There have been some missing song files of Jared’s on the download page for the last year or so, but I have corrected the problem and re-uploaded them so that all the songs are now online. Sorry for any inconvenience!
Here is another new track I have just finished mixing! It will be featured on an upcoming Binary Sea EP (no release date as of yet). Go have a listen!!
As promised, here are a couple of free downloadable tracks from my upcoming album, Gem Stars, Tracks 5 and 8. This will give you an idea of what’s in store for the future! Album release date TBA.
We’re currently formulating plans for Binary Sea: Phase Three! Phase One was when we did our first gigs in Windsor, CA, before we began working on Compass, which was Phase Two. (Some time in the future we’ll be at Phase 352, at which point I’ll stop counting.) So what is Phase Three? Well, we want to go live again, for one thing: but this time it’ll be different than before. Last time we had to drag along two huge tower desktop computers, and when we played, we were “locked in” musically to exactly what was written in the DAW software in the studio. But this time, we’ll have a laptop computer—now that Jared and I are both using the Mac it’ll be much easier—and I just bought Ableton Live, which will basically allow us to play and improvise the music right on the fly: loop sections, extend pieces, play different parts at different times, and really make “live” versions that’ll sound quite different. It’ll take us some time to figure out how to use the new setup, so don’t expect any concerts soon—at least not until next year.
Meanwhile, we’re starting to put together final artwork for a CD production of Compass. I took lots of artsy pictures of our studio equipment, including juicy pictures of our analog modular system complete with plenty of Moog-style knobs. It looks like something out of a sci-fi film. As great as online downloads are, there is still something about holding a real physical package in one’s hand. Humans need touch and feel as well as hearing and listening. 
Of course, no lossy compression, either! Too bad DVD-Audio and SACD never took off, but it doesn’t matter because the original production was done at 44.1KHz. (And it still sounds awesome.)
We’re also working on a new EP which will probably be around 25 minutes. We have three tracks composed with the fourth in the works, but even when that’s done we’ll still need to mix and master. When it’s close to completion we’ll post sound clips and artwork, but that probably won’t be until summer or fall.
I’m also pretty much done with my second solo CD! An hour of great electronic music with plenty of emotion and punch. Mixing and mastering is complete, with only a couple of possible tweaks remaining; but I don’t have any artwork ready yet and won’t until the artwork for Compass is done. But in the meantime, I’ll post some sound clips on this site soon, to give you an idea of what’s in store.
Happy Valentine’s Day! I’d also like to mention that some tracks from Compass were played at a recent wedding—it makes great reception music. If you have a special occasion centered around Valentine’s Day, Compass is a good choice to play!
Compass is now available officially on iTunes, ready to purchase and enjoy in pristine iTunes Plus DRM-free quality. Click here to go directly to Compass in the iTunes store!
Cool! We’re now on Amazon.com’s online MP3 store, and I believe eMusic as well. We’re still waiting for the big one, iTunes, but we’ll let you know as soon as that’s available.
BTW, we finally got around to updating our Soundclick page which has some cool interactive and networking features. In addition, Binary Sea will be the featured artist on the Soundclick home page on August 7th, so please head over there and click on the ad to drive us up in the charts!
Until next time, over and out!
A new day has dawned for Binary Sea! We have successfully launched our brand new Web site, and with it comes the official release of our debut studio album, Compass. You can listen to sound clips and purchase Compass from our online music store, and in the near future Compass will be available via iTunes, AmazonMP3, and others.
We are extremely excited about the release of Compass, and we hope to get the word out in as many ways as we can. Don’t forget — we have a MySpace page and Facebook page as well, so head on over there and become a friend if you aren’t already!
There are a few ideas brewing in our tired little brains about what projects to work on next, and with any luck they will be out sooner rather than latter. At the very least, we hope to put up a few extra goodies (music downloads) in the coming months. In the meantime, sign up for our newsletter or subscribe to our blog feed for updates!
We’ve set up our own online music download store at IndieKazoo, and while our new album Compass won’t be available for purchasing until July 11th, you can go there now to hear previews of tracks we haven’t put up for free download. Also, Binary Sea is now on Facebook, so head on over there and please add yourself as a fan!
We’re currently redesigning this Web site so I’m not exactly sure when we’ll have sound clips and info up about the new album…but meanwhile, you can get all of the above (including beta cover artwork) at MySpace! We’ve got four tracks available for free download—sorry the sound quality isn’t the best in the world, but that’s all MySpace gives you. When the new site is ready, we’ll have better quality previews.
The official release date for the album is July 11th. We won’t be actually selling CDs at first (estimated time TBA)—it’ll be available for online purchase at places like iTunes, Audio Lunchbox, etc., and of course on our own site. Unlike the other shops, we’re going to offer multiple formats including AAC and Apple Lossless for full CD quality. We may even do Ogg, FLAC, and old, awful MP3, but that remains to be seen.
So, until then, check out http://www.myspace.com/binarysea and get a taste of things to come!
Right on the heels of Jared’s previous announcement, I’m proud to report that we finished the mastering ahead of schedule, and the production of the album was completed THIS WEEK! Now all that remains is graphic art, new web site, etc., which is Jared’s domain…although I’ll be involved as well. So expect new sound clips, track listing, etc. soon!