Spring Tape, by Nick Syman

Spring Tape

by Nick Syman

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1.	piano jingles, drum recites 01:56	buy track
2.	trombone layers, cymbals chime 03:05	buy track
3.	piano overloads, drum agitates 03:00	buy track
4.	trombone despairs, cymbals alarm 02:01	buy track
5.	piano cries, drum rings 01:35	buy track
6.	trombone releases, cymbals shake 04:11	buy track
7.	piano explores, drum starts 01:49	buy track
8.	trombone moves, cymbals celebrate 05:30	buy track

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I recorded a sort of musical journal this spring as some of the challenges of the past year slowly started to fade. Winter was hard and I didn't play, write or record much, so I needed rigid parameters to get started:

- short, repetitive loops/improvisations that overlap
- instruments and effects recorded live to tape
- 4 tracks on the tape machine = 4 instruments (piano, drum, trombone and cymbals)
- instruments/tracks cycle in order (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 etc.)
- tracks gradually overlap more and more
- fill the entire tape

Hopefully this is the last solo/basement/pandemic project for a while and the next project will be written for and performed by live musicians, but finishing and producing these recordings helped me process some of this transition and the final product exceeded my expectations. Thanks for listening.

Recorded in St. Paul, Minnesota from March to June, 2021

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released June 15, 2021

piano, drum, trombone, cymbals, effects, mixing, mastering, and art by Nick Syman

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