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Today, January 1, 2012, would have been my father's 92nd birthday. Several years ago, I put together a DVD with hundreds of family photos that included a slide show with music I wrote just for the DVD. I picked a handful of photos and wrote a tune inspired by each.
The first was the photo, above, of my father when he was stationed in Alaska during World War II. My dad loved Alaska and was stationed there for the entirety of the war, but, at heart he was a Mississippi, very far away from home.
I posted another version of this several years ago, but I have gone in and remixed it in Logic, changed some of the percussion and added some woodwind parts, since the first version was entirely brass.
My love of music and my life long desire to make music comes in part from my dad's love of music and that is the single greatest thing he could have ever done for me.
The first was the photo, above, of my father when he was stationed in Alaska during World War II. My dad loved Alaska and was stationed there for the entirety of the war, but, at heart he was a Mississippi, very far away from home.
I posted another version of this several years ago, but I have gone in and remixed it in Logic, changed some of the percussion and added some woodwind parts, since the first version was entirely brass.
My love of music and my life long desire to make music comes in part from my dad's love of music and that is the single greatest thing he could have ever done for me.
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richard13
and foremost, Joe, it is a wonderful thing to be able to use your gifts to say thank you to a parent. I hope he had a chance to know what he means/meant to you. Well done, and thank you.