Date: December 23rd 2009

Well, it's about time.

It's been one-thousand six-hundred forty days since I released Sir Millard Mulch's "How To Sell The Whole Universe To Everybody… Once And For All!"

It was a success in every way. And since then, I've felt pressure to top it.

But I can't.

So why even record and release another record?

• I had this crazy idea to bridge the gap between the lost rhythmic and harmonic concepts of 19th and 20th century classical composers -- and heavy thrash instrumentation used by bands like System of a Down and Victims Family. What would Stravinsky, Bartok, and Prokofiev do with modern rock instruments?
• The majority of the original music is instrumental, and was composed using Odd-Tuplets. That means lots of 5s and 7s that aren't used very often in modern music. And I'm not talking about Dream Theater-style "Odd-Meter." Look up Tuplets on Wikipedia and you will see what I mean.
• The drums are the lead instrument and...
• Almost all of the drums were programmed by me, one-note-at-a-time with Cubase and Toontrack's Drumkit From Hell Superior. http://www.toontrack.com. I wanted to show what was possible, rather than boring 4/4 beats like everyone else uses it for.
• Track 2 is a drum battle between me and drum god Marco Minnemann. http://www.marcominnemann.com. See if you can figure out which drums are him and which were programmed by me. I often can't.
• Lale Larson contributed three solo piano tracks, also based on the album's musical concepts. http://www.myspace.com/lalelarson
• Paul Cartwright, a weirdo violinist (who made a lot of the sounds on Battlestar Galactica) showed up and played a 5-minute improv solo, after being bribed by samosas.
• This whole thing was created on 1/5 of the budget of the last one, which still amounts to thousands of dollars.

I'm putting this 55-minute album up on my site for free download, because it will most efficiently achieve the primary outcome I want: to distribute these rhythmic ideas to those Earthlings who are interested. Any financial reward for me would be marginal if I were to try to restrict its distribution. So...

DOWNLOAD IT HERE: http://www.drzoltan.com/files/contact.php

Some people fiddle with Ham Radios. I mess with Tuplets. Enjoy.

Maybe after listening to this recording, more people will be introduced to these concepts and want to make more pointilistic music. Maybe I'll get to listen to it someday, and be furious.

Why am I not making an attempt to directly monetize this? Do I have to explain? OK. Because it's not worth selling a few more pieces of plastic, storing more boxes in my closet, and dealing with filling out all of those green Customs forms, just for the sake of playing the music industry game -- which I have already done enough of in my previous mentally-ill life as a narcissistic poser.

I'm not looking for more fans, more fame, or to be involved in making more music. I can't say for sure, but this might be the last time I do this. Hooray!

But if you do like the record, you can justify your parasitical existence by sending me a PayPal donation to mutantmall@mutantmall.com. It will help me pay back my expenses. Really.

I'd like to take a moment to thank John & Cynthia La Grou from Millennia Media, who believed in me 3 years ago and inspired me to get out of Florida. Shortly after that, when I told John about my idea to make this album, he set me up with the gear to be able to do it. Luckily I had a few weird notes left in me.

I've ordered a limited number of physical CDs in full-color sleeves. I'll probably make some of those available through MutantMall.com soon. I'll also be giving them away at the Toontrack booth (at NAMM) in January this year. Stop by and grab one.

So that's it. One Honk. That's all you get.

Now I can focus on the future.

Going forward, I have good news:

First, I just finished writing 127 pages of screenplay for an animated TV show. It's a 4-episode mini-series, to be expanded into an ongoing story. My partner and I will be starting on concept artwork in January. After that, we'll do our best to pitch the whole thing to animation studios, networks, and other silly people in Los Angeles. We just spent 9 months on the concept and writing. Whether or not it ever gets produced as a cartoon, it's been fulfilling to create an entire world full of strange characters and their stories.

Second, my book on creative careers will be published by MWP in 2010. It's due to the publisher in April. It will be a compendium of the difficult lessons in self-mastery and self-employment I have learned over the past 15 years. Or has it been 20? I can't remember. http://www.mwp.com

Third, I'm on Facebook. So add me as a friend. I actually depend on the Live Feed as my only source of contact with the outside world. And I happen to think my status updates are hilarious. http://www.facebook.com/carlking

Carl King
carl@carlkingcreative.com
http://www.carlkingcreative.com