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Dating (Mt.) Krystal Lake -feat. GODLESS BEAUTY
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A Park Ranger preps his favorite mountain for the upcoming Ski Season. The mountain, Krystal Lake, has a 'winter reputation'.
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An Experimental Project (Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra), and a Loose Funky Jammer (OSMOSIS). 2 separate sides, the very same dude.
Hello. Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is actually a One-Man Home Recording Project that has been my 'stress relief' (ha ha!), since about MAY, 1981. I'm from that first wave of DIY Cassette-Tapers ('analog'--and PROUD OF IT!). Hell, the majority of my material between '81 and '99 was done on the earliest large-model Casio Synthesizers (the MT-68, MT-400-V and MT-200), with a Yamaha thrown into the mix (on occasion). Recently, I've started posting my material on the web (after transfering it from cassette-tape to digital disc, and then to MP3---a very hard process, considering the AGE of some of the tapes). It was in these past 2 1/2 years on the web that I discovered that, despite the ridicule you're going to get, there IS an Audience for your music--no matter how different it is. I've been telling some of my friends and peers for years to NEVER get rid of ANY of their recordings, no matter how 'crappy' you were (of think you were), because having a 'Back Catalog' is a damn good thing. You MAY have been sitting on some GEMS, and not even know it. And, when I discovered that a 21-year-old jam I posted on MySpace recently ROCKED a lot of folks as far away as SCOTLAND and AFRICA (!), I felt pumped. It means that this was a 'dream' that came thru in the end.
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Rock • Progressive Rock
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Peak #291
Peak in subgenre #16
Author
L. Wise/M. Maconachy
Rights
2008
Uploaded
April 12, 2008
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MP3 4.9 MB • 128 kbps • 5:20
Story behind the song
It was an instrumental track from Matt Maconachy that served as the backing for this 'story song' about a Park Ranger and his mountain. I remixed that GODLESS BEAUTY instrumental to the point that it was still GODLESS BEAUTY, but at the same time a Cosmic Funk Orchestra-sounding piece (lots of editing, filtering, etc.). As for the story itself-- it was all I could come up with at the moment. Hell, I didn't even WRITE it down; just improvised it right on the spot. Even though this track WILL be listed as "OSMOSIS (feat. GODLESS BEAUTY)", because of it's story-song lyrics, it's primarily a Cosmic Funk Orchestra excursion (although with some sly OSMOSIS-type 'Humor' during the final verse). To ALL You Skiers And Winter-Sports Fanatics: ALL Mountains have TWO FACES---a "Spring Face", and a "Winter Face". And only the ballsiest skiers want that mountain when it puts on it's BEST "Winter Face"-- catch what I'm saying?! Oh well, time to get the STRETCHERS ready!! (heh heh!) UPDATE (Friday, February 12, 2016): Almost 8-Years-Later, THIS SONG--as well as the WHOLE "THE NEW RELIGION" album--is coming to iTunes. FINALLY.
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