- Title: Mockolate
- Artist: Tripecac
- Timespan: 2018
- Theme: time poor
- Length: 58:57
- Tracks: 7
- Lyrics: 7
- MP3s: 7 play all locally
- Rating: ***½ [3.5] (1 rating) rate this album
Track List
# | title | lyrics | time | download | listen | started | recorded | rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cakewalking Dead | lyrics | 8:45 | download | listen locally | 2018-02-13 | 2018-02-27 | **** (1) |
2 | Avefadi | lyrics | 5:51 | download | listen locally | 2018-04-10 | 2018-05-08 | *** (1) |
3 | Immockulate | lyrics | 8:22 | download | listen locally | 2018-05-15 | 2018-06-05 | **** (1) |
4 | Roomhaven | lyrics | 9:39 | download | listen locally | 2018-06-12 | 2018-07-03 | ****½ (1) |
5 | To Myself | lyrics | 4:05 | download | listen locally | 2018-10-15 | 2018-11-19 | **** (1) |
6 | Weigh Bee Hind | lyrics | 9:37 | download | listen locally | 2018-11-20 | 2018-12-05 | *** (1) |
7 | Codada | lyrics | 12:38 | download | listen locally | 2018-12-07 | 2018-12-17 | **** (1) |
Total | 58:57 | play all locally | album rating: | ***½ (1) |
Notes
This album is shorter than usual, due to a seemingly endless series of interruptions and delays. The year started slowly, with my wasting investing a lot of time researching software to replace SONAR (which had been discontinued in late 2017). In the end, I decided to stick with SONAR until it stops working. That [non]decision cost me many hours which could have been spent making music!
By early July I had only completed four songs. We then went on a trip for six and half weeks. When we got back, the girls were no longer enrolled in their after-school gym classes, so I lost my usual two-hour music blocks.
In the fourth quarter of the year, the girls joined the coding club, which gave me a two-hour music block again. But then I had to upgrade to a new computer, which consumed more time. Sickness, holidays, and coding club cancellations meant I only had a few afternoons here and there to work on music. Somehow I managed to squeeze out another three songs. By then, I had lost any musical momentum, and felt rusty and rushed; you can probably tell that from the songs.
Speaking of the songs, all of them have vocals. They're silly and mostly improvised, but occasionally catchy. The idea was originally to "mock" various things happening at the time, but over time I neglected to do even that, and the writing dwindles into babbly nothingness. In other words, they're par for Tripecac.
The first four songs are the most focused and polished. Each seems to revisit a different period of Tripecac production. "Cakewalking Dead"'s drum machine and roomy production remind me of Where's My Muse. "Immockulate"'s dueling vocals hearken back to Convenience. "Avefadi" sounds like it could have been on The Hermit, with over-distortion, [fake] sax, and sped-up vocals. "Roomhaven" feels like one of those early soft synth tests on Out the Margins; it starts off meek and awkward but then comes together in a nice funky groove towards the end.
The final three songs sound like a rushed "sequel". They're less chronologically adventurous in terms of production (all sound relatively recent), but are even messier and sloppier in terms of writing, performance, and mixing. "To Myself" is over-compressed, "Weigh Bee Hind" is over-repetitive, and "Codada" is over-stupid. On the positive, there are some decent solos buried in the mess.
Oh well. Hopefully next year will be less time-pinched, so that I can crank out more and better music. I think I've said that before. But this time I really mean it!
Seriously.
Songs
Cakewalking Dead
- Mockolate track 1
- started: 2018-02-13
- recorded: 2018-02-27
- length: 8:45
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
Cakewalk is dead. This song laments that. Sloppily.
