It Ain't Fishin' But It's Somethin' serves as part of my senior thesis from University of the Arts. I wanted to create an album that was entirely comprised of recontextualized demos that either never came to fruition or have changed from the artist's initial conception. I requested unused recordings from fellow students and friends, manipulated and combined them in order to create new pieces of music made from the ghosts of ideas past with an aesthetic focus on placing the project within the school of hauntological works. I was equally inspired by and frustrated with hauntology's notion of "lost futures"—futures once promised that never came to pass and wanted to give once discarded music a chance at some kind of future.
credits
released December 27, 2021
This project would not be possible without:
My family; for endless support and encouraging me to pursue any path that feels right
My professors at UArts; for being wonderful and horizon-broadening mentors over the last four years
My senior thesis advisor Paul Schuette; for being an extraordinary teacher and for recommending research that changed the course of my project
My roommates and friends; for always lending an ear—musically or not
Liminal Editions (@liminal_editions) for enjoying this project and pushing it forward
all those who contributed material; Sanniyah Bey, Cayla Casler, Emma Rome Corbin, Justin Dudzinski, Vince Duong, Emmet Foley, Maddy Gillespie, Matthew Glosson, Hunter Guzenski, Ryn Hearing, Hannah Hobson, Carson Hyde, Ethan Javage, Matt Kahn, Dylan Kersten, Brendan Krog, Kate Lord, Andrew Malabunga, Stuart McKean, Lily McKown, Noah Miller, James Parks, Nic Passeri, Noah Roth, Alexa Rozell, Zach Serra, Jake Soojian, Dennis Tobin, Tyler Trexler, Mark Turtola, Julio Veracruz and Mike Wolfe
(ICYWW: The album cover is everyone's face morphed together and combined over and over again.)
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