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Welcome to Vinyl Art’s Groovy Portraits: Volume 1 eBook!
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The Outer Groove.................................................................
The Beatles..................................................................................David Byrne..................................................................................Peter Gabriel..............................................................................Jimi Hendrix................................................................................Syd Barrett....................................................................................Grace Slick...................................................................................Led Zeppelin..............................................................................Jim Morrison...............................................................................Santana............................................................................................John Lennon..............................................................................Freddie Mercury.....................................................................Miles Davis....................................................................................Smashing Pumpkins.........................................................Kurt Cobain..................................................................................Matt Johnson............................................................................Ozzy Osbourne........................................................................
The Inner Groove..................................................................
Track Listing
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DISCLOSURE: This free eBook is made possible in part thanks to Amazon affiliate links.
Listeners,
When I started painting my Vinyl Art portraits, a fantasy of mine was to create enough good pieces for a coffee-table book. This eBook is perhaps an even better realization of that dream.
It’s interactive. So not only do I get to share my favorites, but I also get to show you why their music means so much to me. Each portrait has links to a YouTube video or group of videos and
to the album I love most available to listen to and buy on Amazon. What a world. So now if this ever does get printed, it’ll have to come with a CD or something to share the links!
I hope you enjoy this very personal collection of cultural creativity. Waking up with a song in my head, and falling back asleep with it, music has been very important to who I am, to who I have been. The sequence of the tracks follows roughly the order in time which the music has influenced my life. It’s my musical biography, if you will.
Don’t skip the inner groove!
Daniel EdlenCreator, Vinyl Art
The Outer Groove
The
Bea
tles:
E
MI
My love for music started because of my dad’s love for music. And for The Beatles.
“Revolver” started it all, a Capitol pressing that my dad opened with care, leaving the original shrink wrap intact.
What else is there to say?
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Talk
ing
Hea
ds:
St
op M
akin
g S
ense
, Sire
The Talking Heads’ “Burning Down The House” is fresh every time I hear it, which has been many.
Haunting eyes belie a haunting spirit in David Byrne.
Quirky and a bit weird, the beats still reach deep.
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Pete
r G
abrie
l: S
o, G
effen
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ord
s
Hitting the “Big Time” right when I got into music, Peter Gabriel’s solo career and work with Genesis aches with passion.
Innovative, yet true to the emotional soul of the rhythm, the power of his creation gives me chills. Chills.
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The
Jim
i Hen
drix
Exp
erie
nce:
Ar
e Yo
u Ex
per
ienc
ed?,
Rep
reis
e R
ecor
ds
What can you say?
He made music rise from a flaming guitar.
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Pin
k Fl
oyd
: R
elic
s, C
apito
l Rec
ord
s
Crazy dark.
Brilliant spark.
Pink Floyd’s early work was, is and will always be fresh, revolutionary. Nothing ever quite like it, in my opinion.
Thanks to Syd.
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Jeffe
rson
Airp
lane
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rrea
listic
Pillo
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CA
Vict
or
I think she once said she kind of just shouted.
Well whatever you call Grace Slick’s singing, she made Jefferson Airplane’s harmony work. That’s my opinion.
Moments of their music get me every time.
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Led
Zep
pel
in, A
tlant
ic R
ecor
ds
British blues prog rock.
The best.
With Bonzo?
Effin’ ineffable.
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The
Doo
rs:
The
Doo
rs, E
lekt
ra R
ecor
ds
Writhing like the king snake, Mr. Mojo Risin’ captivates in every sense of the word, with every human sense.
How do you achieve legendary status?
Ask him, but maybe don’t follow his lead.
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San
tana
: Ab
raxa
s, C
olum
bia
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ord
s
The wail of his guitar flying above the brilliant percussion and searing organ, Santana seems a modern day big band leader of sorts.
The cacophony of sound somehow resolves into uncontrollable dance.
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John
Len
non/
Pla
stic
Ono
Ban
d:
Imag
ine,
Ap
ple
Rec
ord
s
Perhaps the most simultaneously guarded and unguarded of musicians, Lennon defines beautiful.
Popishly exquisite and soulfully bare, the human creativity he put forth astounds.
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Que
en:
Gre
ates
t Hits
, Hol
lyw
ood
Rec
ord
s
Yes, I picture Wayne, Garth and friends head-banging to “Bohemian Rhapsody”, and I do think about Highlander, the series, listening to “Who Wants To Live Forever”.
So basically, Queen rocks.
Plain and simple.
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Mile
s D
avis
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itche
s B
rew
, Col
umb
ia/L
egac
y
Trumpet aimed at the ground, back hunched, Miles was the epitome of conciseness with his controlled explosions of expression.
“Birth of the Cool” indeed.
His version of Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez” caught me. And never let go.
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Sm
ashi
ng P
ump
kins
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ames
e D
ream
, Virg
in R
ecor
ds
Listening to Siamese Dream, I’m back in high school.
Corgan’s voice and guitar both fuzzy as our emotions as teens.
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Nirv
ana:
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ever
min
d, D
GC
Like Morrison, Cobain’s music became more powerful in his dramatic absense.
With a flash, his piercing eyes and tortured voice laid bare his soul.
And then he was gone.
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The:
In
fect
ed, E
pic
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A friend introduced me to The The back in high school with the release of “Dusk”.
If you’ve heard it, I don’t need to say anything. If you haven’t, there’s nothing I can say.
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Ozz
y O
sbou
rne:
B
ark
at th
e M
oon,
Ep
ic R
ecor
ds
In metal, there are gods.
Then there is Ozzy.
The man died twice.
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The Inner Groove
*click*click*click*
Ah, the sound of the needle reaching the end of the side. What’s on the B-side?
Volume 2! The second half of my musical biography starts with music from my life with my wife and features special artists like Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Eminem among others. Subscribe here to be one of the first to get the flipside free.
Plus, receive a special 10% discount on a Vinyl Art commission of your own when you subscribe. Sweet!
Thank you for listening. Now, what would your musical life look like?
Peace.
Daniel
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