A_Whole_Day

A Whole Day Off

Electronic Realizations for Guitar and Computer, volume 2

1: Vladivostok Girls                       31:24
2: Palatine                                     79:37
3: Music with Changing Stuff        72:41
4: The Tilapia's Dream                   62:01
5: The Crystallized Delusion           79:02
Total Time 5:25:29

The second half of the first Oenyaw project. As stated on the "Leave That World Behind" page, the
reason behind separating the first disc into two was sound quality. I chose these particular pieces for this
disc to illustrate the emotion of day dreaming. What to do on a whole day off. Plans that never
materialize, an ancient place I have visited, minimalist music, the daydream of another species, and
meditation. We are so often trapped in a world of reality, and spend our lives building an existence of
stress, competition and production. James Thurber's "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty", Henry David
Thoreau's "Walden" and Michael Flocker's "The Hedonism Handbook" are three books that I
recommend for everyone to read.

Vladivostok Girls
Communist Party was a band that never existed, never got past the planning/writing stage. Songs such as
"Serfs Up!", "March Around The Square", "Ivan B. Goode", "Do The Trotsky", and "Vladivostok
Girls" were never performed. This is not the original version, but a homage to a humorous idea which
never materialized. The vision of a black and white filmed video of a teen dance show, with couples
dressed in military uniforms, fatigues and work clothes. As the video come to the end, the camera pans
back, showing the entire set and a backdrop of Eisenhower, Kruschev and Mao-tse Tung on a grey wall.
The entire idea stems from a scene in the Porgy and Mudhead movie, High School Madness, whereas the
rival high school is named Communist Martyrs High.

Palatine
An aural painting of Palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, a personal favorite place. I find it hard to
describe in words, so the attempt is through the music.

Music with Changing Stuff
A tribute to one of my favorite composers, Phillip Glass. Five movements based on minimalist themes.
The process of recording and mixing developed into an attempt make the guitars sound like other
instruments, and then returning to guitar sounds.

The Tilapia's Dream
Based on a discussion on the subject of fish contemplating their existence in a finite world, or a universe
with a ceiling. What is the fish's view the water surface? I have been told that fish aren't capable of such
complicated reasoning. My reply is that humans are not capable of time travel, have never come back
from death, nor have they ever met their respective superior creators, yet we write about these subjects
quite often.

The Crystallized Delusion
A term in clinical schizophrenia which refers to an elaborate delusion or hallucination which remains
consistent over a long period of time. This is also a construction piece. The tracks are made up of loops of
note patterns which are the same played backwards and forwards, or musical palindromes. The loops are
recorded, reversed, and then mixed together to create the delusions of a mixture of instruments which do
not exist.

All selections copyright 2005 David Wayne Higgins.

The cover photograph was taken by Carol Higgins. We were in Pompeii the week after Christmas.   The
ruins of Pompeii are populated with stray dogs that merely hang out while visitors and locals feed and
take care of them, but I actually believe that the dogs couldn't care less about the annoying humans.

All selections composed, arranged, performed, recorded, manipulated, treated and produced by Oenyaw.
Recorded July -November, 2005. Equipment and software: Epiphone Sheraton, DanElectro Black Coffee
Distortion, Morley Volume Pedal, Line 6 Modulation Modeler, Line 6 Delay Modeler, Lexicon Omega
Desktop Recording Studio, E Machines T2542 Computer (RAM upgrade 768), Cubase LE, Polderbits
Sound Editor, All Audio Converter V1.50, Windows XP.