https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-3
Sunday, January 10, 2016
publishing inri (inri015)
my first record has been constructed without lyrics. yikes.
this is the new inri011.
up until this point, i always considered this record to exist within my "training wheels" phase. i was off the trike. and i was riding by myself in spurts. but i was falling down a whole lot.
it is now out of that pile and firmly in my "serious works" list. and that feels very good, after all these years.
i'm going to need to break for a few days to de-nic.
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it took eighteen years and multiple attempts at a construction, but this record is finally permanently completed as an instrumental electronic work and i am finally proud to refer to it as my first record.
while most of these songs have defined concepts underlying them, i have ejected these concepts from the final recording and left them in a series of singles. i would prefer that this album be understood solely as the instrumental recording of electronic music that i am presenting it as.
written and demoed in multiple stages from 1994-1998. initially constructed in this form in june, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reconstructed and resequenced jan 6-10, 2016 from parts that were rebuilt over 2013-2016. re-released on jan 10, 2016. this is my first official record; as always, please use headphones.
credits:
j - guitars, effects, bass, synthesizers, drum programming, orchestral & other sequencing, sampling, vocal relics, cool edit synthesis, windows 95 sound recorder, found sounds, strategies, soundraider, hammerhead, sound design, metronome, digital wave editing, production
the rendered electronic orchestra includes piano, organ, electric guitar, orchestra hit, pizzicato strings, synth pads, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, electric bass, sitar, tubular bells, tinkle bells, synthesizer effects and flute.
released june 20, 1998
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-3
this is the new inri011.
up until this point, i always considered this record to exist within my "training wheels" phase. i was off the trike. and i was riding by myself in spurts. but i was falling down a whole lot.
it is now out of that pile and firmly in my "serious works" list. and that feels very good, after all these years.
i'm going to need to break for a few days to de-nic.
==
it took eighteen years and multiple attempts at a construction, but this record is finally permanently completed as an instrumental electronic work and i am finally proud to refer to it as my first record.
while most of these songs have defined concepts underlying them, i have ejected these concepts from the final recording and left them in a series of singles. i would prefer that this album be understood solely as the instrumental recording of electronic music that i am presenting it as.
written and demoed in multiple stages from 1994-1998. initially constructed in this form in june, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reconstructed and resequenced jan 6-10, 2016 from parts that were rebuilt over 2013-2016. re-released on jan 10, 2016. this is my first official record; as always, please use headphones.
credits:
j - guitars, effects, bass, synthesizers, drum programming, orchestral & other sequencing, sampling, vocal relics, cool edit synthesis, windows 95 sound recorder, found sounds, strategies, soundraider, hammerhead, sound design, metronome, digital wave editing, production
the rendered electronic orchestra includes piano, organ, electric guitar, orchestra hit, pizzicato strings, synth pads, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, electric bass, sitar, tubular bells, tinkle bells, synthesizer effects and flute.
released june 20, 1998
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-3
about a squirrel (final album mix)
initially created in 1997. remastered from source and resequenced on jan 10, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/about-a-squirrel
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/about-a-squirrel
i'm down to one more track, and i don't think it will be very much longer.
i had to stop early last night because the signal was strange, and what i've worked out was that the tinfoil managed to kill the field on the actual phones. i let it sit last night to "recharge". this actually worked.
i've just eaten, and wasted some time checking concert listings. i do think it's fine, now, and it shouldn't be much longer. we'll see.
i need a sufficiently strong low end for the track to segue, as it's between two very bass-heavy tracks. that doesn't seem to want to transfer to the laptop. but, i know the laptop has poor speaker reproduction on the low end. i need the phones to be functioning properly to finalize this.
i've decided i can't wait any longer to quit smoking, too. i've been pushing it back a few days for months. "when i'm done this project". but, i'm increasing my estrogen dosage on wednesday so i have to cut it off before then.
that means i might have to lose a few days. it's fine - i'm caught-up past the rewind, and it can't be too long before i de-nic. it's usually about three days. i'm already past the first one.
but, i think i may spend the next two or three days cleaning, instead.
i had to stop early last night because the signal was strange, and what i've worked out was that the tinfoil managed to kill the field on the actual phones. i let it sit last night to "recharge". this actually worked.
i've just eaten, and wasted some time checking concert listings. i do think it's fine, now, and it shouldn't be much longer. we'll see.
i need a sufficiently strong low end for the track to segue, as it's between two very bass-heavy tracks. that doesn't seem to want to transfer to the laptop. but, i know the laptop has poor speaker reproduction on the low end. i need the phones to be functioning properly to finalize this.
i've decided i can't wait any longer to quit smoking, too. i've been pushing it back a few days for months. "when i'm done this project". but, i'm increasing my estrogen dosage on wednesday so i have to cut it off before then.
