She Wrote Darkly

THIS HAS ALL BECOME A MESS ABOUT ME, POWER, AND REMAINING COMMITMENTS. IT ALL UNFOLDS INTO A PILE. THE STRATEGY I USE TO BECOME COMMITTED TO THAT PILE IS THE MESS ABOUT ME.

-David Lawerence explaining Bougainvillea flowers and their various colors, Van Nuys, California
-Live street band jam, DF, Mexico
-Dogs barking at the dog pound, Ankara, Turkey
-My voice chatting about exercise, sex, gender, and commitment, Washington DC

-Recorded with Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Field Recorder
-Edited and manipulated with Adobe Audition

COMMITTED STRATEGIES BECOME POWER

-audio waiting room on the phone, SSS, LA
-a moment of symbols and drums extracted and repeated from a parade that happened upon me as I was walking to a bakery to get a piece of baklava, Chinatown, LA
-a buddy reciting from(I'm waiting to remember and I'll edit this post when I do).....when he stayed for nine days at SSS, Alias Books, Atwater Village, LA
-my voice slowed down describing and ranting with regards to my fears, past beliefs, and studio practice while walking up Sunset BLVD from Chinatown to Echo Park, LA
-my voice sped up and it's tone heightened to repeat a joke phrase that errupted out of a three night all nighter install job at the Goethe Institute in DC, regarding needing two inches of tape, Alias Books, Atwater Village, LA

-Recorded with Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Field Recorder
-Edited and manipulated with Adobe Audition

NEW ME TOO YOU DO GIMME GIMME TWO

My Clumsy Me USES WORDS, GOALS, and FREEFORM HIKING UP THAT MOUNTAIN. UP AND UP AND UP FOREVER. YOU CAN DO IT WHILE STILL KNOWING THAT A PILE OF ROCKS SYMBOLIZES DESTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION ALL WITHIN ONE FORM.

-me reciting from a variety of pieces I wrote over a few years. I've  combined them to potentially sound like one cohesive rant/poem. Late night bathroom hang @ SSS, LA
-A live recording chopped up a bit of Sovereigner and I playing a synth together. HQ, Echo Park, LA

-Recorded with Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Field Recorder
-Edited and manipulated with Adobe Audition

MY CLUMSY ME with SOVEREIGNER

-a record getting started, SSS, LA
-street sounds and music from a car, Downtown, LA
-a man expressing his views, Chinatown, LA
-orchestral sample from a song called Leylim Ley, SSS, LA
-me busting out bismillah al rahman al rahim followed by an expression of a past love, SSS, LA
-car horns heading towards a dance hall to celebrate a young boy's sunnet, Elazig, Turkey
-a stretched and elongated sample of Ibrahim Tatlises whaling from the song Leylim Ley, SSS, LA

-Recorded with Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Field Recorder
-Edited and manipulated with Adobe Audition

I DO SEE AND SO DO YOU

-a group of happy drunk folks singing along, Gold Room, Echo Park, Los Angeles
-ice cream truck, childrens laughter, and passing cars, HQ, Echo Park, Los Angeles
-Sovereigner warming up for band practice on the synth, HQ Echo Park, Los Angeles
-a simple beat made with Auxy then further manipulated In Audition, HQ Echo Park, Los Angeles
-a speech during the Grammys regarding musician rights and copyright issues, TV at HQ, Echo Park, Los Angeles

-Recorded with Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Field Recorder
-Edited and manipulated with Adobe Audition

ABOUT MORE THAN TIME with SOVEREIGNER

Our basic sounds compiled and simply placed next to one another. I did so with a sense of urgency while also realizing Jodeci's, Feenin really is a blues song too.
-traffic that sounds like a beach, Los Angeles, CA
-escalator whale blues sounds, Union Station, Washington DC
-ambulance, Bursa, Turkey
-acoustic, Me, SSS, Los Angeles, CA
-kids playing, Echo Park Lake, Los Angeles, CA

-Recorded with Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Field Recorder
-Edited and manipulated with Adobe Audition

OUR BASIC SOUNDS

signal message exchange between me and Gabe. 

messages song

Phoney Tingy W Bb

AUDIO FROM A BEAT MACHINE APP AND MY CINE NERD STUDIO MATES SINGING ON A CAR RIDE HOME. THIS TRACK ACCOMPANIES A MOVIE THAT IS COMPRISED OF MOVIE CAPTIONS RANDOMLY ARRANGED. https://youtu.be/aUW3VtWgCHM

CAPTION SINGER

The word falling recorded onto my phone fr various sources and edited together with an echo. 

ALL FALLING.mp3

Sounds are found then arranged. I know all is approachable and nothing ever returns. So I pull forward this push of outsider sight and sound. Most everything is recorded using a Zoom H2n Handheld Recorder, Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Field Recorder or a Tascam DR-05 Digital Stereo Recorder or my phone(whatever I'm using, iphone or google). And everything is edited and manipulated with Adobe Audition, unless otherwise noted(phone apps).

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