Lyrics to "Cakewalking Dead":
oo yeah oo yeah.. gimme a c now tell me what you see and gimme an a now tell me what you a [ha ha] and gimme an l ah la la la la la i didn't spell it right though c a l ? no cal there's no cal in cakewalk well there was but they lost interest in supporting it well i like cal not sunny southern cal but i like cal not calvin and hobbes but cal as in cakewalk application language ok shut up shut up shut up cakewalk is dead cakewalk is dead it kinda messes with my head to know that cakewalk is dead which means sonar is dead sonar is dead it sorta messes with my head to know that sonar is dead x1 killed it [x1 stunk] and then x2 stomped on it [x2 stunk] and then x3 pooped on it [x3 stunk] and then platinum was a dead skunk [platinum stunk] so cakewalk is dead cakewalk is dead [well boo hoo hoo] even after taking all my bread [well not really] you know cakewalk is dead gotta sing about something you know gotta sing about something you know gotta sing about cakewalk you know gotta sing about sonar you know a dead skunk a dead skunk a dead skunk a dead skunk... not on the street corner [you know] not in your hallway [you know] not in the club scene [you blow] not in the stage show [you blow] not anywhere am i not gonna get a penny you know they kinda deserved it they forsook cal they forsook studioware they just basically wanted a nice gui wanted a nice gui wanted a nice gui well now cakewalk's corpse is gooey gooey gooey so now sonar is dead sonar is dead i think they burnt all of my bread and so now sonar is dead you know [scat] click pop snap and crackle make it stop [scat] click click click pop snap and crackle make it stop [scat] snap crackle and poop you know i know i know i know blame it on cakewalk and blame it on sonar blame it on all those guys who led me so far blame it on cakewalk blame it on the racket you know you know you know blame it on cakewalk blame it on sonar blame it on x1 x2 x3 platinum you know blame it on cakewalk blame it on the techs blame it on all those guys who took my cheques i don't know i don't know they gave me a slick interface but pops and crackles in my face oh let's just shut up and listen to the solo yeah solo solo solo solo solo solo solo solo solo solo cakewalk is dead cakewalk is dead it kind messes with my head to know that cakewalk is dead sonar is dead cakewalk is dead i think they burnt all my bread cakewalk is dead [scat] it smells like smoke in here yes gui all right let's do another song using cakewalk
Avefadi
- Mockolate track 2
- started: 2018-04-10
- recorded: 2018-05-08
- length: 5:51
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
I got the title from a CAPTCHA that happened to be on a nearby monitor when I was trying to pick a name for this song. It sounded kinda dark and mysterious, so I tried to make music to fit.
The music ended up being pretty punky (and very distorted - the dynamic range is 2, which is absurdly low). I think I was listening to Sisters of Mercy and Morphine at the time. Can you hear those influences?
Can you hear anything after listening to this?
Lyrics to "Avefadi":
a a a a avefadi avefadi waits for me one more one more one more one more captcha it bleeds oh it bleeds it bleeds oh it bleeds oh it bleeds oh it bleeds oh it bleeds oh it bleeds oh it bleeds oh it bleeds it burns it burns it burns and we bleed and it burns you burn i burn and you bleed you bleed ah ah ah ah do do do do ah ah ah ah i made a poopie oh yeah a a a a avefadi avefadi waits for me
Immockulate
- Mockolate track 3
- started: 2018-05-15
- recorded: 2018-06-05
- length: 8:22
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
Silly and repetitive. 100% improvised. Can you tell?
Lyrics to "Immockulate":
forget about it forget about it forget about it forget about it i already have forget about it what? forget about it yeah forget about it forget about what? forget about it i don't remember [etc] cough oh god hard on the throat man it's hard on the throat man got a cough drop drop it in your pockulate got a cough drop ??? immockulate the immockulate conception cough drop innoculate the immockulate conception cough drop innoculate the immockulate conception cough drop innoculate the immockulate conception cough drop innoculate that isn't funny oh my ears my ears hurt my brain hurts your brain hurts everybody clap on 3 1 2 3 everybody clap with 1 2 me everybody clap and see a b c everybody clap and then pee pss pss pss pee oh god oh jesus are you immockulate oh god oh jesus are you immockulate conception what a waste of hard drive [scat] this is pathetic this is more than pathetic may the lord strike me it's apathetic i don't see any striking what's that drummer smokin' i don't know why is that fuse box smokin' i don't care 'cause we're playing too loud i guess why are these nachos smokin' ugh too much hot sauce possibly what is that gandalf smokin' pipe weed yeah quote pipe weed unquote it's smokin' conception makes no sense but it's smokin' conception oh come on reverse it's already spoken oh even worse it's croakin' [repeat earlier nonsense]
Roomhaven
- Mockolate track 4
- started: 2018-06-12
- recorded: 2018-07-03
- length: 9:39
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
The title was inspired by a popular board game (Gloomhaven). The lyrics poke fun of people who play it. Which will be me in a few weeks. Or months. Or years. If I'm lucky.
The music was inspired by... ummm... Sorry, gotta go now.
