the medium of electronic music is able to embellish and embroider a vivid tale . . I think this is my favorite album, so far, of GingerTom's . . . with its combination of emotions and feelings . .. the drama and the whimsey. . . all used and mixed so well in these pieces . . . And the chopping up of the 41 minute original was not cause for any harm but maybe gave it some distinctive features as each track was so unique . . . and the story was still well told . . Thank you for sharing your marvelous album . . . GingerTom . . . and I am looking forward to the next. . . and stay healthy!
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