EARNEST WOODALL: Pictures in Mind

Earnest Woodall

Pictures in Mind

© 2002 Earnest Woodall (634479014369)

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Ambient New Age Jazz with influences from Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Brian Eno Terry Riley and Pauline Oliveros. This is a delightfully quirky set of different atmospheres.

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Music composed on this CD was inspired by a week in July 2001 when I found myself unexpectedly having extra time to visit local Museums in New York City & Long Island, NY. Deeply inspired by some of the greatest artwork in the world, I proceeded to compose & record my experience in the following month of August 2001

AMG REVIEW: Pictures in Mind by Earnest Woodall is a multifaceted and multi-talented multi-instrumentalist from Northport, NY. He has been recording music for multimedia events and installations for years. He visited art museums in New York City, including the Museum of Modern Art, and the paintings that he "viewed and admired" serve as the inspiration for Pictures in Mind. This is a delightfully quirky set of different atmospheres. It is definitely new age, and Woodall definitely uses electronics. He employs avant-garde structures and ambient/minimalist sensitivities. The compositions are lighthearted, and there is just the slightest hint of mischief. This wonderfully offbeat CD has few legitimate comparisons. The closest would be the efforts of the Beau Hunks and the Caribbean Dream CDs by Brannan Lane. ? All Music Guide - Jim Brenholts

Track Information
TR 1. Bohemia Lies by the Sea - Inspired by the art work of Anselm Kiefer was viewed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

TR 2. Ariadne - Inspired by the art work of Giorgio de Chirico was viewed The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

TR 3. The Hat Makes the Man - Inspired by the art work of Max Ernst was viewed at The Museum of Modern Art, NYC

TR 4. Stepping Out - Inspired by the art work of Roy Lichtenstein was viewed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

TR 5. 128 Details from a Picture - Inspired by the art work of Gerhard Richter was viewed at The Museum of Modern Art, NYC

TR 6. Sea Gulls - Inspired by the art work of Arthur G. Dove was viewed at Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington NY

TR 7. Report from Rockport - Inspired by the art work of Stuart Davis was viewed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

TR 8. Autumn Rhythm (# 30) - Inspired by the art work of Jackson Pollock was viewed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

TR 9. Evening - Inspired by the art work of Georges-Pierre Seurat was viewed & admired at The Museum of Modern Art, NYC

TR 10. The Mystic Portal - Inspired by the art work of Joe Constantino was viewed at Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington NY

TR 11. The Mountain - Inspired by the art work of Balthus was viewed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

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  • tati and zappa would
    author: Axel Vonkollar

    have a ball with this, and so do all we who are blessed hearing this masterful jewel of artistry and humor, a music that talks a tale and walks a path all its own to describe the joy of art and wonder, thank you mr woodall, but not in all earnestness, for the pleasure, i am sure, was from your very own source!

  • This album is a brave and inspired effort.
    author: BELOW THE SURFACE

    Whenever IÍm sent a concept album I am reluctant to play it, IÍm not against the concept (!), unfortunately practically everyone IÍve heard has been abysmal. Once EarnestÍs CD starting playing, for once, I breathed a sigh of relief. 11 works of art viewed in galleries around New York City by Mr. Woodall inspire ?Pictures in mindî. The music is laid back, instrumental, with tinges of classical and jazz, played on a mixture of live and synthesised instruments, I assume solely by Earnest himself. Whilst the music is pleasant and for the most part original. I listened to the music whist viewing photos of as many of the paintings mentioned possible and am pleased to say that Earnest has done a good job in recreating the feel of the paintings in musical forms. ?The Hat makes the manî for example is bouncing and chirpy, with a dash of eccentricity, much like the painting, which comprises of an assortment of hats and coloured bars. Again the song inspired by Jackson PollockÍs ?Autumn Rhythm (#30)î has a jumpy, wandering cross of musical melodies but with an overall conservativeness, akin to the painting full of random splashes of autumnal like colours. Setting aside the similar sound of a few of the songs and an over reliance on some instruments, overall this album is a brave and inspired effort.

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