that means i might have to lose a few days. it's fine - i'm caught-up past the rewind, and it can't be too long before i de-nic. it's usually about three days. i'm already past the first one.
but, i think i may spend the next two or three days cleaning, instead.
swim (final album mix)
initially created in 1998. remastered from source and resequenced on jan 10, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/swim
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/swim
i feel much better now (final album mix)
initially created in 1998. remastered from source and resequenced on jan 10, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/i-feel-much-better-now
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/i-feel-much-better-now
think (final album mix)
initially written in 1996. recreated in the spring of 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed june 29, 2015. corrected to control for malfunctioning electronics on nov 26, 2015. sequenced on jan 10, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/think
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/think
Saturday, January 9, 2016
skaters (final album mix)
initially written in 1997. recreated in jan, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed july 1, 2015. resequenced jan 9, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/skaters-2
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/skaters-2
catchin’ up (final album mix)
initially created in 1997. remastered from source and resequenced on jan 9, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/catchin-up-2
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/catchin-up-2
war (final album mix)
this segue was also more time consuming than i expected, and i have to interject a few words about it. i want to point out that the unmodified version is still available on inrisampled - along with multiple remixes elsewhere. i'm tempted to put together a little ep, even.
sample art is what it is, and i do have a level of respect for it. because christianity is stupid. and communism is good. you can get a lot across through the form, and it can be as valid a means of musical expression as anything else. but, it can also be cringey if it's too heavy-handed. there's plenty of sample art in my discography, and quite a bit on this record even, and i'll stand by it against any criticism. i may be using existing sources of sound, but these are clearly my own creations.
the reality is that all music is created by recombining existing sound. i didn't invent the big muff, the minor chord or the guitar, either. nobody's going to get on me about recombining existing sounds in that context. it's just ludditism to treat technology as something distinct.
but, the version of this particular track that was initially on this record was a little too heavy-handed in the introduction. now, there was a thematic unity to it - it was meant to represent serenity, and was then smashed through by a goofy drum beat meant to represent war. the calm before the storm sort of thing. further, i *did* orchestrate it a little with backwards windows 95 samples (thank you, mr. eno). it wasn't a straight lift from...
.... i don't even know where it was from. bambi? the simpsons, maybe? i had a bunch of simpsons samples on my computer, because i had downloaded them from like a geocities site or something. i have to suspect that's what it *actually* was - some disney-themed simpson's skit.
but, it opens me up to some problems. i don't think it was a bad choice, in context. but, what i'm doing right now is pulling this record out of my kiddie pile (which is now restricted to those earliest 96/97 demos) and putting it in my collection of polished works. and, the idea is not sitting right with me at this point to put something that lifted in the center of the record.
so, i spliced the track up in a way that is similar to something i would have done at the time and have used that cut-up sample collage in replace of the reorchestration.
i've also brought the guitars back in, because i can. i kept them out more out of pragmatism than artistic intent. completing the record properly means bringing them back in.
so, i've got 11 & 12 up, now. progress. i really don't think that the next few will take nearly as much time to sequence, but we'll find out.
initially created in 1997. abandoned in 1998. reclaimed dec 8, 2014. rebuilt and resequenced on jan 9, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/war-2
sample art is what it is, and i do have a level of respect for it. because christianity is stupid. and communism is good. you can get a lot across through the form, and it can be as valid a means of musical expression as anything else. but, it can also be cringey if it's too heavy-handed. there's plenty of sample art in my discography, and quite a bit on this record even, and i'll stand by it against any criticism. i may be using existing sources of sound, but these are clearly my own creations.
the reality is that all music is created by recombining existing sound. i didn't invent the big muff, the minor chord or the guitar, either. nobody's going to get on me about recombining existing sounds in that context. it's just ludditism to treat technology as something distinct.
but, the version of this particular track that was initially on this record was a little too heavy-handed in the introduction. now, there was a thematic unity to it - it was meant to represent serenity, and was then smashed through by a goofy drum beat meant to represent war. the calm before the storm sort of thing. further, i *did* orchestrate it a little with backwards windows 95 samples (thank you, mr. eno). it wasn't a straight lift from...
