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MIHRAS GIHTAROS KASETAY| the altered english pronunciation of a Lithuanian phrase meaning |Dead Guitar Cassette|_ 
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This composition features four movements built around a handful of field recordings of an abandoned out-of-tune guitar_these guitar recordings become the unique source for texture/ melody/ and digital manipulation heard throughout the composition_ 
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this composition adheres to the STIR method of simultaneous recording and composing_in short/ the STIR |Single Take Improvisational Recording| Method allows the listener to be more active and participatory in experience of absorbing the record_the STIR Method/ one finds/ lends itself to illustrate nuance/ chance/ chaos/ and the elusive present better than traditional planned or orchestrated ambient compositions_ 
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three of the four compositions |save ŽMOGUS| are free of traditional synthesizers/ and instead are sonically assembled from various digital processing techniques and manipulations of the unique source material field recordings_ 
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all tracks were edited on a combination of Logic Pro X and a Fostex Multitracker X-55 four-track audio cassette recorder_ 
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instruments/software include| Breedlove Guitar/ Savanah Banjo/ Lone Star Banjo/ Heritage Guitar/ PaulStretch/ accSone crusher-X/ soft mallet/ wire brush 
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DEDGUTER 
source material: guitar/ banjo/ mandolin/ baby Margot 
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SHEPETEYLIH-O SHEPETEES 
source material| guitar/ soft mallet/ wire brush 
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3STRINGSHANG 
source material| 3 strings |E/ A/ D| hanging on the golden drawer handle in the catio/ mandolin/ banjo 
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ŽMOGUS 
source material| guitar|s|/ tibetan singing bowl synth 
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recorded June 2019/boulder/CO

MIHRAS GIHTAROS KASETAY

F5_120/ how when one sleeps/ one dreams

E5_90/ how one ruminates in bed late at night

D5_100/ how one is shaped by the workplace

C5_80/ how one prepares for work

B5_70/ how morning breaks for all

/multi-media_colorfield_artist
/S_T_I_R method : single_take_impromptu_recording
/synths_guitar_microsound-programming_field-recording_tape-loops

NAVIŠKIE [nah-vish-key]