30 Songs

"30 Songs"
Produced May/June 2008
Personnel: Bryan Young
Noise: Martin dreadnought acoustic guitar, Shure SM-57 omnidirectional mic, Boss Digital Delay pedal, thumb drum, desk from Ikea, chair legs, Norton Anthology of English Literature, Steve Madden shoebox, jewel cases, TV, scissors, Samsung cell phone, samples from ubu.com, FreeSound Archive and YouTube
Equipment: Boss 12-track digital mutlitracker, Audacity, Garage Band

Day 1 (D maj.)
Day 2 (Human Science)
Day 3 (Ulises Lima)
Day 4 (Switch)
Day 5 (Pinochet)
Day 6 (Let's From Some Loud Unworld's Most Rightful Wrong)
Day 7 (Agu/Luanda)
Day 8 (Coltrane Pornography)
Day 9 (Mathausen)
Day 10 (Greenwich)
Day 11 (Verfremdungseffekt)
Day 12 (The Double)
Day 13 (Automatic)
Day 14 (Stand)
Day 15 (Metropolitan)
Day 16 (Paper Heart)
Day 17 (Troy)
Day 18 (Nomad)
Day 19 (Pappy Hod)
Day 20 (Profane and Paola)
Day 21 (Ninety-Nine)
Day 22 (Friday the 13th)
Day 23 (Clone)
Day 24 (Air Raid)
Day 25 (Trombone)
Day 26 (The Magnificent Ambersons)
Day 27 (Out of Soho)
Day 28 (Out of Gilead)
Day 29 (Out of Mexico City)
Day 30 (V)

Day 30

"Day 30 (V)
Produced June 2008
Acoustic guitar, voice, hands clapping, sample courtesy of YouTube

Inspiration for this song was taken from AEM.

Day 29

"Day 29 (Out of Mexico City)"
Produced Sunday, June 22nd, 6:00p-6:45p
Acoustic guitar, voice, hitting things

Inspiration for this song was taken from Salif Keita.

Day 28

"Day 28 (Out of Gilead)"
Produced Saturday, June 21st, 1:45p-2:15p
Acoustic guitar, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Talk Talk / Margaret Atwood.

Day 27

"Day 27 (Out of Soho)"
Produced Friday, June 20th, 4:00p-4:45p
Acoustic guitar, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Sufjan Stevens.

Day 26

"Day 26 (The Magnificent Ambersons)"
Produced Wednesday, June 18th, 6:00p-6:45p
Acoustic guitar, voice, hands, the Campbell Storytime Hour (Nov. 8, 1938)

Inspiration for this song was taken from Orson Welles / Tilly and the Wall.

Day 25

"Day 25 (Trombone)"
Produced Monday, June 16th, 7:30p-8:00p
Acoustic guitar, voice, hands

Inspiration for this song was taken from "At the Bottom of Everything".

Day 24

"Day 24 (Air Raid)"
Produced Sunday, June 15th, 3:00p-3:30p
Acoustic guitar

Inspiration for this song was taken from Steve Reich.

Day 23

"Day 23 (Clone)"
Produced Friday, June 13th, 3:30p-5:00p
Acoustic guitar, voice, percussion (courtesy of Garage Band), cell phone noises and weathermen courtesy of FreeSound

Inspiration for this song was taken from The Books.

Day 22

"Day 22 (Friday the 13th)"
Produced Friday, June 13th, 1:45p-2:15p
Acoustic guitar, voice, banging on table

Inspiration for this song was taken from Passion Pit.

Day 21

"Day 21 (Ninety-Nine)"
Produced Sunday, June 8th, 7:00p-7:30p (and before)
Acoustic guitar, Casio drum setting

Inspiration for this song was taken from the term "blissful mindfuck".

Day 20

"Day 20 (Profane and Paola)"
Produced Sunday, June 8th, 1:45p-2:45p
Acoustic guitar, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Owen.

Day 19

"Day 19 (Pappy Hod)"
Produced Saturday, June 7th, 6:30p-7:00p
Acoustic guitar, voice, hitting the top of a Steve Madden shoebox lid on my knee very close to the SM-57

Inspiration for this song was taken from the Clash/Starlight Mints.

Day 18

"Day 18 (Nomad)"
Produced Friday, June 6th, 7:30p-8:15p
Acoustic guitar, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Saves the Day.

Day 17

"Day 17 (Troy)"
Produced Thursday, June 5th, 9:30p-10:15p
Acoustic guitar, children laughing, man saying "Yeah!" (courtesy of FreeSound)

Inspiration for this song was taken from Nude Rumours.

Day 16

"Day 16 (Paper Heart)"
Produced Sunday, June 1st, 1:30p-2:30p
Acoustic guitar, voice, banging on everything (knees, hands, jewel cases, table), Elliott Smith

Inspiration for this song was taken from José Saramago.