Tag: Music

S_V_H The Logical Song 1st image

Published on by Scott Von Holzen

This first image of The Logical Song shows a mix of colors I saw watching a live performance.

Live performance of The Logical Song

I do not remember this song, released in 1979, or even the group Supertramp. Checking my Liked Songs playlist on Spotify (now at 2,353) I see that over the years I added four Supertramp songs: Bloody Well Right, Goodbye Stranger, Give A Little Bit and Take the Long Way Home. I added The Logical Song four days ago. In my search for my next project what probably caught my ear was this music’s chorus heard on a random Spotify playlist on the computer.

The verses for this music are mostly 8th notes. A big change occurs in the chorus. The music flow switches, adding half and whole notes that slow the music. Right away, my thinking was that those longer notes would work nice with string instruments, adding depth, volume change, and drama all under a minute. Since I am continuing with these small size projects (abhorring the thought of doing any major work) finding music that I can do a shorten cover, that is an easy listen, has nice lyrics, and is not music from the sixties, makes for a good choice for a mini project.

Scott Von Holzen

S_V_H Final image Wichita Lineman

Published on by Scott Von Holzen
Wichita Lineman ≈ L54.25″xH38″xD6.5″
Showing both Fast Car and Wichita Lineman and talking art.

I think this first final version of the music for this music box is good enough to go to video. But later I knew in the past I have never settled for the first version of anything. I think the quality of this attached later fits this music box much better.

Latest version of the music for Wichita Lineman

What surprised me with this latest artwork is the obvious size difference between the 30 inch canvas of Fast Car and the 40 inch Wichita Lineman. The advantage for me is that I have a lot more room on the main canvas for the speaker boxes and the sound system. On the smaller mini works, everything gets pressed together, which works, but having extra room is convenient.

I also struggle with the main color scheme for this artwork. Then end results is not as flashy as Dan Monkey, or even Fast Car, but the chosen colors go along with the music and the artist, Glen Compbell preferences of this outstanding song.

Not sure what my next music project will be. There is not a new musical piece humming in my head, saying “I’m next.” Hopefully, on my walks listening to some of my 2,343 LIKE songs, something will pop into my head and remind me who is next.

ARC gallery Application

Side Note: I have three sites on the internet to show off this art. One of those sites is my members’ site which is EmptyWallsArt. This website offers me the unique opportunity to promote the selling of this art. Recently, I have updated my page to what I believe is the needed next level of information that is required to push this art out of of its current limited environment and into a gallery that supports artists. I believe this will be the destination of this art. I just would like it to be in my lifetime. I found this break through this in step 2 of a call for artist application listed by the ARC gallery in Chicago. In bold font I then created my version of these documents: Artist Statement, Describe your work, Exhibition Statement, & Explain why you are seeking a solo exhibition. All the documents, including my first version of Artist Statement, Describe your work, Exhibition Statement, and Explain why you are seeking a solo exhibition, along with my resume CV, BIO, Websites links, and FAQ, are available for viewing at EmptyWallsArt.

Scott Von Holzen

S_V_H Wichita Lineman first image

Published on by Scott Von Holzen
Wichita Lineman 40 inches main canvas.

I could be wrong, but I doubt many people under 30 years ever heard of this song or Glen Campbell. Of course I knew of it and have liked this song to this day. Although my first contacts with music was country (think Hank Williams) my first genuine connection to music was folk music. As a pre-teen I was more into pop songs I liked (Speedy Gonzales by Pat Boone). Even in college, my music tastes remained on the conservative side. I remember then ( as I still am now) being all in on The Beatles, but turned away from Led Zeppelin. I believe in my last year or so of college, in Madison, I finally began appreciating the rock music of Jimi Hendrix, Cream (I bought the album Wheels of Fire), and The Who, for examples. Of course in my later college years I also began developing a feeling for classical and a passion for the Blues.

Wikipedia chart (1968-1969) for Wichita Lineman

Here are two videos of Glen Campbell singing live Wichita Lineman. I chose my base colors (Red Oxide, Silver, and Cobalt Blue) used in this music box from these two videos.

This live performance was from The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Here is a 2008 live later version by Glen Campbell.

When I looked for Wichita Lineman on YouTube, I came across an opinion video by Rick Beato, who currently has over 4 million subscribers, including myself. That video confirmed my choice to use this music for another mini artwork.

Later I found this interview of Jim Web who wrote Wichita Lineman
James Taylor cover of Wichita Lineman. I dated this video around 2021
Rolling Stone500 greatest songs of all time (actually from the 1940s to the two-thousands)

Jolene, by Dolly Parton at number 63 is the only song that I thought for sure was country music, that ranked higher. I believe these two should change places on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs.

As a note to myself, this is the fifth in the series of mini artworks. They are all, for convenience’s sake, based on the same basic model. Well, I am getting bored with this repeating process. I am going to stay small, but I need a fresh approach to creating/building these small works (within the reasoning and parameters I set for these mini works).

Scott Von Holzen