So here\u2019s the pitch: 100 songs on one show.<\/p>\n
This show has been brewing for, I don\u2019t know, the last three or four years. Since solipsistic NATION<\/b> was first launched I\u2019ve accumulated a huge library of music. To be honest, at this point it\u2019s a constant deluge and I\u2019ll never catch up with it. There\u2019s only so many hours in a day.<\/p>\n
Anyway, not only do I have this huge library of music to choose from to put together each show I\u2019ve also got a lot of tracks that clock in at a minute or less. At some point it seemed obvious that I should put together a mix of just those brief tracks. In fact, I\u2019ve tried to do this show several times in the past but it never gelled. I almost gave up on the idea but last weekend I rolled up my sleeves and gave it another shot and what do you know, it finally came together!<\/p>\n
It was still a Herculean task, though. As you might have noticed, last weekend\u2019s show didn\u2019t go out, so Cyclopean was this project. But after much sweat and blood I stand before you diminished, but I stand before you nonetheless with, one show with 100 songs.<\/p>\n
What I like about today\u2019s show is that these tracks are more fragments of songs than a song proper. They suggest a song. And since there are so many<\/i> tracks, I can explore a lot of different moods and ideas very quickly. So much so that the show seems more like an auditory hallucination that a mix. At least that\u2019s how it feels from over here in the solipsistic NATION<\/b> studios.<\/p>\n
Okay, I\u2019m wrung out like a sponge. I\u2019ll see you next week when I\u2019m back to full charge. See you then!<\/p>\n
Photo Credit: \u00a9J. Todd Olson<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n