just a reminder - when i get december up, i'll both be posting fall semester updates and year-end updates, and these are going to be huge documents. the year end document will be around 1700 pages - and that's only half the year.
but, that means the second half of the year will be done.
forever.
if i get back to doing this some time again soon, it's going to be in a down point, like if i'm sick or some gear breaks or something.
period three is coming, and we're going to get it done, too.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
so, that means i'm almost done with november, 2013. finally.
this was a heavy month, we'll see, in the long run.
in fact, most of what i posted that month has really yet to be dealt with. there were premature releases for the first three records, plus inrimixed and inrijected, and the covers disc inrimake, that got lost in the wash and don't exist in the release cycle until december or january. i should actually deal with that before i move on by giving each of these releases a head start. that will be inri015, inrii021, inri022, inri023, inri031, inri032, inri033, inri034 & inri036. these releases, along with inri002, inri037-inri041 & inri045 will have liner note releases for the first reconstruction period, still. the second reconstruction period focuses on actual recording, and is both much heavier in terms of posts and much slower in terms of releases, but i'm going to be putting it aside indefinitely.
i really haven't eaten since i stuffed myself with that pizza on tuesday night, so i need to get some fruit and maybe some nachos.
it looks like we're pushing the alter-reality back a little. that's ok. i can still get to it by the first week of january if i get through the last two months quickly, which i think i can.
i'll need to do legal stuff after i sort through that final pile of november things before i move on to december.
this was a heavy month, we'll see, in the long run.
in fact, most of what i posted that month has really yet to be dealt with. there were premature releases for the first three records, plus inrimixed and inrijected, and the covers disc inrimake, that got lost in the wash and don't exist in the release cycle until december or january. i should actually deal with that before i move on by giving each of these releases a head start. that will be inri015, inrii021, inri022, inri023, inri031, inri032, inri033, inri034 & inri036. these releases, along with inri002, inri037-inri041 & inri045 will have liner note releases for the first reconstruction period, still. the second reconstruction period focuses on actual recording, and is both much heavier in terms of posts and much slower in terms of releases, but i'm going to be putting it aside indefinitely.
i really haven't eaten since i stuffed myself with that pizza on tuesday night, so i need to get some fruit and maybe some nachos.
it looks like we're pushing the alter-reality back a little. that's ok. i can still get to it by the first week of january if i get through the last two months quickly, which i think i can.
i'll need to do legal stuff after i sort through that final pile of november things before i move on to december.
at
21:39
first liner note release for inri029
this was
my grade 12 final project in electronic music design. the assignment was
something along the lines of creating a piece of music with a social
message.
the message is part dystopian, but focuses more on the idea of identifying certain threats that would become a problem in the upcoming century. remember that this was the middle of 1999. how close was i?
1) intro
2) war
3) noise pollution, or pollution in general
4) conformity (or the collapse of individualism)*
5) chemical warfare
6) global warming
7) outro
* i was thinking in terms of personality/uniqueness, rather than something political. and i think the extreme conformity underlying gen y social attitudes have played this out frighteningly well, actually. it's a reaction to the radical mindset of anti-conformity that dominated gen x, but it's still a very real thing that will have very real ramifications in the upcoming decades. if you thought the 50s were creepy, wait until you see what these kids grow up into!
i should have included something about inequality. i also removed a vegan track, partly due to time restraints. besides that, i think i got all of the broad ideas right.
the piece is made to be played in an indefinitely repeated loop.
most of the tracks are slightly remixed/resequenced versions of tracks from inri or inriched. track 5 is brand new, and recorded on the school's synthesizer (part of the project requirements).
recorded over 1997-1999. constructed in this form in june, 1999. published on november 30, 2013. re-released (with new hidden track) and finalized as symph003 on sept 13, 2017. first liner note release added on dec 26, 2019. this is my third symphony; as always, please use headphones.
this release also includes a printable jewel case insert and will also eventually include a comprehensive package of journal entries from all phases of production (1999, 2013-2019). as of dec 26, 2019, the release includes a 15 page booklet in doc, pdf & html, with an html5 audio frontend, that includes journal entries from the remastering process over nov, 2013.
the message is part dystopian, but focuses more on the idea of identifying certain threats that would become a problem in the upcoming century. remember that this was the middle of 1999. how close was i?
