Sunday, 14 April 2024

MONDAY MORNING




Nature doesn’t keep time - it’s random; 
there is NO predicting which way any of this goes.

My second week at Spearmint, late Aug/92.
My 36th birthday a month away. 
Alone (day 5), sun and clouds, mostly clouds but clearing.
Cool temps and VERY windy/coffee; maybe 12C thinking.
 Weather fuck. Coat. I mean, it's frikkin' August man!

Grey, rain - since my arrival (my first semi-clear day).



O N D A Y  M O R N I N G
volume up/1080p





 

I decided to walk out into the woods w/my recording gear mid morning guessing.

I didn’t have a watch and wasn’t sure - maybe 10? 
My first real test of this expensive rental.
A portable Sony digital recorder and a brand new Calrec Ambisonic mic
from the friendly folks at Vistek on Queen E. in Toronto.
Setting up to capture the wind in the trees; battery? check.
Something musical here. Decent headphones - cool.

Recording and listening. Nice. Wow.

Sitting and leaning back against a tree pondering;
 most of the world is at work right now, approaching lunch 
in the office or the shop, dealing w/stress (office politics), 
thinking about what they’ll have for dinner.
What shows they’re going to watch on TV tonight - the state of their relationships;
and I’m here in the middle of nowhere - looking straight up and absorbing everything …

Returning to the tent studio that afternoon and adding this in about an hour. 
Listening to the wind and extending it … a new mix



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recommended listening: volume up, 
good headphones after dark - it's a long-throw 
and all very slow



spearmint lake
30 year anniversary edition
1993 - 2023
















optimized for night vision




composed & performed by jim lamarche
from the album SPEARMINT LAKE
assembled in logic audio & final cut

featuring the Roland U220, S550 & System 8 synthesizer/samplers



this music clip was made possible by:


Toronto Arts Council
Ontario Arts Council
















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Spearmint Lake w/John Theriault - August 1992











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