{"product_id":"pre-order-sonic-memoir-7lp-boxset","title":"[PRE-ORDER] SONIC MEMOIR: Demos 1989-1998 7LP Boxset","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS IS A PRE-ORDER.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALBUMS WILL SHIP TO ARRIVE ON OR NEAR THE RELEASE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 10th, 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALL ITEMS SHIP TOGETHER. IF THERE IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE EARLIER, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLEASE PLACE A SEPARATE ORDER.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease date: September 10, 2026 - 675 Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonic Memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a 63-track box set of demos from 1989-1998 featuring two volumes of previously released material and unreleased tracks. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis boxset includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 LPs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180 gram vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 page booklet \u003cspan\u003eof personal autobiography and liner notes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Demos were a necessity in the 90’s. It was a kind-of holy-grail-quest for an artist to be signed to a major label if you had a hope of reaching a wider audience. Getting signed – it was like climbing Mount Everest. Arduous, a little demoralizing, rare. For the label to comprehend the vision of the artist, the artist had to make demos. This was a skilled and costly endeavor in the 80’s and 90’s – you had to scavenge tape or studio time at cost or essentially, learn to self-produce. And so, I did.  I scrimped and saved my dollars and bought second-hand gear. Mark and I set up my Vision software and a Tascam 8 track TSR-8 in the bedroom. I honed my process as a nascent producer, thanks in great part to the talented and giving individuals who walked the path with me, taught me, supported me. And incredibly, these early incarnations of my songs, shitty digital piano and all, still exist - even after my nomadic life and cross-continental moves.  They are my masters.  They don’t belong to the corrupt label to which I signed (the supposed holy-grail-turned fetid, pushing sharecropper-contracts.) 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