JeremyTharp.com News Archive > October 16, 2005

I have transmuted most of my frustration over the unpleasant transpirings of “The Abortion Prophecies,” enough to return them to this site. However, they are no longer an entity that is contemporary to this world and so this site has been whittled down to its original subject: me. The band Unborn is either no longer in existence or at least no longer connected to Poison Springs Records.

But for those of you who are interested in what’s left, I will have CDs for sale by October 25. My other projects are mostly in extremis because I have been working on a lot of little projects here and there.

JeremyTharp.com News Archive > October 6, 2005

For such a very brief moment, everything seemed convincing to me that Poison Springs Records and the big-time artist that I am were on the right track. However, my train seems to have run out of steam. I can’t seem to get information on anything with my booklet printing, and I am kind of annoyed by that. I guess everything is still in order, it’s just in limbo, and that bothers me.

But speaking of limbo, I have this terrible obsession with my own death and not saying and doing all the things I wanted to say and do (mostly say) before I die. So, in an unprecedented occurrence, I recorded demos of all the complete songs I have written for Self-Titled. No one knows when it will actually be done, so I figured I might as well leave some remnant in case someone is interested in the unlikely event of my death. There are mistakes and whatever. It’s just to get the idea down. Anyway, the lofis are either up or on the way up. I will try to get my train humping again, but I am no engineer, it seems.

JeremyTharp.com News Archive > October 2, 2005

Well here I am again, bearing inconclusive news to my adoring masses. Unnatural is almost ready to go. All of the CDs are printed, the booklet is completely designed, the artwork is done, the music is rockin. However, I am having difficulty with printing the booklets. As it turns out, it takes a lot of precision to print, cut, and fold the booklets correctly (or acceptably) so I am waiting on the price of professional printing.

One quote I got was $600 for 100 booklets, which is way out of my price range. The second one I am still waiting for, but assuming it is as bad, I will just have to do what I can do with what I’ve got, meaning the paper will probably be somewhat subpar for the first booklets. This is not really my concern, however. I want the books to be folded very well and cut at least pretty close to perfectly, and this presents a challenge, as I have stated.

Anyway, I have a new lofi up of “Pieces” because I decided I needed to start doing some recordings of my new stuff, if for no other reason than to get a record of what the songs are supposed to sound like. I am being pulled in many different ways on my projects. Coupling that with the amount of other projects I have involved myself in lately, I just can’t seem to make any progress to myself. As for Self-Titled, I really don’t like the songs, and that pretty much drives me to ignore my other albums.

Long story short, not much has changed, but I am working on something. Oh, and pretty soon “The Abortion Prophecies” will return to this page. Lucky you …

JeremyTharp.com News Archive > September 19, 2005

Ok, as most of you know, I have been jumping back and forth as to what I am going to do with CDs. Well, for the moment, I have just settled on selling “Unnatural” since it is the closest thing I have to a professional sounding album. Besides, I am learning it is a lot of work to put all the fine touches on a CD.

I am waiting for a shipment of supplies that should come today, as well as a final draft of an art mural I commissioned for the center of the booklet, and I will be able to print my first run of 85 copies within two weeks. As soon as I get the pages printed, CDs will go on sale with an order form on the “Purchase CDs” page.

I think everyone is going to be pleased with the final quality of this album. I know I am more than impressed with myself   heheh …

JeremyTharp.com News Archive > September 15, 2005

The artwork for the “Unnatural” inner CD booklet has been commissioned and should be done in two weeks. The first test pages for the booklet have been printed. The paper for the booklets has arrived. The blank CDs, jewel cases, and ink will arrive September 19. Poison Springs Records will very soon start marketing its first artist.

Click on the Purchase CDs link in the left hand column to keep updated on ordering information. The day will be here very soon …

JeremyTharp.com News Archive > September 11, 2005

Well hello there once again, and welcome to Jeremy’s Fun Minutes !!!

Today’s message is brought to you by Poison Springs Records!

I have ordered supplies and will start selling Unnatural here on my website in 2-3 weeks (As soon as I can figure out how to get Paypal accessibility working).

