About
This site serves as the central location where you can find my forays into music, recording, video, software, and writing. I accomplish each of these varying degrees of success.If you want to contact me, you can do so at the email address listed in the image below:
Believe it or not I don't get thousands of emails a day, so chances are that I will actually respond.
Music
Albums for Free Download
- Art of Presentation (May 2010) This album is a little different than the previous. In places it is more spacey and reflective. In other places it is maddening. Sometimes it is jazzy and sometimes acoustic.
- Descent of the Goober Monster (Sept 2008) - The second album which was released only a half of a year later and all the time afforded to me. This is more groove oriented with elements of funk and jazziness.
- Songs That Go Up and Down (Jan 2008) - This album had an artificial time constraint and I was still getting my feet wet in the art of recording.
About the Music
I make instruemental music with undertones of prog and fusion. The music is largely keyboard based but occassionally makes use of a guitar, bass, recorder or anything else I can get my hands on. I use acoustic piano sounds alongside vintage keyboards and layer synths above it all. The music is generally played live rather than programmed. You are free to download and distribute the music within the scope of the Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported creative commons license .
I also play in a band named Eighth Whale based in Pittsburgh, PA.
My Studio
This is my current "studio". It also serves as a place I sleep, eat, and watch youtube videos. My studio is linux based (although my first two albums were done in Windows with Acid Music Studio). I use a M-Audio delta 44 as an audio interface and the three keyboards you see pictured are the Yamaha CP33, the Roland RS-70, and the microKorg. I used to make use of an Aardvark q10 audio interface, but I plan on selling that. I record my music with Ardour and make use of Hydrogen as a drum machine.
Thanks
Thanks for listening. If you have a moment, leave me some feedback. I'd like to know how I am doing.
Art of Presentation
Download and Stream
Download Art of Presentation - 320kb mp3- Half Hearted Revolution
- Cake or Pie
- Molton Snow
- Crap Transtion
- No Disclaimer
- Level 1
- Meerkats in Love
- Sinking Feeling
- Smiles
- Arecibo Message
- Number 0
About
released 19 May 2010
Jesse Spillane - piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, uke, bass, recorder, saxophone, clarinet, tambourine, wood block, ceiling fan, drum programming, recording, mixing, mastering, and motivational support.
microphone-comparison-freight-train-wav sample by mab www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=22953
Descent of the Goober Monster
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Download Descent of the Goober Monster (320 kbps)- Super Bubbly
- Face Punch
- Dance Rocket
- Descent of the Goober Monster
- Cityscape Backdrop
- Untitled
- Solve the Damn Mystery
- Dreaming With Feedback
- New Jersey
- Spastic Mumblings
- Snake Charms
- Rudolf Steiner's Favorite Television Program
- Call For Surrender
About
Released: Sept 2008
Inspired by the resounding indifference of my listeners, I set off to create a followup to Songs That Go Up and Down. This time around, I didn't impose any insane time limits on myself. Most of the songs were recorded during the summer after I graduated from school. Although a few were recorded earlier during random school breaks ("Dreaming in Feedback" and "New Jersey") " Snake Charms" is just happens to be old as dirt.
I had more time to work on the songs, so this album is more polished than before. I believe it is ultimately an improved listening experience.
Credits
- Jesse Spillane - Keyboard, guitar, bass, percussion, programming - all tracks
- Christina Spillane - Percussion on "Snake Charms". I made her do it.
- ReadeOnly - "Walkie Talkie" sample on "New Jersey" - (freesound.org)
- LG - "Ah ah" sample - (freesound.org)
- Random royalty free samples
Songs That Go Up and Down
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Download Songs That Go Up and Down (320 kbp/s)- Badass Tea
- Under These Conditions
- Death of a Pop Song
- Manoj's Hermit Crab
- Funky Nothings
- Misgivings
- Disengaging Eye Contact
- End of All Time
About
Released: January 2008
These recordings started as an ongoing joke at lunch during my last year at LVC. The idea was to create a concept album that was so vaguely defined, that pretty much anything would meet the standards of the concept. "Songs That Go Up and Down" was born.
During my winter break, I decided to record as many songs as I could. I only had about two weeks. Whatever was finished in these two weeks ended up on the album. Admittedly, the recording process was rushed, the production was sketchy, and some of the mistakes make me wince, but I believe I produced some memorable songs.
The recording sessions usually happened between the magical hours of 2 and 4 am (I recorded with head phones) and powered by hummus and vanilla soy milk.
Credits
- Jesse Spillane - Keyboards, programming
- Random royalty free samples