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Weekly meditative ambient guitar soundscapes, improvised in one consciously streamed take. No overdubbing, multitracking, or preliminary composing unless otherwise noted.

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    • Jul 25, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 15m AVG DURATION
    • 30 EPISODES


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    7.24.20 Full Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 18:12


    https://www.instagram.com/p/CDDHuNQBAK5  

    6.19.2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 13:22


    Ringing out a new signal chain.  https://instagram.com/casually_abandoned https://casuallyabandoned.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/casuallyabandoned https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkXqmcCoypkUDlKEWTaF0IA  

    (3.8.20) 3.8.20

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 15:13


    Messing around with a few pedals on a small board made from the same coffee table as my coffee table partscaster, as seen here and here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9dZYU1BwfB/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fmb-oBU--/ Guitar: purple telepartscaster condor>pog2>genloss>dark star>blooper>dig>immerse.  

    (5.1.19) Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 10:52


    The long awaited final part. Slow burn at first, but droney great stuff in the back half.  New stuff soon.

    (5.1.19) Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 11:17


    Part III! See the previous two entries for more information. :) More: http://www.instagram.com/casually_abandoned https://www.youtube.com/user/casuallyabandoned/videos https://casuallyabandoned.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/casuallyabandoned  

    (5.1.19) Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2019 14:41


    Part two of the near two-hour soundscape I came across recently while archiving old projects. Spooky and rumbly, with some unexpected soloing.

    (5.1.19) Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 17:26


    Was sorting thru and archiving old Logic projects from the past year, and found a near two hour long soundscape that I have no real recollection of recording. It neatly split into four sections, so here's part one. 

    (9.18.19) RaR Bar LIC, Live, 9.2.2019, full set

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 35:22


    Recent live performance. Pretty much complete, with some clunks cleaned up here and there.  Videos of excerpts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip2dUvDRLvY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu4LDL42aq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoY8xgGOYXU    

    (7.31.19) Thanks for Pinning Down the Date So Well

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 9:58


    It's been a while. Been recording nightly in prep for playing live next week. This is where my head is at these days. Gear highlights: Parts Telecaster POG2 Superego+ Mood Afterneath Ditto X4  Dig Big Sky

    (4.24.19) Quiet Drone, full version

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2019 24:35


    24 minutes of a lovely drone with lots of random twiddling of knobs between wide oases of nothing much going on. Unexpect the expected. Short video here.

    (3.22.19) The Remainder was the Exact Same Size

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 18:57


    No musical or conceptual thru line here. Just dismantled my old effects pedal board and reworked everything on a new board, and here's around 20 minutes of me ringing out the system with ambient glory.

    (2.26.19) 8:33pm

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 12:30


    sometimes i just feel like posting something without writing a little blurb about it

    (2.22.19) The Bigger Question is When it Becomes Rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 13:25


    The idea here was to practice serenity, let things breath. So of course I started by playing everything all at once. I edited out some busyness at the start but it still starts kinda busy. Serenity wanders in around the halfway point.  This was played on the new guitar I built out of wood and parts and stuff. Gear: Fender The Bends compressor Sonicake Fritz preamp, Shark distortion, 5th Dimension (for tremolo) EHX Pog2 TC Ditto X4 Looper EHX Superego+ Strymon El Capistan, Dig, and Blue Sky  

    (2.13.19) Winter Thus Far Pretty Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 7:18


    Simple. Short. Reminder: More Music: https://casuallyabandoned.bandcamp.com/ Random Ideas: https://soundcloud.com/casuallyabandoned

    (2.6.19) On Our Way to the Sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2019 10:32


    Back after some idle time. Coming back slowly. Very slowly. Slow, relaxing, meditative drones. Long reverb tails and long delay trails. Letting things ring out and being deliberate about the next note or phrase. Pardon the clicks and clacks. Baritone Strat, delay, reverb, nothing much else.

    (7.18.18) Now I Understand Everything in the Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 24:03


    After some time away for the holidays and work travel, I'm starting the new year a little slowly, creatively. Thought it was a good time to break this one out. This was the test run for this whole ambient podcast concept. Pure Frippertronics. Never intended for public display, but listening back, so much wonderful stuff happens. Good to start the new year with a reminder of how magnificent the basics can be. Guitar, distortion pedal, looper, a little reverb in logic. Maybe some delay and reverb from the Ocean Machine; don't remember at this point.

    (11.11.18) I'm on My Way Home, Edith Salmon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018 15:37


    Mellow, relaxing, no weird stuff this week. Some gear involved: Baritone Strat, Big Muff Distortion, EHX pog2, Ditto X4 Looper, Strymon Dig delay, Big Sky reverb More Music: https://casuallyabandoned.bandcamp.com/ Random Ideas: https://soundcloud.com/casuallyabandoned

    (11.25.18) You Had Your Waffle Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 15:08


    Hypnotic tremolo via the EHX Superego+. Weird chattering from the Grazer.  Featured gear: Baritone Strat, Ditto X4 Looper, EHX Superego+, EHX pog2, Dwarfcraft Grazer, Strymon Dig delay, Big Sky reverb

    (9.16.18) He Has to Hug Us with His Teeth Because He Has No Thumbs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2018 12:47


