Tripecac - Sunday Sampler (1990-2001)

  1. Take Sive [3:07] 1990-0?-?? - 1990-0?-??
  2. Anchovy Rock [2:57] 1992-02-28 - 1992-02-28
  3. Fireflyz [3:14] 1992-05-06 - 1992-05-06
  4. I Don't Wanna [2:08] 1993-02-21 - 1993-02-21
  5. The Raft [3:33] 1993-02-26 - 1993-02-26
  6. Travis and Jon [2:11] 1993-0?-?? - 1993-0?-??
  7. The Hermit [5:37] 1993-07-29 - 1993-07-29
  8. I Don't Do Hills [3:54] 1996-05-12 - 1996-05-12
  9. The SS God Is Love [2:55] 1997-02-28 - 1997-02-28
  10. ...And Downs... [2:39] 1997-11-08 - 1997-11-08
  11. Dad Song [2:44] 2000-10-01 - 2000-10-01
  12. Piano Jam (part 1) [4:37] 2001-03-27 - 2001-03-27
  13. Close Your Eyes [5:00] 2000-09-01 - 2000-09-01
  14. Memorial [12:20] 2001-09-11 - 2001-10-11
  15. Renewal [10:35] 2001-11-05 - 2001-11-11
  16. Trail Running Instrumental [5:37] 2001-11-17 - 2001-12-02

Dad wanted me to put together a CD that would be "suitable for grandparents". He chose a bunch of songs and then I selected a subset of those and ordered them chronologically. Here are the original, grandparent-targeted liner notes:

2002-05-12

Hi!

This is a "sampler" of songs that I recorded over the years (under the name "Tripecac"), arranged in chronological order. My Dad picked these out as ones you might like!

I wrote and recorded all of the music by myself, using keyboards, tape recorders, and, later, computers. During the 1990s, I programmed my tunes into an "SY55" keyboard, which had a limited amount of memory, so the songs tended to be short and simple. I used the same keyboard for ten years, and recorded six albums (about 130 songs) with it.

In 2000, I bought a new keyboard (a "Triton") and started using computers to assemble my songs. It took me several months to learn how to create songs like I used to using computer software. During that learning period, I recorded several long, improvised "test" songs; "Piano Jam (part 1)", "Dad Song", and "Close Your Eyes" are excerpts from those tests.

After I moved to Bellingham (in August 2001), I finally had enough time to start recording "real" songs again; "Memorial" and "Renewal" were my first "finished" songs since 1997! Since then, I have recorded several other instrumental and vocal songs and continue to work on music almost every day.

I hope you enjoy the tunes. I certainly had a lot of fun creating them!

-- Travis