IMPORTANT NOTE about this EP from Will(iam) Bjorndal, March, 2019:
This EP is not Quality Work. Not by my standards, or really anyone's standards. That was kinda the point of the release when I made it, I suppose. Thankfully, I've since made Quality Work that isn't just default garageband midi loops playing sine waves. Even though I've never been able to top the cover art from this release (I mean, holy crap, a floppy disk and some benjis? Dayum!), I have more than topped this musically. I actually was pretty close to deleting this from the internet, but I think it's worthwhile to hear the difference between this and my more recent releases. I mean, dang. This EP is useless sonic garbage. But it was something. Everyone has to start somewhere. Rarely (or maybe just never) does an artist start squeezing out masterworks outta nowhere. Everyone starts out making crap. I sure as heck ain't squeezing out masterworks, but the tunes I squeeze out these days are significantly better than this EP. As an artist, I'm not concerned about making masterworks. I'm just concerned about making a better release than the last one. I think I've managed to do that. If you're a new artist, don't fret about your first releases. Swag 'em out into the world anyway, keep working hard, keep making stuff. You'll only get better. The world will open up to you. Don't ever stop being wonderful, people. This earth may be indescribably crappy a lot of the time, but if you've got the capacity and opportunity to CREATE something original in this world, grab that figurative bull by the horns and do it. You're in a unique position in history. Make your time on earth worthwhile. To CREATE is to function at the highest level of humanity. Don't ever stop creating, keep following the muse, keep channeling your energy, love, and joy. You are a wonderful human. Thank you for reading this. Hopefully within the overly-complicated context I just explained this awful EP has a function. That said, this release is definitely the most patrician thing I've ever released.
-William Bjorndal, March 2019
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1 - 71714, is strange music made from digitally decomposed garageband loops.
credits
released January 3, 2015
Tracks 1, 2, and 4 were created by William Bjorndal using Garageband 2 in 2008
Track 3 was created by William Bjorndal in 2011 on Garageband 2
Tracks 1, 2, 3, and 4 were recovered by William Bjorndal in 2014
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