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Heartbeat of the Desert
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Seventh song of FAWM 2009. This answers the 'time signature change' challenge from Week Two -- the main part is a groove in 11/4, and the contrast part slides into a more traditional 4/4 pattern.
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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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Peak #1,358
Peak in subgenre #151
Author
Bruce H. McCosar
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February 11, 2009
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MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 3:13
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This was the most difficult song I've done so far. Not because of the music -- because of the lack of time. I've had a number of setbacks and restarts on this particular project, which didn't help. However, I finally made it. I posted a bit of the story behind the song to my music blog: Heartbeat of the Desert Unlike my previous six songs, I didn't have time to go into too much compositional detail. Song #7 took me three days to finish -- I'm just ready to move on. *New*: This song was eventually remixed and made part of my sixth Jamendo album, In Unexpected Places.
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