atmospheric - a new album by sethifus (and a self-indulgent article about it)

I have a new album!

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT HERE!

It's an album of instrumental tracks with calming sounds and guitar. I recorded it to help stressed out people calm down. I use it at work every day. It helps me calm down.

Here's the youtube video playlist:

That's pretty much all you need to know about "atmospheric".

If you're at all like me in that you like to know the story behind things like this album keep reading. The rest of this article is going to be just that. I'm going to go on and on about this album because I really like it. I'm proud of this album and want to talk about it.

It all started with this:

This is "Lynn Monologues". A 5-song EP of solo guitar I recorded a couple years ago (2015).

I recorded each song in one take. It shows.

I still think it's a pretty good album for what it is. (one of those songs has the same basic guitar part one of the songs on "atmospheric").

After that I recorded some other albums. For 2 of them I recorded the first 2 songs on "atmospheric".

First "Popcorn" for "SIP":

And second "Out in the Rain" for "SHOES":

After that I decided to do a full album of that kind of song.

I decided to give myself a couple of restrictions because... I guess because I keep hearing that having limits helps fuel creativity. I did the same thing with my comic "IMPENDING DOOM!" which I thought was pretty neat, but I'm biased.

Restriction 1: The background sounds for each song (except the bonus track) had to be natural sounds that I didn't doctor too much.

Restriction 2: The only other sound could be guitar.

That was it! With those limitations I recorded 12 more tracks like the first two (and one weird bonus track).

I think it's pretty good. But I'm biased (as I've said).

I tried to make all of these tracks soothing. I picked noises I thought could help whoever listens to them calm down, fall asleep, meditate, or whatever they want to do with calming music. (Just... you don't need to let me know what you do while listening to it...)

As I recorded I realized that I wanted to make music that could be on a loop in the background of a level in a video game:

or in the background at a section of a theme park:

Or anywhere that needs a bit of atmosphere.

I ended up using a lot of water sounds. I have a few other ideas that I didn't include... maybe I'll make a sequel album.

For the guitar parts I tried to write riffs that sounded nice, weren't too raucous or loud, and could help soothe without distracting too much from whatever was going on. (again, I don't need to know)

Huh... I thought I had a lot more to say about this album, but I think that's all I got.

GO BUY "ATMOSPHERIC" AND CALM THE HECK DOWN!

Any questions?

Working on a few more albums...

More Songs!

I like how this song train has been a-rollin'!

I recorded a few more original songs!

The new album I'm working on is up to... (counts quickly)... 6! Six songs I've recorded for a new album! That's almost halfway to the at-least-14 songs I shoot for on a full-length LP-style album.

Anyway, here are the songs I've written and recorded since the last couple I posted.

weird - A song about being yourself and finding your group!

song about a sweater - a song about a sweater... a song...and a band.

Broken-In (Things Change) - a song about my love of well-loved things!




That's all 3!

More soon, hopefully!

Another new album eventually!


Old-New album HERE! Buy it!

OR BUY IT HERE!!!!

And you should...

BUY ALL OF MY ALBUMS!

If I I had more money to spend on such things, I'd buy a bunch of stickers from CDBaby with download codes on the back and sell them to you guys! If I had even more money, I'd give them away!

I Can't Help Myself...

I have new designs, I make shirts and stickers.

My new LP Album Thing "SIP" has this cover:

So I made some stickers and shirts:

That last one is a sticker.

There are other shirts too, you can get them HERE!!!!


I am also now selling genuine 4-leaf clovers!

So I made a little logo thing:

So, of course, I made some shirts and stickers:

And these:

(shot glass)

Why?! Because I can!

You can buy all of this stuff and much, too much more at the PONDER COUCH STORE!

I have a problem...

My 2017 Tiny Desk Contest entry! "How Long Shall I Love You?" a new album! And a Fisher Price Record!

Here is my 2017 Tiny Desk Contest entry!

After I recorded that, I wrote and recorded this song:

So I could finish this album!

BUY IT HERE!

It's 14 songs long and comprised of all the songs I wrote and put up on youtube since I released "Rabbit Rabbit" about this time last year.

It's the darkest collection of songs I've ever written. I think that's because of... 2016.

Some of it is pretty good!



At the end of this new album is a song.

This song:

That's right! I turned the riff from my song "A Car Song" (the same song I entered into the Tiny Desk Contest) into a FISHER PRICE MUSIC BOX RECORD PLAYER RECORD!!!!!

I wrote an article a little over a year ago about making one of these. Click here to read it!

I'm proud of this!

It's a very simple song, but I found out how to do it!

Here are the instructions and software I used (created by Fred "fred27" Murphy): click here to learn how to make your own!

If you want a copy of my "A Car Song" Fisher Price Record, CLICK HERE!!!!!!

Here is the original version of the song:

Share this around with anyone interested!

Thanks as always!

2 New Songs! "A Better Day" and "*You're"!

A couple new sethifus songs!

One about seeing someone you don't wanna see.

And a love song in the vein of Charles Addams (the Addams Family).

I'm trying to write a few more songs. Partially because I want to enter the Tiny Desk Contest again this year, but I only have until the end of the month. But also because I'm putting the finishing touches on a new album!

Most of the songs are the ones I wrote during 2016, but the last four or five will be from 2017. Hopefully 14 songs in all. We'll see.

Yay! Another album of original songs that no one, and I mean NO ONE, will buy or care about!