Stocking Oxygen by free jam 1999-2003
This was a great opportunity to jam with great sonicists on digital equipment. I did most or all of the mixing, and regret overdoing the effects on the drums, but the idea was to have them match some of the effects-driven playing tom and I were doing on guitar and bass. Unfortunately, the original ADAT tapes were recorded over.
The first jam took place in the fall 1999. The next 12 are from the summer and fall of 2000, the two after that in 2002, and then the last one in 2003, before I left the country again. The first jams are a somewhat hesitant, but we start to really geal around #11/12, then a bit of a lull, and then again towards the end of 2000 at #17/18 and afterwards to #27. We never jammed again because Dave passed away while I was gone.
So if you have the patience for this kind of stuff, first start at #11/12, then skip ahead to #17-27. If you still would like to hear more, listen from the beginning.
The jams were an hour long, but I had to break them up to fit Bandcamp's space limits.
Tracklist
| 1. | begin the beginning again - part 1 | 23:29 |
| 2. | begin the beginning again - part 2 | 38:35 |
| 3. | nuts mixed.01 | 29:48 |
| 4. | nuts mixed.02 | 32:14 |
| 5. | live and forget.01 | 34:52 |
| 6. | live and forget.02 | 27:13 |
| 7. | bounce, bound, float & fall--repeat.01 | 18:16 |
| 8. | bounce, bound, float & fall--repeat.02 | 43:23 |
| 9. | growing our shirts out.01 | 18:48 |
| 10. | growing our shirts out.02 | 43:01 |
| 11. | raging maharaja's raga in d.01 | 47:58 |
| 12. | raging maharaja's raga in d.02 | 14:02 |
| 13. | wrinkle-free and stinky.01 | 30:01 |
| 14. | wrinkle-free and stinky.02 | 31:53 |
| 15. | missed opportunities.01 | 23:47 |
| 16. | missed opportunities.02 | 38:26 |
| 17. | plasma spasms.01 | 24:02 |
| 18. | plasma spasms.02 | 38:00 |
| 19. | two unsuccessful naps--anxiety.01 | 33:57 |
| 20. | two unsuccessful naps--anxiety.02 | 27:53 |
| 21. | two unsuccessful naps--regret | 39:03 |
| 22. | unsheltering why.01 | 18:09 |
| 23. | unsheltering why.02 | 43:52 |
| 24. | stockpile-limber into limbo.01 | 46:28 |
| 25. | stockpile-limber into limbo.02 | 15:45 |
| 26. | lucky mummy chunks.01 | 26:28 |
| 27. | lucky mummy chunks.02 | 35:09 |
Credits
tom schroeder: guitar
dave herr: drums
mattress giant (me): bass
License
All rights reserved.
I was born.
Then I started playing music.
Then I stopped,
Then I started again.
Many times.
It's always been fun.
A lot of it went unrecorded. Some got recorded, and some of that is here.
The bottom three albums are two college bands and one post-college.
The top 5/6 albums are free jamming outfits (not for everyone!). The middle 6 are solo albums where I made up, sang, and played everything.