I found an old CD-R in a box of stuff and these are 4 of the 11 tracks on that CD-R.

They were all recorded between 2000-2002 on my family's PC. I think I used FruityLoops for a good portion, although I remember using some other software as well.

I think the only other humans who ever heard it were 1) my high school girlfriend and 2) my parents, by proximity, as I may have not used headphones for everything.

I remember these sort of straddling the line between a joke and actually exploring "serious" ideas I had at the time. The techno elements — I think that was still a term in the very beginning of the 2000s — were sort of like me walking into a novelty hat store and trying on a funny hat. 

There's a big freedom in that, one that you give up when you pick out a hat as "the hat you wear in real life."

joshoakley