http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2006/12/nm20061222.mp3
Using last week’s snowy sounds, a reflection on today’s cold, rainy Arizona day.

As mentioned in the intro, this is likely to be the last episode of the year, and I hope to return to my regular weekly schedule in 2007. Happy Holidays, everyone!

http://nascentmusic.com/mp3/2006/12/nm20061208.mp3
Absorbing the influence of Björk, particularly “Vespertine.”

Coincidentally, I did a Björk-themed recording this time last year. Must be Arizona’s wintry weather.

http://shanecarey.net/mp3/Metaboloid.mp3
This song appeared during a live improvisation at Borders in August 2004. I loved it so much that I had to re-record it as a finished song. Obviously, going back gave me the chance to fix flubbed notes, and to beef up the accompaniment that I heard in my head while improvising (most notably during the heavy middle section), but the basic tracks are identical to what I played at Borders. Whether or not you care for the song, maybe you can appreciate how happy I was to have a complete song spontaneously appear like that.

The title evolved. My style back then consisted of what I called “Evil Bolero,” which was to start with a small basic track, build dynamics on top of them, and then pull it back and start again; so I shortened “Evil Bolero” to “Ebola” for the name of this song. Then I realized that the pulsing bass was strongly influenced by The Minibosses‘ cover of the theme from the Nintendo game “Metroid,” so I added that to “Ebola” to come up with “Metaboloid.”

I love this track. My wife envisions it in a movie, maybe during a zombie holocaust or something. I hope you like it too.

A new Nascent Music is coming, any day now, I swear!