Moments

I’ve been feeling disconnected for some time now. Not to those around me, not even to myself, but to the present. I was recently told that I live twelve hours in the future. I’m always searching for what comes next and planning how to get there, but what I lose sight of is what’s right in front of me.

I’ve been experimenting with different ways to make music for the last five years, constantly buying and selling synths, effects, and sequencers trying to find something that resonates. I’ve made a lot of small pieces over the years, but nothing really grabbed hold of me. I started to realize that it wasn’t the methods that were the problem, but the means. I wasn’t dedicating myself to a larger project and instead of facing that, I simply passed it off as part of the journey.

This summer I challenged myself to write an improvised piece of music everyday and not look back. No saving for later, no sampling small bits. A full song, start to finish in one sitting. After the allotted time, I was to export and delete. Move on and try again tomorrow. This album is a collection of those moments.

Everyday on my lunch, I took out my trusty OP-1 and made a track, channeling the energy from the day and not making any compromises. The synth is a perfect match for this project as it forces you to commit an idea, play live, and forget it ever happened. My collection filled up with these songs and once I had an albums length of music, I decided it was time to run them through a quick master and release them to the world.

Moments is an exercise in the present, a practice in letting go. A blend of what’s around, and what’s inside.

https://ohmerr.bandcamp.com/album/moments