the youtube alter-reality is about to move forward out of my primitive stages. i feel these primitive stages have earned me a level of notoriety that i would have no doubt craved at that age, so in terms of this game (does this qualify as one of those games?), i suppose it's accomplished it's purpose. but, this only represented a year of my life and i have a much longer musical story to tell, or game to play as you may have it.

1997 was a year spent of a lot of learning how to utilize technology with music. i started playing with tab writers, notation writers, sequencers, drum machines, synthesizers and digital wave editors, which i took a particular liking to.

over the fall, i had everything i needed to record except a recorder. i started experimenting with samples using very primitive tools - the windows 95 sound editor and recorders - and a lot of napkin math. like, you couldn't even loop with these - you had to manually paste each copy in and calculate the entrance points. i deserved a credit in algebra for this, really.

i pasted this together at the end of 2013, but it's the sum total of these sample collages, made out of just any random sounds i could find on my hard drive or the internet - civ2 and doom sound files and simpsons quotes, mostly.

it's going to be the lead-off in the alter-reality now for several months and will bridge to a period where i was interested mostly in synthesizer pop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeRFfBTqlEQ&list=PL3JSjmqp0cbsyQ4cQbszNBKo5GW4Ouz38&index=19

On behalf of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), I regret to inform you that your application has not resulted in a successful Popular Music grant.

i knew it...

group of my peers, my ass. i failed the corporate evaluation test. governments sometimes work as hr departments for certain private sector interests. schools are kind of something sort of maybe a little bit like that.

i felt the need to apply, but i knew the outcome before it happened. i just hope i get something in the mail with their responses, it should be good for a laugh.

i'm best off with the financial situation i'm in.

i'm not sure i'd have even taken it. i'd have to put that logo on merch, which is kind of yuck. it was a fall back plan...

publishing flying (inri064)

this was constructed as a christmas present for my partner, while in a rather absurd state of entirely preposterous euphoria. only a musician can be so absurdly invested in something so thoroughly delusional - or manage to create something so entirely self-reflective out of a theme surrounding somebody else.

the first part of this was shelved before it was ever released. i was over-exaggerating a sense of self-consciousness, but it still strikes me as unworkable. however, i think it's conceptually important in the idea of this as a christmas present and has consequently been uploaded here without modification. the second part was actually presented to sarah as a present, albeit it a little after christmas - hence the jan 1 release date. it eventually found it's way to the center of my fifth symphony, reflections: jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/reflections

these tracks were written and recorded over november and december of 2002 and uploaded, unmodified, in may of 2015. this will be a download only release. as always, please use headphones.

credits:
j - guitar, effects, bass, synth, piano, drum programming, light-sound synthesis (coagula), generative programming (sounder), granular synthesis, sound design, digital wave editing, production, composition 

released january 1, 2003

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/flying

publishing jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj^2 (inri063)

i've just finished my sixth lp.

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the idea of a second jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj record was not something that remotely crossed my mind until i started seriously analysing my work from 2002. that was a separate idea; rabit is wolf separated it from the trivial group. however, remixed instrumental tracks over the rabit is wolf period slowly collected to the point that there was enough to justify a whole record. that wasn't a conscious choice at the outset, but it seems to be the conceptual framework collected on the record. i toyed with the idea of releasing it as a rabit remix record, but my influence over it is far too lopsided.

the thematic linkage with the first jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj record is a tendency to lean towards more "serious" ideas. there are strong influences from a few different types of classical music, including jazz, as well as some more modern electronic and noise influences. however, these songs lean more towards more palatable rock or techno based song structures and are less dependent on existing scores.

the stories for these songs are diverse and explained in more detail on the track pages.

these tracks are all based on existing demos from 2001-2002 that were initially intended to be completed with vocal parts and were remixed from july, 2014 to may, 2015 as purely instrumental recordings. final completion date is may 2, 2015. as always, please use headphones.

credits
j - electric & acoustic guitars, electric bass guitar, effects, synths, electric air reed organ, digital piano, flute, voice, electronic drum kit, drum programming, drum manipulations, drum sampling, orchestral sequencing, sampling, loops, equalization, digital wave editing, sound design, production, composition.

the various rendered electronic orchestras include tuba, french horn, trombone, trumpet, english horn, saxophone, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, flute, orchestra hit, melodic toms, timpani, orchestral drum set, piano, agogo, tubular bells, glockenspiel, koto, violin, viola, cello, contrabass and various full string sections. it also includes choir.

other musicians:
sean - harmonica (2), melody (6)
greg - drum performance sample source (4)

released december 1, 2002

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj-2

a conceptual rethink is going to have me jump ahead and upload a number of releases rather quickly. inri043 is on hold for a day or two.

i've been compiling my sixth record since october. i initially planned to finish an outtake from late 2002 and place it in the last spot on that disc. but, i've decided against this for a handful of reasons.

first, this was an outtake. it wasn't unfinished, it was just something i put aside as substandard. and, while i think it's good enough to release in some form, i'm not excited about placing it last on this record, which is otherwise my most fully realized completed material to date (2002). it was an outtake, and i'd like to leave it as one.

second, including this outtake would make the record span two distinct periods. this outtake was initially written as a part of sarah's xmas present for 2002, whereas all of the other pieces are from rabit is wolf. that christmas was a definite period change for me in terms of writing. while it initially felt reasonable to include everything up until the reflections period on the disc - it fit chronologically, and it didn't leave anything stranded - i'm now leaning much more heavily towards separating the periods more cleanly. this was always a debate in my mind, i've just switched sides on it.

third, that plan was before i decided to do la la la la as inri043, which leaves that piece stranded. but, that piece is far more conceptually relevant to the idea of the disc, which is rabit is wolf outtakes. further, i think it's a stronger piece, with stronger incentive to include on this disc.

now, i don't want to move the vocal version over. the record is otherwise instrumental. and, it's a rabit is wolf idea.

so, what i'll do is leave the vocal version as the lead single to la la la la, stranded, but with the instrumental version at the end of the sixth lp.

i just need to listen to it a few times to be sure of this decision. if i am, that will complete inri044 - which is a major release.

it will also mean i'm removing the ostrich single (the previous inri044) and rather moving it into the flying single - and then releasing it as inri045. i may include a version of birdsong on this to complete a "bird ep".

it will also mean that ostrich will not have entries on the thru disc, as it's not developed enough for me to call it a midi composition.

bird song will need it's own single with a handful of remixes, which will be inri046. reflections and thru will follow immediately.

i'll be planning this out tonight. conceivably expect heavy uploading.