02. working through the environmental field (dvd 2)

08-01-2016: rebuilding segues for my first record

tracks worked on in this vlog:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/a-psycho-kills-a-cow
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/war-2
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inri-3

i AM still vlogging. i just wanted to catch up to the end of my period one discography before i sat down to edit. and, the scope of what i'm doing keeps expanding. which makes that process longer and longer. it's now going to take a few days to catch up. that's fine; i'm also in the slow process of getting around to quitting smoking, and that will be a good quitting smoking project (along witha few other things i've put aside).

i think i can finish what i'm doing by the end of the weekend at the latest sort of thing - it may even be done today, and will probably be done tomorrow. then, i'll sit down and work it out.

but, it will need to wait until i am done...however long that takes...

when i get there, i'll be uploading videos in relatively rapid succession. so, i guess you're looking at about two weeks coming up over two or three days.

i just posted it, but the new version of this is here:

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/on-sexual-confusion-in-adolescence

the alter-reality updates for the next six months are going to seem like i'm repeating myself, because i am, but it's a little different - i now have the supplementary material available, and i'm now in sync with the calendar date. and, interestingly, 1997/1998 was the last super el nino, too.

it was fuck the dead that was finished on jan 9, 1998. but this is the file i can use. it will be only be up for a few days.

switching to fuck the dead in the alter-reality

i'm moving forward again in the alter-reality tonight, and documenting the following track - although i've posted obligatories fairly recently and will not do so again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ-_rMcOPD0&t=15m50s

nope (final album mix)

originally created in april, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed july 4, 2015

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/nope-4

useless (final album mix)

recorded in jan, 1998. reclaimed june 29, 2015. remixed july 2, 2015.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/useless

a psycho kills a cow (final album mix)

so, this insane little tune actually took me all day to remaster.

the highest quality source i have for this is a 56 kbps mp3 from oct, 1997. but, here's the thing: it was constructed almost entirely from 8-bit samples. the only exception is the vocal croak at the end, which i took in at your normal 16-bit level with a mic into the back of the pc.

there was actually a lot of detail to pull out of it. and, it's consequently actually an exquisite speaker test. if you can hear multiple channels of sound, you have a pretty good speaker setup.

my laptop totally fails. even through the bassy phones, strangely. there's some sub frequencies going on down there - try it through a subwoofer. but, be careful with the volume to start...

the first ten tracks have now been replaced. i believe that 12, 14, 16 and 18 will require no editing. the other segues (11,13,15,17,19) are in an undetermined state. i will have to do something or other with all of them, or they'll no doubt sound flat in sequence. but, it may just be a question of running them through the izotope patch for the song before or after them.

i dunno. i know i wanted this done yesterday before lunch...

it can't be too much longer, though.

initially created in 1997. remastered from source and resequenced on jan 8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/a-psycho-kills-a-cow

schizoid (final album mix)

initially written in 1996. recreated in feb, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed july 12, 2015 & reprogrammed on dec 31, 2015. corrected and remixed on jan 3, 2016. sequenced jan 5-8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/schizoid

abusive (final album mix)

initially created in june, 1998. remastered from various sources on jan 5, 2016. sequenced jan 8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/abusive

mwp (final album mix)

initially written in 1996. recreated in feb, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed june 29, 2015. corrected nov 19, 2015. sequenced jan 5-8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/mwp

confused (final album mix)

initially written in 1997. recreated in feb, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed july 5, 2015. remixed july 12, 2015. electronics added on july 16, 2015. sequenced jan 6-8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/confused

symphony #0 (final album mix)

written june, 1998. reimagined june, 2001. slightly rearranged and re-rendered at the end of july, 2014. rearranged again at the end of may, 2015. remastered from the 2014 & 2015 sources on jan 6, 2016. sequenced on jan 8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/symphony-0-3

fuck the dead (final album mix)

originally created in jan, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed on july 5, 2015. expanded on jan 3, 2016 & sequenced jan 6-8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/fuck-the-dead

the phantom of the opera (final album mix)

recorded in 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. remastered from various sources on jan 6, 2016. sequenced jan 8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/the-phantom-of-the-opera

i did your mom (final album mix)

initially written in 1994. first full recording in 1996. recreated in mar, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. reclaimed on july 18, 2015. sequenced jan 6-8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/i-did-your-mom

a sickening obsession (final album mix)

initially written & recorded in 1997. re-recorded in feb, 1998. a failed rescue was attempted in 2013. remastered from various sources on jan 6, 2016. sequenced jan 8, 2016.

https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/a-sickening-obsession