This is the printable cover for Aminals.
Since I use it to make labels, it's tailored to my printer and browser (IE7) settings. It might not look or print as nicely on your PC.
I suggest you try a print preview and/or low-ink draft print before trying to print actual labels.
Make sure you configure your browser to print backgrounds, or the images won't print.
Set your left/right printer margins to 0.75 and your top/bottom margins to 0.50.
Vocals have always driven my music forward. Not that I'm a great singer or anything (ha!)... but when I add words to my music, the songs seem to gain focus and memorability.
Same with adding humor to my writing. If every sentence were formal and polished, this would be a boring read. But my informal conversationality (or conversational informality) makes this block of text more "human" and easier to connect with. So, like, that last sentence had horrible grammar, but hey, this isn't a textbook or a legal document. And my music isn't on the radio, stage, or anyone's CD player other than mine, my girlfriend's, and three family members'. That makes us an audience of five. So I can afford to be casual.
The vocals have the same attitude. They're defiantly casual. And funny. At least they try to be. Hey, are you laughing? Are you even reading? Hellllllloooo??? Okay, time to skip the "Treadmill". Back to the story.
Padden Drift was my first set of "all new" songs in three years. I played it pretty safe, sticking mostly to familiar-sounding jazz/funk/reggae instrumentals. Consequently, it's hard to remember the names of the songs on that album; right now I can't think of any. And that's kinda depressing, knowing that I worked for a month or two on material that I don't even remember!
Gorilla Love was my deliberate effort to create a more memorable collection of songs. I did that by adding vocals. My "rule" for Gorilla Love was that every other song had to have vocals. But you already know all this, right? You read those liner notes too. Right???
Anyway, after I finished Gorilla Love, I decided to try to make a 100% vocal album. I was excited about it, but worried that I wouldn't have enough to say. I also wanted to have an outlet for any long instrumental jams and other non-vocal ditties that I might generate. Therefore, I opted to work on two albums at once: Aminals (all vocals songs) and Vegibles (all instrumentals).
Since these albums are a conceptual pair, and since I'm running out of space, I'll continue these notes on Vegibles. See you there!