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The JPEG of Dorian Gray
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My second song from FAWM 2009, based on the 'write a song about a picture' challenge. I tried to make this one folksy but ethereal, combining DADGAD 12-string guitar with Hammond organ and synth sounds.
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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 #339
Peak in subgenre #49
Author
Bruce H. McCosar
Uploaded
February 02, 2009
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MP3 3.9 MB 128 kbps 4:18
Story behind the song
The title is a reference to the fact that every time you save a photograph as a .jpg, it gets re-encoded and recompressed -- that is, every time, the photo loses something. I thought, What would the modern version of the story of Dorian Gray be? Someone who wishes that the pictures on their Facebook page would age instead of themselves? That was the concept behind the song. I played it as if it were the opening credits and titles for a movie of the same name. Update: If you're a guitarist, you might be interested in the chords I used for this song. I played in DADGAD tuning, and I posted the compositon information on my music blog: The JPEG of Dorian Gray
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