1) intro
2) war
3) noise pollution, or pollution in general
4) conformity (or the collapse of individualism)*
5) chemical warfare
6) global warming
7) outro
* i was thinking in terms of personality/uniqueness, rather than something political. and i think the extreme conformity underlying gen y social attitudes have played this out frighteningly well, actually. it's a reaction to the radical mindset of anti-conformity that dominated gen x, but it's still a very real thing that will have very real ramifications in the upcoming decades. if you thought the 50s were creepy, wait until you see what these kids grow up into!
i should have included something about inequality. i also removed a vegan track, partly due to time restraints. besides that, i think i got all of the broad ideas right.
the piece is made to be played in an indefinitely repeated loop.
most of the tracks are slightly remixed/resequenced versions of tracks from inri or inriched. track 5 is brand new, and recorded on the school's synthesizer (part of the project requirements).
recorded over 1997-1999. constructed in this form in june, 1999. published on november 30, 2013. re-released (with new hidden track) and finalized as symph003 on sept 13, 2017. first liner note release added on dec 26, 2019. this is my third symphony; as always, please use headphones.
this release also includes a printable jewel case insert and will also eventually include a comprehensive package of journal entries from all phases of production (1999, 2013-2019). as of dec 26, 2019, the release includes a 15 page booklet in doc, pdf & html, with an html5 audio frontend, that includes journal entries from the remastering process over nov, 2013.
credits
released June 20, 1999
j - synthesizers, sequencers, effects, guitar, bass, piano, drum programming, noise generators, metronome, a broken tape deck, sampling, loops, cool edit synthesis, windows 95 sound recorder, sound design, digital wave editing, production
j - synthesizers, sequencers, effects, guitar, bass, piano, drum programming, noise generators, metronome, a broken tape deck, sampling, loops, cool edit synthesis, windows 95 sound recorder, sound design, digital wave editing, production
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/warning
at
20:36
the updated files are here:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/11-2013-music-journal
and here:
https://books.noisetrade.com/j
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/deathtokoalas
now, on to the liner notes for inri029. it won't take long...
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/11-2013-music-journal
and here:
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/deathtokoalas
now, on to the liner notes for inri029. it won't take long...
at
14:40
so, this is all i have to update:
1) https://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2013/11/publishing-warning-inri029.html
2) https://musicofjessicamurray.blogspot.com/2013/11/this-was-my-grade-12-final-project-in.html
3) https://deathtokoalas.blogspot.com/2013/11/publishing-warning-inri029.html
it's minor in scope. but it means i now have to go through every relevant file on my computer and update it accordingly, and then upload it to the noise trade and bandcamp sites.
1) https://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2013/11/publishing-warning-inri029.html
2) https://musicofjessicamurray.blogspot.com/2013/11/this-was-my-grade-12-final-project-in.html
3) https://deathtokoalas.blogspot.com/2013/11/publishing-warning-inri029.html
it's minor in scope. but it means i now have to go through every relevant file on my computer and update it accordingly, and then upload it to the noise trade and bandcamp sites.
at
13:27
i mean, you can keep talking about me behind my back if you want.
but, i think that would make you kind of a piece of shit coward, myself.
but, i think that would make you kind of a piece of shit coward, myself.
at
13:23
so, let me order my thoughts a little. writing them down tends to help when i get a mess of data in front of me that i need to work out.
inri029 was created in mid-1999 out of loose ends, for a grade 12 art project. it was essentially a remix record of material from the first two demos. i still have the cd-r and liner notes from that period. but, i did not officially release it on inri records until nov, 2013, when i sat down to sort through everything and put everything in order. i re-released it in sept, 2017 to add an early version as a hidden track, and make it available on cd.
so, we have three release dates - (1) june, 1999, (2) nov, 2013 and (3) sept, 2017. in the end, i want the liner notes to have entries for each of these dates that were written contemporary to each of them. specifically, i don't want to post something i wrote in 2017 to 2013. there will be a fourth release date of dec, 2019.
