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music is ...

and if you wanna lead the orchestra --
you might just have to turn your back on the crowd.
--
Bootsy Collins, N-Yo City

Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.
--
Hunter S. Thompson

-=-

the geek behind the curtain: all shots and layers in this photo assemblage were taken candidly by myself with a hand-held point-and-shoot camera, the free "open source" graphics manipulation tool called GIMP.

this was a candid shot of local musician Greg Ostrander, who i met back in march of this year, super-imposed on some NYC buildings i took from my 12th-story hotel room in April 2013, super-imposed on clouds, brighted up with a rainbow colored lawn ornament, radial spikes i built in GIMP, and multi-colored "sparks" on 2 extra layers. added some extra "glow" around the edges of Greg so he'd stand out more.

and music?

yes. it's true. i am a serious consumer.

Taken on: November 30, 2014

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Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. -- Kurt Vonnegut

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Camera: Canon PowerShot SX30 IS, f/4.5, 1/1250 sec, 4.3mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	4.3mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	+0.33 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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