JeremyTharp.com News Archive > August 27, 2005

Ok let me give you some “specifics” on the progress of “Jeremy Tharp,” and not in the ethereal sense. I feel a lot of pressure on the heels of “Unnatural” to make a very complete, exhaustive, musically coherent and lyrically coherent album, basically being autobiographical. That is, I want to give an accurate representation of how I feel, and I want the songs to maintain a musical style. Of course, the beauty of metaphor is there are hundreds of avenues available to accomplish this one task. As far as the musical cohesion, that will take place in the recording stage, and “Unnatural” worked out well because I recorded it all in a three day span. Nothing about it makes me want to make changes other than production flaws. But the songs I have written so far seem very sporatic, specifically musically, and I don’t feel like the complement each other just yet. Like I’ve said before I may break it into two albums, although I’m not sure where I would make the division.

I also feel a lot of pressure to write songs similar to the ones I have in the past, although the majority of the songs from my first two albums I can no longer relate to, because they applied to very specific moments in my life that are no longer relevant. One of my goals as a songwriter is to incorporate the appropriate amount of metaphor so that I can disconnect myself from the emotion, with just the right tough of specifics so that other people might get something out of it. As it stands right now, “Jeremy Tharp” is ridiculously abstract and very unfocused. Like I said, I am a little anxious about it. I need it to accurately reflect my own reactions or it will feel like a failure.

Part of the process that made “Unnatural” a success to me was that I was writing non-“Unnatural” songs at the same time, and I had a well defined theme. Right now I don’t have that, because my other projects are at a relative standstill, and who can really apply a theme to himself? I just need the right inspiration with the right motivation all at the right time, so for now I am just going to write a lot of songs and hopefully be able to bring myself to axing the ones that don’t fit. Period. “Jeremy Tharp” is not even beginning to resemble perfect …

JeremyTharp.com News Archive > August 24, 2005

Well … what to say what to say. I am having difficulty getting motivated on rerecording It All Comes Out and Triad, just because I am not completely sure I am happy with the remastered “Hell” and I’m waiting for a well defined plan to hit me. Basically, it boils down to “I’m not sure where to start.” I feel like I might even need to rerecord Heaven and Hell and that is a cumbersome thought, and I worry that they might turn out better than even Unnatural.

In new album news though, great things are coming of “Jeremy Tharp.” Of the 11 songs I have done, if I can manage to record the vocals as well as I sang all of the songs today, and get snazzy arrangements to boot, that album will be nothing short of spectacular. Let us cross our fingers.

In Unborn news, we should be getting at least one cut done on Sunday (cross your fingers or toes or nipples) for your listening pah-leasure, pleasure yeah. So I bid thee all a fair adieu, and don’t hurt your nipples.

JeremyTharp.com News Archive > August 16, 2005

I apologize for my lack of updates, but honestly, there has been little to report. I have been pretty busy, and just haven’t taken the time to leave anyone a note (yeah I know a lot of people are reading this.) Anyway, I have had a minimal financial setback so Unnatural probably won’t go on sale until mid-September. I’m not sure when the rest of my albums will do the same. I did remaster Unnatural because for some reason it was very lacking in trebles. I am not sure if what I did was enough to compensate, but it’s the best I’ve got at the moment.

In other news, my self-titled album is moving along, and may break into a two-cd set based on the way the songs are shaping up. I really haven’t done much on my other projects at this time.

JeremyTharp.com News Archive > August 3, 2005

Albeit I am not able to update everything I would like to update, here goes:

Poison Springs Records is official, and thus is officially my label. Also, Lucky Town is making a triumphant return as I played it for a new audience who loved it, and that makes me happy. Now, I am planning on producing professional CDs as early as mid-August, and because Lucky Town has always been so popular, I am going to rerecord It All Comes Out and Triad, to give them that more professional appeal. I also rerecorded drums and remastered Hell, and I am poring over doing the same for Heaven, but I feel like drums detract from its sound. Hopefully I can decide something soon.

Anyway, I am hoping for Unnatural to go on sale by September 1, with the other albums to follow as they are ready.

As for my other albums, they are still under production and are turning out nicely, although it is hard to tell with no real finished product to speak of. Since I was gone for a week, it has thrown off my ability to write lyrics somewhat, but I will get back into the swing of things soon enough. I am so happy with music at the moment that I can’t even feel bad about it. And it’s all thanks to my loyal readers ! I think …

And finally, sadly, Unborn is undergoing some turbulent times, but I will post an update when the dust has settled.