“SAVE YOUR TEARS” RECORDED and PERFORMED by JOSEPH SALAZAR
PHOTO by ISMAEL QUINTANILLA III
MASTERED BY KEVIN BUTLER at TEST TUBE AUDIO

Save Your Tears

“PLAINSONG”
cover of THE CURE song by JOSEPH SALAZAR
PHOTO by ISMAEL QUINTANILLA III

Written by The Cure (Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Lawrence Tolhurst, Boris Williams, and Roger O'Donnell)
Performed and recorded by Joseph Salazar

Plainsong

This is a cover of the song "By This River" from Brian Eno's album Before and After Science.

Here we are
Stuck by this river
You and I
Underneath a sky that's ever falling down, down, down
Ever falling down

Through the day
As if on an ocean
Waiting here
Always failing to remember why we came, came, came
I wonder why we came

You talk to me
As if from a distance
And I reply
With impressions chosen from another time, time, time
From another time

released September 9, 2022
Written by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius and Hans Roedelius
Recorded and performed by Joseph Salazar
Mastered by Max Lorenzen
Artwork by formlessandforming

By This River

"The Main Sequence" | written by Joseph Salazar
credits
released December 22, 2023

Recorded by Joseph Salazar

Mando Lopez: bass guitar
Dani Neff: guitar, including swirly ebow ambience
Joseph Salazar: synthesizers, including Minimoog Voyager, Oberheim Matrix-1000, Roland JX-3P, Native Instruments FM8, Native Instruments Massive, Nord Lead 2x, plus Mellotron strings and drum samples

Mastered by Max Lorezen at Rare Ear

The Main Sequence

Most of the time, when I am writing music, I like to explore many different sounds from different instruments. As a fun experiment, I decided I wanted to record a song using only 3 synthesizers, and for some reason I decided I would use only ‘80s synth sounds and effects. I chose the Roland JX-3P, the Korg MS-20 (reissue), and samples from the CMI Fairlight (from the Vogel CMI app on my iPhone). For delays and reverbs, I bought a used Alesis MIDIVerb II effects unit off of eBay. Mainly because it was really cheap, but also, I heard that My Bloody Valentine has used one of these in their music. I did use a few other effects from Ableton Live just for mixing, like EQ and compression. I think this also might be the first song in a long time that I have recorded without using a sequencer for any of the instruments in this song. Every part was actually performed by me and not programmed. Thanks again to @cartergreeves for mastering.

Generation Loss

five ELECTRONIC COMPOSITIONS 
written & recorded by JOSEPH SALAZAR

Everything on this album was recorded on my laptop at home, Switched On in Austin, TX and Elmwood Recording in Dallas, TX.

Our Virtual Reality

The Moment When The Speed Of All Objects Moving Apart Becomes Infinite

Reality IV

Reality III

Reality II

Reality I

Mostly synthesizers, sometimes guitar, bass and more. I also have written and performed music in the bands Technicolor Hearts, Eternal Time & Space and Death Is Not a Joyride. You can hear some of the music I write alone here.

JOSEPH SALAZAR

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