.... i don't even know where it was from. bambi? the simpsons, maybe? i had a bunch of simpsons samples on my computer, because i had downloaded them from like a geocities site or something. i have to suspect that's what it *actually* was - some disney-themed simpson's skit.
but, it opens me up to some problems. i don't think it was a bad choice, in context. but, what i'm doing right now is pulling this record out of my kiddie pile (which is now restricted to those earliest 96/97 demos) and putting it in my collection of polished works. and, the idea is not sitting right with me at this point to put something that lifted in the center of the record.
so, i spliced the track up in a way that is similar to something i would have done at the time and have used that cut-up sample collage in replace of the reorchestration.
i've also brought the guitars back in, because i can. i kept them out more out of pragmatism than artistic intent. completing the record properly means bringing them back in.
so, i've got 11 & 12 up, now. progress. i really don't think that the next few will take nearly as much time to sequence, but we'll find out.
initially created in 1997. abandoned in 1998. reclaimed dec 8, 2014. rebuilt and resequenced on jan 9, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/war-2
Friday, January 8, 2016
i AM still vlogging. i just wanted to catch up to the end of my period one discography before i sat down to edit. and, the scope of what i'm doing keeps expanding. which makes that process longer and longer. it's now going to take a few days to catch up. that's fine; i'm also in the slow process of getting around to quitting smoking, and that will be a good quitting smoking project (along witha few other things i've put aside).
i think i can finish what i'm doing by the end of the weekend at the latest sort of thing - it may even be done today, and will probably be done tomorrow. then, i'll sit down and work it out.
but, it will need to wait until i am done...however long that takes...
when i get there, i'll be uploading videos in relatively rapid succession. so, i guess you're looking at about two weeks coming up over two or three days.
i think i can finish what i'm doing by the end of the weekend at the latest sort of thing - it may even be done today, and will probably be done tomorrow. then, i'll sit down and work it out.
but, it will need to wait until i am done...however long that takes...
when i get there, i'll be uploading videos in relatively rapid succession. so, i guess you're looking at about two weeks coming up over two or three days.
i just posted it, but the new version of this is here:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/on-sexual-confusion-in-adolescence
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/on-sexual-confusion-in-adolescence
the alter-reality updates for the next six months are going to seem like i'm repeating myself, because i am, but it's a little different - i now have the supplementary material available, and i'm now in sync with the calendar date. and, interestingly, 1997/1998 was the last super el nino, too.
it was fuck the dead that was finished on jan 9, 1998. but this is the file i can use. it will be only be up for a few days.
it was fuck the dead that was finished on jan 9, 1998. but this is the file i can use. it will be only be up for a few days.
switching to fuck the dead in the alter-reality
i'm moving forward again in the alter-reality tonight, and documenting the following track - although i've posted obligatories fairly recently and will not do so again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ-_rMcOPD0&t=15m50s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ-_rMcOPD0&t=15m50s
nope (final album mix)
originally created in april, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed july 4, 2015
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/nope-4
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/nope-4
useless (final album mix)
recorded in jan, 1998. reclaimed june 29, 2015. remixed july 2, 2015.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/useless
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/useless
a psycho kills a cow (final album mix)
so, this insane little tune actually took me all day to remaster.
the highest quality source i have for this is a 56 kbps mp3 from oct, 1997. but, here's the thing: it was constructed almost entirely from 8-bit samples. the only exception is the vocal croak at the end, which i took in at your normal 16-bit level with a mic into the back of the pc.
there was actually a lot of detail to pull out of it. and, it's consequently actually an exquisite speaker test. if you can hear multiple channels of sound, you have a pretty good speaker setup.
my laptop totally fails. even through the bassy phones, strangely. there's some sub frequencies going on down there - try it through a subwoofer. but, be careful with the volume to start...
the first ten tracks have now been replaced. i believe that 12, 14, 16 and 18 will require no editing. the other segues (11,13,15,17,19) are in an undetermined state. i will have to do something or other with all of them, or they'll no doubt sound flat in sequence. but, it may just be a question of running them through the izotope patch for the song before or after them.
i dunno. i know i wanted this done yesterday before lunch...
it can't be too much longer, though.
initially created in 1997. remastered from source and resequenced on jan 8, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/a-psycho-kills-a-cow
the highest quality source i have for this is a 56 kbps mp3 from oct, 1997. but, here's the thing: it was constructed almost entirely from 8-bit samples. the only exception is the vocal croak at the end, which i took in at your normal 16-bit level with a mic into the back of the pc.
there was actually a lot of detail to pull out of it. and, it's consequently actually an exquisite speaker test. if you can hear multiple channels of sound, you have a pretty good speaker setup.
my laptop totally fails. even through the bassy phones, strangely. there's some sub frequencies going on down there - try it through a subwoofer. but, be careful with the volume to start...
the first ten tracks have now been replaced. i believe that 12, 14, 16 and 18 will require no editing. the other segues (11,13,15,17,19) are in an undetermined state. i will have to do something or other with all of them, or they'll no doubt sound flat in sequence. but, it may just be a question of running them through the izotope patch for the song before or after them.
i dunno. i know i wanted this done yesterday before lunch...
it can't be too much longer, though.
initially created in 1997. remastered from source and resequenced on jan 8, 2016.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/a-psycho-kills-a-cow
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