This is the printable cover for Coma Pill.
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.
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Set your left/right printer margins to 0.75 and your top/bottom margins to 0.50.
I'll be the first to admit that Tripecac can get a little boring. The endless, aimless, muffled jams, new-age dirges, clumsy jazz noodlings, and sterile trance loops can be snore-city at times. Sure, it's decent background music, but very little of it is either memorable or inspiring. I've been trying to spice things up a bit. On Disco Hike, I added lots of guitar and experimented with different sequencers, effects, and techniques. Extra Extra added wild, a cappella improvs and a guest guitarist.
For Coma Pill I took the opposite approach. I kept the setup simple, limiting myself to Sonar and the Triton; I even reused instruments and effects on many songs. I focused on making the music as peppy and clear as possible; I sped up tempos, used lots of looped rhythms, and toned down the reverb.
I also worked very quickly. I usually spent no more than 5 hours per song: one or two in 2003 and the rest in 2005. I managed to finish all the songs within a month, making this the quickest Tripecac so far.
The end result is (IMO) the most urgent and cohesive bunch of Tripecac songs so far. The tunes can be a little same-sounding at times (e.g., "Larrabee" and "Night"), and the drum mix is occasionally a little off, but overall, the mood is upbeat enough to make me nod my head... and not out of drowsiness!
The songs were constructed using Sonar. There's vocals on "Please Hold", "Tantrum", and "Share". The rest of the noises come from the Triton.