'Finite III' Bandcamp (purchase) CD Purchase Individual Song Breakdowns --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the album: I began composing ‘Finite III’ in March of 2019. As has been the case with many of my releases, its genesis was in the idea of just how to initiate the record. I was further impelled by the fact that Sophia had since purchased a 7-string electric violin, so it opened up many more options for melodies and such; everything snowballed from there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits 1. Cosmocrator 2. A Busy Carol Developed Expressly for Grandeur 3. Omphalos 4. Omnigoliath 5. Cthonic Ensoulment 6. Are You Talkin’ out of Turn? 7. Decapitated Tardigrade 8. Blunderbuss 9. Dose of Jocose 10. Zephyr 11. Terra Nullius  · Travis Orbin - Drum set, Percussion, Programming, Synthesizer  · Sophia Uddin - 7-String Electric Violin  · Cameron McLellan - Bass  · Music composed by Travis Orbin  · Sound Design by Travis Orbin  · Produced by Travis Orbin  · Additional string arrangements on 1, 5 by Sophia Uddin  · Additional bass arrangements on 5 by Cameron McLellan  · Synth Production by Travis Orbin  · Drum editing and mixing by Travis Orbin of Woodshed Studios  · 7-string electric violin engineered by Gabriel Riccio at his home studio  · Bass engineered by Cameron McLellan at his home studio  · Bass guitar re-amping by Anthony DiGiacomo of Deep Resonance Studio  · Mixed by Travis Orbin  · Mastered by Taylor Larson of Oceanic Studios  · Cover art by Travis Orbin Thank you to my fans, friends, associates, and family; especially my parents for their perpetual support and my neighbors for putting up with all of the racket. Also, thank you to my endorsements: Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Remo drumheads, Vic Firth drumsticks, RTOM drum accessories, Vratim drum shoes, the Hi-Hat Razer, and E-Pad! Practice Pads. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cover Art Construction I didn’t have any ideas for quite a while. I don’t think the burst of inspiration came until well after I had begun synth production, sometime in January (2020). Coupled with the image - in my mind’s eye - of the cover art for The Dillinger Escape Plan’s ‘Miss Machine’, I figured I could take bits and pieces of everyone’s instruments and everyone’s faces and rearrange them, digitally, in a strange and perhaps abstract manner. I suggested to Cam and Soph to make exaggerated/absurd poses, as it could lend to more general weirdness. I did one draft (which ended up being the art for the face of the CD), then built two ‘sculptures’ (the nearly-transparent images layered in the background on the cover that are also entirely visible on the back of the CD), then spent ten hours one day doing the bulk of the main art. I pressed down on my laptop’s trackpad so much that my fingerprint started to wear down and it wasn’t interfacing as well, haha. I added some dark shading in the bottom left corner of the image along with the title a few weeks later, and that was that. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Finite III' Gear List: “Cosmocrator” · 12"/16" Reference Pure tom-toms with Remo Vintage Emperor coated batters/Emperor clear resonants · 6.5"x14" Reference brass snare drum with Controlled Sound X batter/Ambassador Hazy snare side · 20" Reference Pure bass drum with Remo Powerstroke III coated batter/Ebony Powerstroke III ported resonant Cymbals (from left to right, player's perspective): 20" K Heavy Ride, 19" K Dark Thin Crash, custom hats (14" K Constantinople bottom (top) / 14" K Custom High Definition bottom (bottom)), regular 'stack' (14"A Custom EFX / 16" FX Oriental China "Trash"), small 'stack' (8" FX Trashformer / 10" A Custom EFX), 13" A New Beat Hi-hats, 19" K Custom Hybrid Crash, 18" K Custom Special Dry China, 19" K China “A Busy Carol Developed Expressly for Grandeur” · same setup as “Cosmocrator”, except with an 11” FX Oriental “Trash” Splash in place of the regular ‘stack’ “Omnigoliath” · same setup as “Cosmocrator” “Cthonic Ensoulment” · same setup as “Cosmocrator”, except with a 21” K Heavy Ride in place of the 19” K Custom Hybrid Crash · intro and outro loop layer setup: · 8”x14” Pearl Drums limited edition maple w/ Black X batter head, tuned loosely · Vic Firth VicKick fleece-covered beater as bass drum beater · 15” K Light Hi-Hats “Are You Talkin’ out of Turn?” · same setup as “A Busy Carol Developed Expressly for Grandeur” “Decapitated Tardigrade” · same setup as “Cosmocrator”, except with an 8” A Custom Splash in place of the small ‘stack’ “Blunderbuss” · same setup as “Cosmocrator”, except with an 8” A Custom Splash in place of the regular ‘stack’, and a 6” A Custom Splash in place of the small ‘stack’ “Dose of Jocose” · same setup as “Blunderbuss” “Zephyr” · same drum setup, except with tom-toms tuned medium’ish, and snare tuned medium-lowish Cymbals (from left to right, player's perspective): 20" K Heavy Ride, 19" K Dark Thin Crash, 15” K Light Hi-Hats, regular 'stack', 8” A Custom Splash, 13" A New Beat Hi-hats, 22” K Constantinople Renaissance Ride, 18" K Dark Thin Crash, 19" K China (inverted) · Vic Firth VicKick fleece-covered beater as bass drum beater until 2:53 “Terra Nullius” · same setup as “A Busy Carol Developed Expressly for Grandeur” until 1:48 · same setup as “Cosmocrator” for remainder

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