Whoa, it's been a long time since I uploaded a track. What's wrong with me

Severed Arm

I'm trying this new thing where I am supposed to finish what I start instead of abandoning tracks when the going gets rough. I have a truly shameful number of unfinished tracks on my hard drive so I'm trying to curb that habit. Anyway, I wanted to bail on this track early on but I powered through and I'm happy I got it done.

Life In All Its Worth

Found this in my old files and I liked it so I decided to share. It was recorded on a Saturday afternoon back in December, 2013. I somehow managed to get this done with my son playing around me. It's all improvised but I edited out extended moments of silence because to keep the piece moving.  

This is mostly acoustic guitar into an Electro Harmonix 2880 looper. I used Thumbjam on iOS for the string sounds. 

Oh, Saturday Afternoon

Part of my "finish what you start" series. 

This began in the usual manner: an improvisational jam using bunch of gear running into Ableton Live: 

Octatrack
Korg EMX
Yamaha PSS 680
Electric guitar 

After recording my freakout session, I cut it down into a structure I liked. Then I added vocals (my original improv vocals weren't to my liking this time) and a little extra keyboard stuff.

This song is based on a dream I had last week.

Shared Nightmares

I really like dissonance and making a spectacle of my inability to play guitar. 

Whiskey Headache

An old track recorded in December of 2013. For some reason, that was an extremely productive month for me. During that month, I had no expectations or goals with my recordings except to get them done so I could go to bed.

Heat Death Blues (2013)

I recorded "Death Suit" in Garageband on April 5, 2014. Earlier this month, I re-discovered it and tried to finish it. After fussing with it a bit, I decided it was Octatrack time. The Octatrack is a torture chamber where I send songs that refuse to submit to my will. 

Death Suit (Custom Tailored)

This is an edit of a 'live' improvisation recorded on March 25, 2015. I used an Octatrack, Korg EMX-1, Yamaha PSS-680, electric guitar and my voice. Everything was recorded into Ableton in one live session and then edited. 

I did not try to remain faithful to the flow of the original improvisation.  I treated it more like a narrative - things were cut and tweaked to fit the story.  

Know Smoak

Here's a track from a project I will probably never finish. It is called "The Body is Evidence of the Spirit" and it's all stuff like this: field recordings, light synth stuff and abused samples. 

The artwork was drawn by my wife. You can find more of her stuff on her internet places:

http://www.tamisery.com/
https://instagram.com/tamiserystreet/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tamisery/489246547791396?__nodl

The Author Dies Penniless and Alone

Noises and sounds from various sources. Some recorded with a Zoom H2N and some recored with my phone. Once you dump it all on a laptop and fuck with it everything sounds the same anyway. I'm trying to be positive.

The artwork was done by my wife. She doesn't listen to my music at all but I think her art nails it anyway! Check out more of her work:

http://www.tamisery.com/
https://instagram.com/tamiserystreet/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tamisery/489246547791396?__nodl

myamyamyaw

Another track in this "finish what you start" project I began in March. Another track I would have bailed on long ago. 

Wrestled with this for a longer time than usual. This track beat me down hard. Time to admit defeat and move the fuck on.



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