right now i’m working on the packaging for a new compilation CD. this time, it’s completely self-produced with no <sarcasm>”help”</sarcasm> from mp3.com. the files on the CD were encoded to mp3 format at 320kbps (that’s the highest setting; professional quality… in contrast to mp3.com’s lousy 128kbps) – no more underwatery shimmering!
the bass is devastating. i’m serious – there’s just a bit more than necessary. and the trebles are extremely crisp. a really good sounding CD (except for some slight but noticeable distortion i couldn’t get rid of on two tracks, owing to oversaturation when i actually recorded them.)
in addition, there are FIFTEEN tracks, over 70 minutes of music. almost every song i have converted to the digital domain is represented, with the only notable exceptions being “2871” and “fucking should be sacred” (the latter was a ten year old crappy mix with a scratch vocal i never got to rerecord – truly awful lyrics, too). these are all songs already released thru mp3.com, so if you already have those CDs (and don’t mind the sketchy sound quality), then don’t bother with this one.
for those who don’t know, it’s about 75% instrumental. really drawn out and repetitive, but also pretty booty-licious. mainly electronica – some darkwave, techno, etc., with a genuine grunge song from 1991 and an electric folk blues song from even earlier thrown in. you can hear all or most of ’em at mp3.com/transmothra
the package will include CD artwork, 2-sided tray liner, and a 4 page (2 page, f/b) booklet. hopefully i can squeeze in the lyrics on the four bonus tracks – older songs that actually have vocals.
the artwork so far rocks, if i do say so myself. the outside of the booklet (the cover) is retro-future minimal, emphasis on solids (blue); the inside is based on a digital collage i did last year: a grasshopper with a human skull marked “creep” across the forehead, coming out of a cave which is actually an unrecognizable color negative extreme closeup of a vagina. at least one of you has already seen and been creeped out by it.
it’s being called “they could all be robots.”
it will probably be something like $8, so start saving up.
