Spark Cameraless Film from patternbased (joseph minadeo) on Vimeo.

over the last week, i have been trying to spend some time learning a new piece of music software. it has been somewhat frustrating because it is so different from what i am used to. i wanted to make up a quick project that would allow me to work on a bunch of tracks that are unrelated sonically and thus had me exploring different aspects of the software.

here it is: thanking the nice peeps who wished me a happy birthday electronically last thursday (fb, myspace, txt, twitter etc) with little pieces of music. bday diddies for each of you, yo. nothing is over 3 minutes. pardon any possible errant frequencies, uneven volumes, lack of endings etc.

get at me if you want individual files or a zip of the whole thing.

01. b. lashua – kent street technique
this track would be 100x better with your drumming. i miss working on music with you but i am grateful for all the music we did together.

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All 24 tracks after the break

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A couple of tracks on an upcoming release on Infraction Records. The project is Woodland, the album is Two Note Wonders and the music is mellow.

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Woodland – Summers Ago

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Woodland – This Time Tomorrow

A couple remixes. First is an older remix of a Infinite Number of Sounds track, Artificial Light. The other is a remix of Set in Sand’s In a Sense a Flowers track.

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Left: Gear arranged for creating a new live set. The first show is at Square Records in Highland Square on April 18th. I am using a Boss RC50 loop pedal to loop real time from guitar, bass, prophet 08, iPhone (noise.io), Nintendo DS, gameboy and some thrift store finds. The plan is to have a very rough map that I can sometimes follow and sometimes veer from. I will be playing at 2pm and 6pm and will likely have an interactive video system set up that people in the record store can mess with.

Right: The construction of a small three room recording studio in my basement to make the winters more enjoyable and hopefully get some one-off collabs going. I am not looking to start any long term projects at the moment but I would like to bring friends/collaborators in to work on a single track at a time. I think the space is going to be perfect. I am still looking for a pinball machine and a working electrified player piano. Hit me up if you know of anything.

Fair at Dusk from patternbased (joseph minadeo) on Vimeo.

This is my first (and so far, only) attempt at filming with Super 8. Having just recieved an eBay purchased Super 8 camera, I wanted to make sure it was in working condition so I loaded it with Kodak Vision 2 500t film and headed down to the Kenmore (South Akron) Summer Fair and shot the full cartridge. In the age of instant digital gratification, it was cool to have to send it away not knowing what was going to come back. I was pleased with the results. It had a nostalgic, almost sad quality. The colors came out vibrant and beautiful though mixing down from Final Cut and uploading to Vimeo certainly drops the quality signifigantly. I played some quick piano and organ that suited the mood of the film.

The rework of patternbased.com started in late October with plans to post it live on January 20th. A low key yet personally symbolic rebirth kinda thing. However, because I had liked the state it was in mid November, I decided to just post it and let it sit though I wasn’t prepared to update it much until late January.

I am considering this post the official rebirth of my music/art and Patternbased. For the last many years, I have held a grueling job at fast paced and growing technology company that I somewhat fell into. It is a great job at a small company in my hometown of Akron, Ohio with people that have always stood by me and I am certainly not going anywhere.. but the plan is to work smarter and more efficiently on both work and art so that they can co-exist happily and I can maintain a creative output that makes me feel satisfied.

So welcome to patternbased.com. Expect to see lots of updates with new works, ideas, sources of inspiration. Les Doodis.

I am happy to be hosting a couple albums from friend and frequent collaborator, Corey Farrow. Baloo is some of his solo work that varies from track to track in both style and mood. He also produced the latest Honeypot album which also features two of Akron’s finest emcees, Chaka and Gator. You can download these albums here.

This is officially the first time my gear lust has latched on to a guitar. I guess that what happens when you fill something with tons of electronics. The fact that you can record every string as an independant signal sounds amazing. Do want. Hope I get a nice xmas bonus.

For all the creative people and talented artists I have ever had the privilege to know and work with, the people that unknowingly helped determine the path I took to get to where I am and contribute to the projects I held/hold dear:

Kris Grubbs, Brian Brady, Ben Furguson, Dan Lamorena, Doug Bjornholm, Mike Burgess, Dom Bangera, Neil Sherhag, Jack Randall, Krista Tortora, Brett Lashua, Ed Van Der Kuil, Dave Sterle, Alison Scola, Dave Braun, Derek Lashua, Mandy Lashua, Ron Tucker, David Graves, Kevin Carr, Teresa Kiplinger, Nessim Higson, Dan Segan, Chris Schuerger, Aaron Leslie, Pat McNulty, Correy Farrow, Matt Horak, Christopher Gator, Chaka Clemmons, Curt Brown, Billy Dixon, Adam Berk, Flanvis Johnson, Iyan Anomolie, Matt Yarrington, Andy Whitaker, Beth Ciborek, Jeremy Bible, Gabriela Kropf, Kendra Minadeo.