Music:
Member Since: 3/31/2006
Band Website: reconsiderate.com
Band Members: Reconsiderate
Influences: Metallica, Cypress Hill, Front Line Assembly, Project Pitchfork, KRS ONE, Tool, Mindless Self Indulgence, KMFDM, They Might Be Giants, Beck, Bjork
Sounds Like: Style, Process and Influences
I never know how to describe my music to other people. In some sense, you could consider it electronica, since I write and mix everything using synthesizers on my computer. But, really, that's only a superficial description at best. After all, my style doesn't depend on my medium. Were I to have learned the clarinet, piano, guitar, theremin or some other instrument, the songs would still be written in the same way they are today, which is largely loop-based.
Whenever I sit down to write some music, I usually start by picking a time signature (such as 5/4 or 6/8, et cetera) and melodic key (such as D major, F diminished, A enigmatic, et cetera) at random. As soon as I've got these, I'll do my best to make some interesting loops using the synth voices and percussive textures that I find in Reason , my composition software. The beats often take on a convoluted or "jagged" quality, while, with the melodies, I'm just going for something that's easy to listen to.
Once I've got a solid loop or two, I'll start playing around with ways to repeat, arrange and modify them as the song progresses forward through time. (This is what interests me most about song composition: its layout, the sequencing and organization of its constituent pieces.) At some point while all this is going on, I'll make the executive decision whether to throw in some lyrics, which I'll pull from a poem I've written or intend to write, or leave the song as an instrumental. Whichever I decide, I'll run with it until I feel it's done, or I run out of ideas. It's a great exercise in imagination for me, because I'm always doing what I can to head in directions where I've never taken previous songs.
In the end, my music serves primarily as a means of framing and emphasizing my lyrics-- I do consider myself a wordsmith first and a recording artist second. Having been influenced mostly by hard rock (such as Tool), industrial (such as KMFDM) and rap (such as KRSONE), my lyrics tend to be somewhat confrontational and ironic, and are almost always delivered in a half-sung, half-spoken style. In the past, others have described it varyingly as "electro punk", "spoken word" and even "underground hip-hop". In my opinion, I'm just making music the way music is supposed to be made; you can call it whatever you like.
Motivation
To me, it's very interesting to study and explore how language, via grammatical rules and various poetic devices, impact our behavior. I feel that lyrics are a powerful application of this phenomenon, since, when juxtaposed with the music, they become emotionally moving, and can thus more easily and directly influence the subconscious.
And this is part of what I'm doing with my music: developing programs for myself. If there's some principle or idea that I feel I should understand, or perhaps some change I'd like to make in my life, I'll distill its essence, put it into a recording and then point myself in that direction by listening to the song over and over and over. If you find that these programs are useful or simply enjoyable for you as well, then...
Take Reconsiderate home with You
Unless the volume on your computer is off, you can listen to some of my music via the player above. So that you can have the songs for your mp3 player or hard drive too, I've set up a few download sites.
At Music Forte , you can purchase my songs for just $0.99 each.
With a Sound Click user account, you can download my songs for free.
Why provide the free download site if I've got the pay-only download site? Well, to be perfectly honest, the money doesn't matter to me all that much. I happen to have a "day job" at the moment, and so am not starving for cash. Also, I'm well aware that we are in a new age of music sharing. Everyone wants music for free, and so I'm happy to remove the pay-only barrier if that's standing in your way. After all, I want you to have my music-- that's why I've gone to the trouble of making this website! If it helps at all, try thinking of me as a street musician. Here, look:
If, after downloading and listening to my songs, you feel like you want to show me some support, then you can drop some money into my "guitar case" by purchasing some of the songs that you don't already have or depositing some money into my virtual tip jar (via Pay Pal).
Whatever you give will be much appreciated. :o)
You've also got the option to purchase my CD, Niche Work. You'll get the physical compact disc, the audio on which is of higher quality than the mp3 downloads, as well as the artwork/packaging that comes with it, plus a few extra tracks that aren't available anywhere online.
Regardless of which option you decide is best for you, I hope you enjoy my music as much as I do, which is a lot. And, of course, I encourage you to share the songs freely with your family and friends.
Thanks!
"Reconsiderate's music is as original gets, and a lot of people need to hear it!"
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