Tripecac - Composed Pile (2008)

  1. Practice Composer [7:31] 2005-07-09 - 2008-05-12
  2. Baby Dew [3:55] 2008-05-15 - 2008-05-20
  3. Commo [6:50] 1996-03-06 - 2008-05-29
  4. Par [5:49] 2008-05-27 - 2008-06-07
  5. Rubber Rose [3:05] 199?-??-?? - 2008-06-13
  6. Summer Up [6:37] 2008-06-17 - 2008-07-01
  7. Undigitize [7:48] 2002-05-11 - 2008-07-17
  8. Country Boy [8:24] 2008-01-21 - 2008-07-29
  9. Deleech Us [4:14] 2008-07-31 - 2008-08-06
  10. Infiniteve [8:08] 2008-08-07 - 2008-09-06
  11. iDay [5:11] 2008-08-08 - 2008-09-12
  12. Infinitexile [6:27] 2008-08-08 - 2008-09-19
  13. Finalame [5:49] 2008-08-28 - 2008-09-29

The rule for this album was that I had to compose (at least part of) each song before recording it. I wasn't allowed to sit down at the keyboard and "wing it" as I usually do.

For the first nine songs, I alternated between digging up old piano-based ideas from previous years and composing new ones on my guitar or mandolin. Although each song took several days to finish, I was able to work steadily from May through July.

In August, we had house guests for a month, which made it hard for me to work on music at home. To satisfy my itch to create music, I jogged to the piano practice room at the nearby college and improvised, sketching out my favorite ideas on paper. After the guests finally left in early September, I resumed work on Tripecac, and turned those piano room ideas into songs (the last four on the album).

Stylistically and thematically, this album is all over the place. The lyrics are a mix of old and new, and the instrumentation is jarringly different from song to song, especially in the beginning. However, there are enough pretty, funny, and/or catchy bits to keep it interesting overall.

In my book, at least. And speaking of books...

It's time to put this one down!

On to a new chapter! :)