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tiny specks of many things

About Me

Tiny Specks of Many Things is the solo music project of Colin Alexander. There are occasionally other musicians and/or samples involved, but mostly it’s just me.

I also sometimes play in the live band for Unsolved Mysteries

click to download the new record:

if you're feeling generous..

or purchase legit-style from:
itunes - amazon - emusic - rhapsody

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/07/2005
Band Website: http://www.tinyspecksofmanythings.com
Band Members: Colin Alexander - synths, samples, vocals, programming, bass, percussion, turntables, organ, melodica, chimes, clarinet, guitar, recorder, accordion, noise, field recordings, mostly everything really

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Ben Collins - live drums and other percussion, competent guitar solos

Jon Lynn - spiritual guidance and sometimes keyboards
Influences: Brian Eno, Four Tet, My Bloody Valentine, TV on the Radio, Beck, Magnetic Fields, Boards of Canada, Liars, Antipop Consortium, eels, Dosh, Air, David Bowie, 10cc, Arthur Russell, Kate Bush, Prince, Clinic, Rjd2, cLOUDDEAD, Madlib, Dilla, Caribou, Beach Boys, Gary Wilson, Timbaland, MF DOOM, Kid A/Amnesiac-era Radiohead, Can, Steve Reich, Joe Meek, Nigel Godrich, Kid Koala, CocoRosie, the Ethiopiques series, Phillip Jeck, John Cage, Terry Riley, Anticon records, Mush records, Stones Throw records, Lex records, Warp records, Ache records, prog rock, art pop, abstract hip hop, forward motion, thrift store electronics, wind chimes, iceland, my backyard at night
Sounds Like:

Record Label: This Forest is Hot

My Blog

i don't think i like that "band" name anymore

i dunno.  stay tuned..p.s. i have been doing things lately, i swear.  i'll put new stuff up sometime soon
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 21:18:00 GMT

new website

i made myself a new website this morning www.tinyspecksofmanythings.commy web design skills are somewhat remedial, but i think it gets the job done
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:59:00 GMT

The Choir Invisible - free album download

ok, so i don't really have an explanation as to why it's taken my dumb ass so long to post this up here. the record has been completely done since november and i've just been dicking around pointless...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:11:00 GMT

new record - The Choir Invisible

so i finished a new album a few weeks ago. 10 tracks, 34 minutes. i titled it "The Choir Invisible," after a 19th century british poem about death. because i'm pretentious like thatits far more son...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:59:00 GMT

FAILURE

so today my firewire drive tumbled haplessly from my desk, falling 3 feet (give or take) to the floor. even though that doesn't seem like much, the drive is now no longer fuctional. this means that ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 14:27:00 GMT

malta!

i am super-psyched that somebody in malta visited my page.also-i am very close to finishing a new album. 10-14 songs, most of them vocal. pretty different from the last set i finished. i've been wo...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:24:00 GMT

production work

haven't really been working too much on my own music lately.. although i do have plans to do so in the near futuremostly i've been wrapped with putting the finishing touches on the long-awaited (two y...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:03:00 GMT

Album available for free download

Hello everyone. I've posted the album I made last year for all to download. It's all instrumentals, made between September 04 and November 05. Hope you like it.http://studentpages.scad.edu/~calexa2...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:31:00 GMT

so i made an album

i know that a while back i had this grand scheme to create a whole slew of mini-albums in lieu of an "official" debut, but after careful consideration, i realized that was stupid. most of that older ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Nov 2005 01:06:00 GMT

tiny specks

way back in february i chose "tiny specks of many things" as a band name after i discovered the phrase in a 1950s science book (in reference to the molecules that compose the air).  then sev...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jul 2005 15:40:00 GMT