1) i will want to post the initial write-ups to 1999, as cringey as they are, in conjunction with the alter-reality, sometime around 2029.
2) i'm certain that the track write-ups that appear on bandcamp as of right now were written in sept, 2017. what existed before they were updated was probably what i wrote out in 2013. so, they should be posted to 2017. i've updated the master document to reflect that.
3) all of the archived posts appear to have removed the initial write-ups, if they even existed. this was done before the initial aleph-0 writeup in mid-2015.
4) i know that i wrote out some of the original 1999 liner notes when i published it in 2013. i may have deleted them because....they weren't that insightful. really. i do specifically vaguely recall deleting the write-ups for this record some time between 2013 and 2015, probably when i made a first attempt to clean-up the facebook page.
5) the other possibility is that i may have included some overlap between the tracks on this ep and the tracks as they were initially written.
so what do i do? if there was any writing here to recover and post, it appears to be lost, and if it isn't lost, it's going to take a long time to find it. but, i don't expect it to be very worthwhile, even if i can find it.
i'm going to operate under the premise that i added excerpts of the 1999 release, and then deleted them, and there's nothing worthwhile to recover. ok. i said it.
but, for the purposes of the blog, i should have specific write-ups for each track on the upload date, even if it's just completion dates. that's how i approach this, always.
so, i'm going to have to go back and add a segment to all of the posts and update everything, and that could actually take a few hours. but it's necessary. this is an oversight i have to fix.
i'll be back to post the liner note release in a bit, but i'm also updating all of the 11/30 blogs in all of the places.
inri029 was created in mid-1999 out of loose ends, for a grade 12 art project. it was essentially a remix record of material from the first two demos. i still have the cd-r and liner notes from that period. but, i did not officially release it on inri records until nov, 2013, when i sat down to sort through everything and put everything in order. i re-released it in sept, 2017 to add an early version as a hidden track, and make it available on cd.
so, we have three release dates - (1) june, 1999, (2) nov, 2013 and (3) sept, 2017. in the end, i want the liner notes to have entries for each of these dates that were written contemporary to each of them. specifically, i don't want to post something i wrote in 2017 to 2013. there will be a fourth release date of dec, 2019.
1) i will want to post the initial write-ups to 1999, as cringey as they are, in conjunction with the alter-reality, sometime around 2029.
2) i'm certain that the track write-ups that appear on bandcamp as of right now were written in sept, 2017. what existed before they were updated was probably what i wrote out in 2013. so, they should be posted to 2017. i've updated the master document to reflect that.
3) all of the archived posts appear to have removed the initial write-ups, if they even existed. this was done before the initial aleph-0 writeup in mid-2015.
4) i know that i wrote out some of the original 1999 liner notes when i published it in 2013. i may have deleted them because....they weren't that insightful. really. i do specifically vaguely recall deleting the write-ups for this record some time between 2013 and 2015, probably when i made a first attempt to clean-up the facebook page.
5) the other possibility is that i may have included some overlap between the tracks on this ep and the tracks as they were initially written.
so what do i do? if there was any writing here to recover and post, it appears to be lost, and if it isn't lost, it's going to take a long time to find it. but, i don't expect it to be very worthwhile, even if i can find it.
i'm going to operate under the premise that i added excerpts of the 1999 release, and then deleted them, and there's nothing worthwhile to recover. ok. i said it.
but, for the purposes of the blog, i should have specific write-ups for each track on the upload date, even if it's just completion dates. that's how i approach this, always.
so, i'm going to have to go back and add a segment to all of the posts and update everything, and that could actually take a few hours. but it's necessary. this is an oversight i have to fix.
i'll be back to post the liner note release in a bit, but i'm also updating all of the 11/30 blogs in all of the places.
at
12:52
i have one more of these things left, but i had to stop to sleep when i realized i forgot to add the track-by-track to inri029.
i have two requests to make.
1) i am getting some hits to this blog, recently, as well as the other three. the music release & concert review posts seem to get the most hits. there also appears to be two people that are keeping a close eye on the site. i'd like to know who you are. reach out.
