TheStatPow wrote:b0qurant wrote:Haven't posted on Twoism in quite some time ... been through subtle-but-significant-to-me life changes in recent past which in inadvertent-but-maybe-connected ways have brought me back to BoC's work -- and I'm experiencing that wholly, absolutely wonderful thing with which maybe many'f'y're familiar: the relisten to an album you'ven't heard in a long time as if you're hearing it for the first time.
That's happening with me and BoC's entire catalogue right now, and they're the most influential/favorite of all to me, so I'm basically on the proverbial 'Cloud 9' @ the moment (and I impulsively bought their discography on vinyl over the past two weeks'r'so ['cause in the time 'tween my original life-changing discovery of BoC {early high school} and now {latetwenties} I've bought a decent setup]).
But anyway I post here 'cause last May I released a new album that I recorded in a week between two jobs ... prettysure I never posted it here, but I could be wrong ... I tried to experiment with synths more than my previous albums, but it's still pretty "folky," I guess.
https://thaibluejeanssalesman.bandcamp. ... be-just-soI play everything on it and home record/mix.
Thanx for taking a listen -- and I hope everyone is feeling decent about the progression'f their lives. (Despite the undecent times in which we wend our ways [But has it always been 'undecent'?].)
Very nice stuff. Impressed you did that in a week. First track is my favorite.
Why the TBJS pattern on all the track title?
Thanks for listening!
I more'r'less woke up early, worked the entire day on music, stayed up later than usual, slept, repeat.
It was a dream ... like a whole week "in the studio" ... also exhausting!
I'm into word games, acronyms, palindromes, anagrams, etc.
Particularly, I like to select random three-to-five-letter acronyms and see how many different, somewhat-sensible phrases I can milk out of it without repeating any words.
'cause my artist name is "Thai BlueJeans Salesman," I thought it would be cool to work with that acronym (TBJS) -- especially 'cause J is a challenging letter -- and see how closely I could actually get to the messaging/feel of the song. (I like constrained writing -- I find it helpful ... boundaries.)
In one or two cases, the acronym actually came first and I wrote the lyrics accordingly. ("Toad Beckons Jealous Snail," e.g.)
Thought it would be a fun creative challenge.
Thanks again for lending an ear!