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Wow… 12 shows already. I must be pretty serious about this. Well, sort of. Last night’s show was another Propellerhead Reason improv, mixed live with even less prep than last time. It’s posted in my electro archives below.

Please note that Signals with Shivasongster will be on hiatus until mid/late October while I work on sound design for a local murder mystery, do some performing and traveling, and work on my next play with Dr. Stephen Schrum, Dog Assassin. Oh yeah, and somewhere in there I’m going to be attending EM2011! Lots of music (and sounds). Keep listening to the signals!

Select shows are posted below.

This program is Copyright 2011 Jeremy dePrisco.
Be sure to check out the rest of my electro archives for playlists, and pictures of my early studio setups… some of them quite fun.

http://www.shivasongster.com/category/electro/

Reason - No VST support, but you shouldn't need it!

For shows #11 & 12, I mixed it up a little bit with a live performance using only Propellerhead Reason/Record. I’ve been wanting to do such a set for a while. This week everything fell together (or apart) because I had little time to prep. I didn’t have other pre-recorded material I felt like sharing, and with the 80+ degree weather and 60% humidity in the studio, I was not interested in setting up my usual guitar-based loop-pedal monstrosity.

Reason is very liberating in terms of sound creation and manipulation. Even though I relied heavily on third party loop libraries and material from Computer Music Magazine, this set was very fun and the level of expression by the end was to my liking. I now have a base line for future experiments like this.

Based on the encouragement on the electro-music.com chat board, it is likely I’ll do this again next time.

6/23/11

7/7/11

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Be sure to check out the rest of my electro archives.
http://www.shivasongster.com/category/electro/

Show #10 was a retrospective featuring some of my favorite tracks from previous shows.

Track Title / Album or Collection
1 Sidechain – Sideshow Distractions
2 American Power (unreleased)
3 Obsolete Man (Truth is a Menace) (unreleased)
4 Full Circle – MINDSPEAK KEYBOARD SONGS 1993-1994
5 The Lie – MINDSPEAK KEYBOARD SONGS 1993-1994
6 A Fairytale – Catch the Squirrel
7 The Shadows On My Wall – Mandala
8 Spider – Cadillacs & Tarantulas
9 Questing (unreleased)
10 What’s Reality – Chaos Rise Up
11 She’s A Zombie – Bloomsburg To Bangladesh
12 slowgroove_2011 (unreleased)
13 I’m the One (unreleased)
14 Word Traffic – Mandala
15 Where The Rubber Hits The Road – Chaos Rise Up
16 Satyananda – Catch the Squirrel

* non-album original songs by Jeremy dePrisco

This program is Copyright 2011.

Be sure to check out the rest of my electro archives.
http://www.shivasongster.com/category/electro/

Show #9 featured a continuation of the Space Folk from the last episode.

“shivasongster‘s music is great for programming because it’s often mellow enough to allow you to concentrate on your code, yet occasionally draws you in for something meaningful or reflective.”  – Les Hall (Inventor)

1 Multiple Personality Intro improv
2 Don’t Forget It (Blind Willie McTell)
3 Good Shepherd (Traditional)
4 Kalimba Rave improv
5 TV Today*
6 8-track Underground (from Cadillacs & Tarantulas)
7 Harvest (Neil Young)
8 Profound Thoughts
 improv
9 Ode to the G String improv
10 Killing the Blues (Allison Krauss)
11 Arjuna Blues (from Cadillacs & Tarantulas)
12 Am Improv improv
13 Bin Laden’s Dead*
14 Broke Down (Cleaves/Picott)
15 EXTERMINATE! improv
16 The Messenger (Dan Lanois)
17 Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash)

* non-album original songs by Jeremy dePrisco

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Be sure to check out the rest of my electro archives.
http://www.shivasongster.com/category/electro/

Show #8 featured live Space Folk… songs from my acoustic set put through delay pedals with KAOSS beat support… at least until the batteries ran out.

Track Song Writer Album
1 City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman) Various
2 Diatribe (from JJD’s Cadillacs & Tarantulas)
3 Just Friends*
4 Saw It With My Own Two Eyes*
5 On The Edge (from JJD’s Catch the Squirrel)
6 Hard Pill to Swallow*
7 Country Roads (John Denver et al) Various
8 Word Traffic (from JJD’s Mandala)
9 Landlord (Gene Raskin) Various
10 Living Room*
11 One Day (Matisyahu) Various

* non-album original songs by Jeremy dePrisco

This program is Copyright 2011. Covers are copyright their respective writers.

Be sure to check out the rest of my electro archives.
http://www.shivasongster.com/category/electro/

Signals with Shivasongster – April 28, 2011 – Back to the archives this week, where we explored tracks created using Acid Pro, the loop-based production tool. Though not used very much today in my compositions, Acid Pro was a lot of fun and I’ve found some neat pieces circa 1999 – 2004. For more about my thoughts on this platform, check out my article.

This program is Copyright 2011 Jeremy dePrisco.

