i kind of expected i'd be writing symphonies at some point and didn't want to steal a number from myself. this is more of an experiment than a symphony, even though it gets a little "symphonic".
more importantly, it's the first serious example of me putting my long-held disdain for the idea that music should have a "theory" (an idea that i think is preposterous) into real action. it's the first exploration of a long mental process that has yet to reach it's conclusion. i'm very adamantly of the view that art is not a realm where theories should exist or be viewed with anything other than scorn. theories are rigid, formal things; art is informal, chaotic.
the track is composed of a single brief melody that was chosen by randomly mashing notes into a scorewriter. i then took that melody and pasted it over top of itself at differing speeds. i then took that and pasted it over itself, backwards.
that might sound like it's going to sound awful, but it actually sounds quite lovely. one could analyze it quite easily, but it's creation is beyond the realm of any rules of construction.
which is where art belongs.
recorded in june, 1998.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/symphony-0