     A few months ago I debuted my baritone strat. This weekend I came across this meditation from the same day. I can understand why I set it aside (and forgot about it) at the time - I was trying for something with a consistent tone throughout, and this one, while it starts on the same few notes, goes in a different direction, and has some unexpected mood shifts along the way. But as always, with fresh ears I can appreciate what I played on its own merits, removed from the expectations of my intent at the time I played it. Also, some cool sounds at 7:15. Gear: Baritone strat Fender The Bends compressor  Roland volume pedal Ditto X4 Looper Strymon Dig delay Big Sky reverb Logic

    (11.5.18) Wait, Benjamin. You Have to Wait.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 12:45


    Rushed thru this before going out on Monday night. Thought I'd left a jangly mess behind, but listening with fresh ears yesterday it turned out to be a hypnotically jangly mess, which is a totally different thing. Some magic in there, amid the jangles. Gear: Fernandes Burny Fender The Bends compressor Roland Volume Pedal Ditto X4 Looper Strymon Dig delay Strymon Big Sky Reverb Logic

    (10.28.18) I Meant Martin. Martin Johnson.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2018 9:05


    Something short and soothingly weird for the weekend. Playing around with the Dwarfcraft Grazer, granular delay. Gear: Squier Strat (tuned for droning) Dwarfcraft Grazer Roland Volume Pedal Ditto X4 Looper Strymon Dig delay Strymon Big Sky reverb

    (9.5.18) There Are 14 Satellite Dishes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 9:47


    Came across this over the weekend. This was my first test run of the Strymon Big Sky reverb, the day I brought it home. I think I had written it off because of some static around 7:10, but with fresh ears, that static gets looped and is part of the ambiance. I like it. Don't remember what guitar I was playing but gear I can be confident was used: Fender The Bends compressor Roland Volume Pedal Ditto X4 Looper Ocean Machine (for delay) Strymon Big Sky Reverb Logic

    (12.2.17) The Accidental Murder of Randolph Blake

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 21:16


    After several weeks of relaxing, meditative sounds, here's a more frenetic guitar synth experiment from the archives. Recorded last December and forgotten about until last week. Droney and searching at the top, it coalesces into something pretty cool around 4 or 5 minutes in. Big fun the rest of the way. Don't exactly remember the signal flow, but it sounds like Burny > SY-300 Guitar Synth > Roland Volume Pedal > Logic.

    (10.7.18) Grazing with the Cows on the Cliffs of Moher

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 14:31


    Returned from Ireland this weekend. Picked up an EHX pog2. Recorded this while jetlagged and fighting a head cold. It's very mellow and relaxing, as I was very sleepy at the time. Signal flow: Fernandes Burny > The Bends > EHX pog2 > Ditto X4 > Strymon Dig > Logic

    (9.22.18) Scenes from a Brick Wall

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018 18:27


    Last week it was the new baritone, this week I unveil the new Telecaster, built and subsequently upgraded from a do-it-yourself Telecaster kit. Pleasantly busy, dreamy. If your dreams are pleasantly busy, that is. Signal: Homemade Telecaster > The Bends > Volume Pedal > Ditto X4 > Dig > Big Sky > Logic

    (9.16.18) Pineapples and Watches

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 19:19


    Public unveiling of my new baritone guitar - an old mexican Strat that I've converted with a Warmoth 28.5 scale baritone neck. Quiet, introspecitve, relaxing. Baritone strat > Fender The Bends compressor > Roland volume pedal> Ditto X4 Looper > Strymon Dig delay > Big Sky reverb > Logic

    (9.6.18) Understanding the Gravity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2018 20:10


    Testing out the Strymon Big Sky reverb with the drone guitar - an old Squier strat that I have tuned CCCCCC. Or rather usually have the strings all tuned to C (across three octaves); when I picked it up last night they were all tuned to C#, so I just went with it. This starts in media res as I was about to shut down for the night when I grabbed the drone guitar to see how it would sound thru the Big Sky. I liked the initial loop so I rolled tape and went with it.  Signal Flow: Squier Strat > Fender The Bends compressor > Roland volume pedal > Ditto X4 Looper > Strymon Big Sky reverb > Logic

    (8.12.18) Martin Balsam Has a Cold

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2018 16:57


    In the tradition of Fripp and Eno's early Frippertronic works. Les Paul with beautiful grinding Big Muff distorion swells, and no other fancy gimmickry: Les Paul > Big Muff Distortion > Roland Volume Pedal > TC Ditto X4 Looper > Ocean Machine > Logic

    (7.25.18) Charlton Heston Visits Liberty Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 21:53


    Experimenting with the EHX Mel9 Mellotron emulator pedal. Gear and signal flow: Fernandes Burny sustainter guitar > EHX Mel9 > Bug Muff Distortion > Roland Volume Pedal > TC Ditto X4 Looper > Mooer Ocean Machine > Logic

    (8.18.18) The Vicissitudes of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 12:33


    Something simple to start. Short (relatively speaking), quiet, and meditative. Gear and signal flow: Epiphone LP > TC Crescendo > TC Ditto X4 Looper > Mooer Ocean Machine > Logic

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