Lost in a never-ending drought of imagination? Can't come up with new ideas no matter how hard you try? Feeling like everything you do is terrible and constantly having starting from scratch? Layer Effects is for you.

This album is designed to nurture your inventiveness. Each track is designed to inspire creativity in the listener through a scientific layering of instrumentation to create an artistic oasis. These hypnotic loops break down creative build ups in the body. Allowing you to be free to produce whatever artistic intent your imagination can think up.

In between tracks you can find additional exercises in refreshing creativity. Our narrator teaches you tips on managing your breath and clearing your mind. These segments are 99.9% proven to maybe help improve creativity in some people.
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released October 15, 2021

All tracks written, produced, and arranged by Vincent Thomas Short, except track 12 co-produced by Slap Serif. Track 6 written by Darko The Super.

Starring Boone Cavender as the Narrator.

Slap Serif appears courtesy of Black Noise Records

Darko The Super appears courtesy of Outer Space Caveman Music BMI

Executive Consultant: Trevor Abele

The Devil's Number

Arts And Crafts

Forget Everything And Start New

Step Two

My Eyelids Weigh A Ton (feat. Darko The Super)

Step One

Design Flaw

Writer's Block Party

Putting Something Together

Welcome

Thom Yorke

A venture into Plunderphonics. Bad splicing, awkward tempo and melody, the usual. Tracks from February to May 2020.

Samples Used:
"Oh Well" samples "drip bounce_7_24_18" by Toro y Moi
"Nothing Without You" samples "Sunny Afternoon" by Benny Sings
"Twang" samples "Here Comes The Cowboy" by Mac DeMarco
"West" samples "East" by Earl Sweatshirt, or whatever the sample he used was. I couldn't find out what song he sampled in the track.

Nothing Without You

Vincent Thomas Short is a musician and filmmaker from Dayton, Ohio. His loop-based sound is inspired by all corners of the audio realm, from film scores to world music to electronic music and even inspirational tapes. After releasing some short mixtapes and cutting his teeth by creating music videos for the likes of Darko the Super, Slap Serif, Homeboy Sandman, MF Grimm, and Donovan Days, Vincent finally released his debut album Layer Effects: Songs to Inspire Creativity in 2021 on the label U Don’t Deserve This Beautiful Art.

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