Be sure to check out the rest of my electro archives.

In the Attic (2008 setup)

For show #6, we continue with some sort-of-electro tracks from Chaos Rise Up and Catch the Squirrel. From there we explored some very rough experiments, including some of the better elements from 2007′s Inlaw’s Attic session.

Each year since 2006 I’ve brought a portable studio to my inlaw’s place during our Christmas holiday visit. It provides a much-needed break from the holiday craziness and presents a different environment in which to create.

# Song                               Collection

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Be sure to check out the rest of my electro archives.

This show featured a mix of pre-recorded tracks from Bloomsburg to Bangladesh, some completely improv pieces, and material that mixed live performance with backing tracks or loops.

# Track Name / Album
1 KORG: Wave Sequencer 3 (INTRO)*
2 She’s a Zombie (prerecorded) Bloomsburg To Bangladesh
3 Men At Sea (prerecorded) Bloomsburg To Bangladesh
4 KORG: Wave Sequencer 3 IMPROV with Likembe*
5 Crush My Mouth (LIVE)*
6 Chaos Factory 2.0 (w/live guitar/vocal) Chaos Rise Up
7 Organ Harvest (w/live guitar/vocal) Chaos Rise Up
8 The Rains Shall Fall (LIVE)*
9 Icefishing on Europa (memman_loop1) w/ Likembe*
10 Forgotten Space March (memman_korgloop2sat) w/ Percussion*
11 Two Kits (w/ Likembe)*
12 Anthemic (OUTRO)*

* non-album improv tracks

Signals with Shivasongster – March 17, 2011 – In celebration of St. Patty’s Day, this show featured an “enhanced” version of the ol’ Irish tune “All For Me Grog” originally recorded during some formative recording experiences at Lebanon Valley College with friend Matt Homiak while he was taking courses there. The we moved into a series of shorter pieces from the cutting room floor inspired by circus music and (mostly) Eastern European styles – pieces originally composed for a live sideshow project. The evening wrapped up with a Buddhism-inspired piece from Immaculate Misconceptions and several songs from my latest album, Chaos Rise Up.

# / Name / Album or Collection
1 All For Me Grog – Lebanon Valley College 1996 (w/2011 electro elements)
2 2/2/06 Ethereal Cinematic SoftSynth Experiment – Immaculate Misconceptions
3 circus4*
4 circus5*
5 circus6*
6 Opium Sideshow*
7 10_Minimalism*
8 17_HappySongForMike*
9 Balkan Freilakh 2*
10 Balkan Mehmeda 1*
11 Balkan Opa*
12 Balkan Paidouchko*
13 Balkan Sirba*
14 Balkan Test 1*
15 Balkan Test 2*
16 Balkan Thas Paso*
17 Balkan Vlaque*
18 Sidechain*
19 pas09 Sept09*
20 primalkorg*
21 092609 Sideshow*
22 Chindra’s Lament – Immaculate Misconceptions
23 What’s Reality – Chaos Rise Up
24 Creepy Girl – Chaos Rise Up
25 The Morning After – Chaos Rise Up

This program is Copyright 2011 Jeremy dePrisco.

* Sideshow Distractions –  non-album project intended as preshow, background and curtain call for sideshow performer Professor Fountain.

Be sure to check out the rest of my electro archives, which feature some neat pictures of my early studio setups… some of them quite fun.

http://www.shivasongster.com/category/electro/

Signals with Shivasongster

Signals with Shivasongster – March 3, 2011 – This week we got through the last bit of electro items from the Fostex years, and moved on a couple of the more atmospheric tracks from my second album, Cadillacs & Tarantulas. Then on to some music from Schrum/dePrisco play collaboration Immaculate Misconceptions. Sideshow Distractions – not so much an album, but a collection of leftovers and experiments for a friend’s stage show – brought us to the close with two tracks from my latest album Chaos Rise Up.

# / Name / Album or Collection
1 A Fairytale - Catch the Squirrel
2 Brighter Shade of Gray*
3 Mikey Might*
4 Sunday Paper*
5 Voodoo Night*
6 Dream Girl – Cadillacs & Tarantulas
7 Spider – Cadillacs & Tarantulas
8 Incidental Madness – Immaculate Misconceptions
9 Chaos Factory – Immaculate Misconceptions
10 Waiting for Bulu Suite - Immaculate Misconceptions (preshow)
11 Questing - (Unreleased)
12 05_PodKorgBlues – Sideshow Distractions
13 07_FuzzDub – Sideshow Distractions
14 10_Minimalism - Sideshow Distractions
15 Keep The Windows Closed – Chaos Rise Up
16 Children Of Light – Chaos Rise Up

This program is Copyright 2011 Jeremy dePrisco.

*MINDSPEAK KEYBOARD SONGS 1993-1994
For more about the MINDSPEAK collections:
http://www.mindspeak.com/?page_id=2

Be sure to check out the rest of my electro archives, which feature some neat pictures of my early studio setups… some of them quite fun.

http://www.shivasongster.com/category/electro/