Jorge Rayos is the place he belongs, creating music for the world to listen to. (PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ORLANDO HEALTH)
Jorge Rayos marks time along with his phrases and his music.
At 18, his clock ticks quicker than most. He has been recognized with osteosarcoma, a extremely aggressive type of bone most cancers. Although scarred, Jorge is hardly damaged.
He finds function in an idea album he created, primarily based on the Arthurian legend and romance of Queen Guinevere, the spouse of King Arthur and the lover of her husband’s greatest knight, Sir Lancelot du Lac.
A current launch get together at Orlando Well being Arnold Palmer Hospital for Kids celebrated the discharge of the album, that includes a 9 track collection entitled “Guinevere.”
“I hope lots of people take heed to it as a result of it’s a bit of artwork that I made,” he stated. “What most artists need is to be seen. I do know I made one thing actually good, and I shared it with people who find themselves near me.”
Jorge performed the complete album for his mom, father, two sisters, girlfriend, and workforce members on the hospital earlier than its launch. They have been there to rejoice and honor his achievement. Smiles, balloons, and picture ops have been plentiful.
“Somebody printed out these papers with my album cowl on it, and nurses have been coming to ask me for autographs,” Jorge stated. “It made me really feel like I used to be well-known, which I believed was very nice of them.”
The sensation was mutual amongst those that attended the launch get together.
“This is without doubt one of the many examples of how our workforce members go above and past for our sufferers,” stated Cary D’Ortona, president of Orlando Well being Arnold Palmer Hospital for Kids and senior vice chairman of Orlando Well being. “I’m so glad that a lot of Jorge’s care workforce and relations could possibly be there to rejoice his unimaginable expertise and legacy.”
The album marks the fruits of a creative pursuit that started on the age of 10, when Jorge began taking guitar classes. He labored with a instructor for a month earlier than nurturing his musical muse on his personal phrases, growing his type by instructing himself chords and how one can finger decide.
“After that it was me instructing myself,” he stated. “In highschool, I took keyboard classes and began writing songs.”
He additionally began writing poetry. “Songwriting is mainly poetry to music,” he stated.
He recorded all of the devices and vocals on the album, which was launched Oct. fifteenth and is out there on Spotify, Apple Music, and different platforms.
Jorge’s studio time was granted by Make-A-Want Central & Northern Florida. Jorge spent three days—10 hours every day—creating the album at a neighborhood recording studio in Orlando. “All the things you hear on the album is me,” Jorge stated.
Mentioned Anne Cuba, president & CEO of Make-A-Want Central & Northern Florida: “We have been so grateful to have the ability to grant Jorge’s want and to offer him a platform to share his voice and fervour for music with the world. He’s such a proficient particular person and seeing pictures of him within the studio felt so pure—prefer it was the place he belonged.”
He does belong. And his work can be timeless.
“It doesn’t matter what occurs,” he stated, “I’m actually happy with what I made.”