Lyrics to "Roomhaven":
i'm in my roomhaven i'm in my room i'm all aloon haven i got the gloom i'm in my roomhaven i'm all aloon party in my roomhaven i got the gloom i'm in my roomhaven i'm all aloon there's a party in my roomhaven and i got the gloom i'm in my roomhaven i'm all aloon there's a party in my roomhaven i got the gloom +1 +2 +3 +4 why are you walking to the door come see my magical sword nice try pretending that you're bored you're just jealous
To Myself
- Mockolate track 5
- started: 2018-10-15
- recorded: 2018-11-19
- length: 4:05
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
This is the first song I work on with my new computer. It's a bit clunky, but not nearly as clunky as what it took to get the tools for working on it installed, configured, and able to let me finish it. I'm glad that's over with!
Lyrics to "To Myself":
it's been a long long time since i made any songs it's been a long long time since i made any songs it's been a long long time since i made any songs it's been a long long time since i made any songs stretch it out trav stretch it out stretch it out trav stretch it out stretch it out trav stretch it out stretch it out trav stretch it out and here i go when i've got the house to myself i dance alone when i've got the house to myself i sing alone when i've got the house to myself when i've got the house to myself when i've got the house to myself when i've got the house to myself and it's true when i've got the house to myself i think of you and i remember to put away my shoes that way i can't lose here i go when i've got the house to myself i dance alone and sometimes on the phone now that's what i call multitasking now i've got the house to myself now i've got the house to myself now i've got the house to myself now i've got the house to myself
Weigh Bee Hind
- Mockolate track 6
- started: 2018-11-20
- recorded: 2018-12-05
- length: 9:37
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5, Addictive Drums 2, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
I was very behind on making music (thanks to travel, work, and school schedules), so I needed something that I could repeat for a long time, to fill up space. Meanwhile, we'd been noticing two bumblebee hives (underground) in our garden. This song's lyrics fuse those two ideas.
Lyrics to "Weigh Bee Hind":
weigh hey hey hey the bee hind weigh hey hey hey the bee weigh hey hey hey the bee hind weigh hey hey hey the bee 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 how much does a bee weigh anyway? [repeat] we've got bumblebees in our garden and at first they were a little bit alarmin' but then we heard they were good for the flora so we let them be and now there's more-a hey hey hey hey there's a bee hive hey hey hey hey there's a bee hey hey hey hey there's a bee hive hey hey hey hey there goes a bee we've got a hundred bumblebees in our garden they nest inside two holes that they've been carvin' we put a couple sticks nearby as a warnin' so i guess i'm now a bumblebee warden hey hey hey hey don't touch my bee hive hey hey hey hey don't touch my bee hey hey hey hey don't touch my bee hive hey hey hey hey don't touch my bee
Codada
- Mockolate track 7
- started: 2018-12-07
- recorded: 2018-12-17
- length: 12:38
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5, Battery 4, Massive, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
I needed something long. For some reason, I also made this slow. I think the idea that slower equals longer.
Well, I also started off making it sound pretty classical. But I don't really "do" classical, so it didn't take me long to transform it into something else.
Loop loop loop.
Long long long.
Improv improv improv.
Barf barf barf.
Done done done.
Lyrics to "Codada":
we gotta go for 10 minutes, 10 minutes we gotta go for 10 minutes how do you do? we gotta go for 10 minutes, 10 minutes we gotta go for 10 minutes, 10 minutes hello okay thank you coda da da da de da da coda da de da coda da da da de da da coda da de da coda da da da de da da coda da de da coda da da da de da da coda da de da coda coda coda coda coda coda yoda yoda coda coda yoda yoda coda coda yoda and chewbacca what's that? what? who sang that? oh oh i'm looking at you loking at me you in the corner, you sang that... you are excused uh thank you hey you, you never play your solo when you should yo sorry and you guy with the eye playing with his woodwind woodwind oh no that's not right playing with his woodwind he's playing with his woodwind there are no woodwinds in this song it's just brass drums bass piano organ all electronic all fake fooled ya didn't i didn't we didn't we wee gotta wee time to wee see ya just kidding i'm not going anywhere 'cause i gotta make this song really long and i gotta speak like this that is a requirement to speak like a southern robot in an echo chamber a nuclear echo chamber full of other robot parts from the previous experiments this is take 96 coda da da da de da da coda da de da coda da da da de da da coda da de da ooh coda coda coda coda coda coda yoda yoda coda coda yoda yoda coda coda yoda and chewbacca we gotta go for 10 minutes, 10 minutes we gotta go for 10 minutes, 10 minutes
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