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RYAN

About Me

"NOBODY REALIZES THAT SOME PEOPLE EXPEND TREMENDOUS ENERGY MERELY TO BE NORMAL" -ALBERT CAMUS

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Member Since: 27/01/2008
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

CONCORD HYMN

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:12:00 GMT

AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN

i had a fucked up day.  the first person who can guess what happened can chose the title of the next track.  
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:33:00 GMT

SQUID BOATS

had this up last week but decided to take another look at the mix.  -still learning a lot.  the plucked strings are all synthetic.  it took me a long time to create the texture, but i t...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:36:00 GMT

A QUIET PLACE IN FUKUOKA

my friend and band-mate of many years, justin hosford, contacted me a few weeks ago with a proposal to collaborate on a new record with him. i’m not exactly sure how this will turn out. he liv...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:16:00 GMT

THE 400 BLOWS

it’s the end of a long week, and i’m feeling very good.  decided i’d take the afternoon to attempt a new ambient piece.  things fell together fast, and i finished it as wel...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:33:00 GMT

BLIND CONTOUR OF BANANA IN DISH WITH SHADOW

the original color for the under-painting was based on the color of this down vest that my father has been wearing in the garage as long as i can remember. i know that sounds pretty ridiculous, but i...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:17:00 GMT

2 OF 3 PART HARMONY 4 STRINGS

i came across this idea after watching a performance piece by raymond joseph teller (of penn and teller fame), entitled "shadows". the basic idea was to create a simple round that in actuality was a ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:15:00 GMT

BLIND CONTOUR LINE RENDERING I

these three paintings are rendered from blind contour line drawings of a leather hat.  i've been doing a lot of sketching and these seemed to have the most charecter.  sketch Ipainting Isketch IIpaint...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:37:00 GMT

DRAFTING A SOCIAL WORKER NAMED KATHY

i've posted the skeleton of a new song. i am completely fed up w/mac synths (the strings sound like eddie van halen's keyboard). if you know of, or know someone who is into recording that knows of a...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:07:00 GMT

VEGETABLES ARE YOUR FRIENDS

so i'm still trying to get an understanding of how to build drum beats. like the last song i posted, everything in this song is from scratch (no loops, etc). so the timing may seem a little off or a...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:29:00 GMT