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Abstract

The When I Can’t Sleep EP sought to bridge the gap between the traditional aspects of singer-songwriter genre style and the production techniques of the present. Through a collection of five songs – four originals and one cover – it was the authors intent to transmit the emotions of a personal journey honestly, transparently, and without ego. Several of the chosen pieces were a decade old and haled from the beginning of the author’s journey as a singer and songwriter. At the time they were written, he found it impossible to record them without giving in to a desire to drown out their vulnerability in loud drums and distortion. One main goal of the project was to revisit these tracks and produce them as they were always meant to be recorded. The challenge would be to balance their compositional traditionalism with just the right subtle touches of modern production, helping to give them context in the current musical moment. The strategy was to combine totally acoustic recordings with just the right infusion of granular scrapes and effects. The goal was an EP that sounded like the past and the future all at once.

Publication Date

7-1-2025

Campus

Valencia (Spain) Campus

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When I Can’t Sleep: A (Granular Infused) Singer-Songwriter EP

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