2) i get the impression sometimes that there are discussions about me that are happening without my knowledge, which means i cannot correct any misinformation or generally defend myself. i think it should be clear that i don't go to any specific fora, at this point. if you have any information about this sort of thing, please direct me to it so that i may have the opportunity to defend myself and correct any false information that may be floating around about me.
i'm not sure exactly what i'm doing with inri029, yet. i need to add something, but i want to find the closest representation to what actually existed in 2013. i'm going to get something to eat after that, and decide if i want to go on to december right away or stop for some legal stuff.
i have two requests to make.
1) i am getting some hits to this blog, recently, as well as the other three. the music release & concert review posts seem to get the most hits. there also appears to be two people that are keeping a close eye on the site. i'd like to know who you are. reach out.
2) i get the impression sometimes that there are discussions about me that are happening without my knowledge, which means i cannot correct any misinformation or generally defend myself. i think it should be clear that i don't go to any specific fora, at this point. if you have any information about this sort of thing, please direct me to it so that i may have the opportunity to defend myself and correct any false information that may be floating around about me.
i'm not sure exactly what i'm doing with inri029, yet. i need to add something, but i want to find the closest representation to what actually existed in 2013. i'm going to get something to eat after that, and decide if i want to go on to december right away or stop for some legal stuff.
at
11:03
first liner note release for inri028
i can't
date this exactly. i know it was the first half of the second semester
of grade 12, which was spring of 1999. further, i'm taking it forward to
about midway because the first part of the course was about
voice-leading and i spent it orchestrating the beatles' something. i
don't have any files.
i was lucky: i went to a high school with a big music department. not an arts school, mind you. just a school that had enough funding to run a wide array of course options that are outside the basic core topics. there were three main assignments in the course, and while i don't remember the exact assignment questions, i do have two pieces to show for it.
this, here, is a conceptual piece about pop music. all of the sounds are created from pop cans. yes, puns are fun. the samples run from pouring water out of pop cans into the sink, to crushing and smashing pop cans, to opening them, to exploding them, etc.
i used the tab of a pop can as a pick as i played the ambient guitar parts. it's all thrown together, processed, warped and perfected in a wave editor.
constructed over a few days in april, 1999. ripped back to wav format from cd-r in late 2013. released as a one track single on nov 21, 2013. release finalized on sept 12, 2017. first liner note release added on dec 26, 2019. as always, please use headphones.
this track appears unmodified on my third record, inridiculous (inri033): jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inridiculous
this release also includes a printable jewel case insert and will also eventually include a comprehensive package of journal entries from all phases of production (1999, 2013-2019). as of dec 26, 2019, the release includes a 5 page booklet in doc, pdf & html, with an html5 audio frontend, that includes journal entries from the remastering process over nov, 2013.
i was lucky: i went to a high school with a big music department. not an arts school, mind you. just a school that had enough funding to run a wide array of course options that are outside the basic core topics. there were three main assignments in the course, and while i don't remember the exact assignment questions, i do have two pieces to show for it.
this, here, is a conceptual piece about pop music. all of the sounds are created from pop cans. yes, puns are fun. the samples run from pouring water out of pop cans into the sink, to crushing and smashing pop cans, to opening them, to exploding them, etc.
i used the tab of a pop can as a pick as i played the ambient guitar parts. it's all thrown together, processed, warped and perfected in a wave editor.
constructed over a few days in april, 1999. ripped back to wav format from cd-r in late 2013. released as a one track single on nov 21, 2013. release finalized on sept 12, 2017. first liner note release added on dec 26, 2019. as always, please use headphones.
this track appears unmodified on my third record, inridiculous (inri033): jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inridiculous
this release also includes a printable jewel case insert and will also eventually include a comprehensive package of journal entries from all phases of production (1999, 2013-2019). as of dec 26, 2019, the release includes a 5 page booklet in doc, pdf & html, with an html5 audio frontend, that includes journal entries from the remastering process over nov, 2013.
credits
released April 15, 1999
j - guitars, effects, samples, loops, digital wave editing
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/pop-music-a-tribute-to-carbon-dioxide
j - guitars, effects, samples, loops, digital wave editing
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/pop-music-a-tribute-to-carbon-dioxide
at
01:02
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