uploading footage of an occupy fundraiser from last year to youtube

shredding a little at an occupy ottawa fundraiser, in the summer of 2012. this is the most stripped down version possible of the second and third movements of symphony #9. which is an "industrial grunge opera".

recorded first movement of the piece:
http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/proverbs

full version of fundraiser:
https://vimeo.com/45641874

the most important things i learned from occupy are:

1) people that share a dissatisfaction with the world as it is do not necessarily form a shared vision of how they'd like to see the world.
2) capitalist indoctrination is far deeper than many anti-capitalists consciously realize.
3) a tendency to throw temper tantrums is not necessarily something people grow out of.
4) at the end of the day, the revolution can only ever be in the mode of production.
5) hippies don't like challenging music

but, despite the substantial challenges ahead of all of us, it's important that we continue to take the time to speak out against fucking bullshit.

i'm just remembering the precise reason i didn't do this before.

i don't have any formatting! i lost the nwc file, leaving an unwieldy midi file that sounds 'right' on playback but is an annoyance to read. it's a linear scroll. and it's not even barred right. it starts with an artificial slur an eighth off the one and runs forward horrifically....

tactics...

i think if i can get each staff out to a pdf file and take it down to the library to print it, i can mark it up by hand. so, that's tomorrow's goal.

grargh. well, i need to do this. and once i get going it'll be more fun.

stuck in the middle of an alley closing in on all sides (vst mix) (original upload)

written in early 2001. initially rendered mar 6, 2014. corrected on mar 7, 2014.

http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/vst-mix