One of the highlights of 2012 has been getting involved with the Disquiet Junto project, who this week posed an interesting exercise.
I've selected 12 five-second segments of recordings from throughout the year based on when different files were exported (which seems to be a bit different to some of the links below).
Here's some context for each section:
January
The year opened with me procrastinating on finishing my album For 100 Years, which ended up being released in July. On the day of internet protests about the SOPA I remixed a video which Google had alerted me to because it had something resembling Bassling in the title. It gave me a big buzz when the guy I remixed saw it.
February
This track was my third attempt at remixing Waipukurau Park and had been mostly completed in December when I edited the video but my files show I worked on it around this time although it probably wasn't finished until closer to July.
March
It's been maybe three years since my cousin Chris died but I still think about him often and this track is one example. Early in 2012 I had the idea of recording an EP of solo bass and I'd been thinking about Chris because he helped me buy my first bass and encouraged me to play it.
April
This comes from a short mix of Skunkhour tracks I put together around the time I posted about the mix of INXS tracks I made for the project, which is cooler so I'll post the video I made for it here.
May
A recording of a jam on circuit bent gear and guitar pedals that I titled as an Outkast cover on Youtube.
June
Another jam with circuit bent gear and guitar pedals, as well as bass and theremin.
July
2012 was a milestone year as a musician for me and this was a great month with the release of my fourth, fifth and sixth albums.
As well as a great article on my album in a national magazine, I was invited to improvise with some great Wagga Wagga musicians.
August
Finally able to distribute the mammoth three-hour immersive audio recording of 'the wires' I'd finished in 2010. Dunno what people will make of it, I deliberately didn't master it so that it'd be background noise but that's probably part of how I experienced this otherworldly instrument.
September
A recording of a Fisher Price clock using my new contact mic.
October
This Dinosaur Park remix was one I mastered for...
November
Another 100 Years, an EP of remixes I released to coincide with my exhibition, which followed on from the album. The track heard here is actually the first park remix I made at Waipukurau Park in 2011.
December
Seems I'm back in a slump again but hope to finish my For 100 Years DVD. The audio here comes from one of the remixes I'm working on using the DVD cover/instrument developed for the release.
