As 2018 wind down, I like to reflect on my 31 MerMay illustrations! I will for sure try Tom Bancroft’s art challenge again. So here is a throwback Thursday video on all my mermaids! Hope you enjoy! #mermay2018 #mermay #throwbackthursday #mermaids #mermaidArt #artChallenge #illustrations #drawing #watercolor #cuteArt #fantasyArt #cartoon #LesBaxter #TomBancroft #instaArt #endOfTheYear #dreampigment #🧜🏻♀️ https://www.instagram.com/p/BroV3IWlQLB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r2j242a3k7tq
Picked up a new vinyl today! Les Baxter - The Soul Of The Drums. A reissue pressed thick & green. #LesBaxter #Exotica #Lounge #Tiki #Vinyl https://www.instagram.com/p/CeKsjEXADR0QchR7NPcTFtcYeHaGhMPUhi4IlI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Feeling the beat with Les Baxter’s Skins! #Vinyl #Vintage #Retro #LesBaxter #Tiki #HighFidelity #BongoParty https://www.instagram.com/p/CdCjZe7uvlMTF__6R1FM9V2OCr7jnW8ZCX54Zc0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
For one, getting to work on my own original music full-time was a first. Also, I had time to hone my cooking skills in the kitchen every night, have some park hangs with friends, and I got to know my neighbors better.
But here in New York City, the first several months of the pandemic from March through the summer were exhausting and anxiety ridden. When you live in the largest city in America, in a notoriously noisy neighborhood, it's weird when the only thing you hear is silence mixed with sirens. And I mean a constant barrage of sirens.
And you know it's pretty much all people suffering from Covid in those ambulances, many of which were being transported away from their loved ones to their death beds, then into refrigerated trucks parked outside hospitals because morgues are full.
This will do a number on your psyche when it goes on for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 3-4 months outside your window.
こんな状態が1日どころか1週間、3〜4ヶ月って続いたら、さすがにメンタルやられちゃうよ。
I am a huge fan of exotica music, and one of the things exotica does is whisk you away to another world. Listening to this music was healing for me during this period. Especially when the government stimulus money showed up and I could splurge on more exotica LP's!
For those of you unfamiliar with this odd genre of music, it popped up in the early 1950's as a style of easy listening that romanticized the tropics, Asia, and without any real knowledge of what music from those parts of the world sound like. It’s kind of a mix of jazz harmony and latin rhythms with bird calls and a lot of world percussion.
And very relaxing. Mostly, the songs are slow. So putting on headphones and drowning out the sirens with an Albert Harris arrangement of 'Out of This World' from Les Baxter's 'Caribbean Moonlight' took the edge off and helped to reset the brain."
でね、聞いてたらすごいリラックスするの。ほとんどの曲はスローだし。だからヘッドホン着けて、救急車のサイレンをかき消すようにレス・バクスターの『Carribbean Moonlight』、なかでもアルバート・ハリスがアレンジした『Out of the World』なんか聞いてたら気持ちがスーッと解れてきて、頭を休めるのにちょうどよかった。」
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#recordoftheday #LesBaxter "The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter" @capitolrecords #UltraLounge series 2X CD pressing master composer and arranger Les Baxter (1922-1996) was capable of creating both light and dark moods in his extensively extensive catalog #exotica #loungemusic #soundtracks (at Mad River Valley) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK45yYeMiG2/?igshid=haxg2fix367
