Seeking collaboration on experimental first album

Pittsburgh PA

Description

Hi all, I am looking to undertake recording an album. First is information on where I am at & what Im looking for followed by a more detailed explanation of the project. I have an odd (but at least personally interesting) concept for the album & around 20 or so songs to develop & pull from. I am a beginner getting into intermediate guitar player/decent piano player/very bad saxophone player & a limited but specific sounding singer. I'll explain the album a bit more below but in short I am seeking anyone that would be interested in helping create the album... whether you have musical knowledge, interest in the concept of the album, interest in the musical side of the album, ability to mix, some equipment etc. Ultimately, I am hoping to develop the songs I have and put them all together within the next 6 months-1 year. I also am totally open to collaborating with others more intentionally on this project & including your own songs/ideas. I play with a few friends who can help expand sound with basic musical additions/provide equipment/edit lyrics but the effort of compiling this all into an album is mostly my doing (but could also be your doing if interested!). I am open to & interested in eventually performing if that is up your alley but it is not the number one priority for me right now. I am 23 & work more or less 9-5 but am open most evenings & weekends & I have a somewhat obsessive personality so am willing to work on this as much as you are. You can send me an email if you are interested in collaborating. I am happy to send you sample songs or answer questions. Thanks! Project info: Musically, I am super open but have an interest in combining slightly less pretentious/ more accessible experimental music (stuff by Suicide, Washing Machine - Sonic Youth, Yes, I am a Witch - Yoko Ono as random examples I can't stop listening to) with lyrically focused/slightly funny singer song writing stuff (anything by Will Oldham or Jonathan Richman). Falling somewhere more directly inspired by things like Fear or Paris 1919 by John Cale, anything with Stephen Malkmus, John Prine gone electric. The album concept is odd & probably overly complicated by me having too much time post college. But basically the album is my response to the philosophical novel Nausea by Sartre, which when overly simplified comes down to the conflict of existence preceding essence. And that finding purpose/meaning in relationships or other people is relying upon essence as opposed to existence, with love as an essence of what it really is appreciate others existing. Nausea ends with the dude deciding that writing a novel is the way he can hold up existence & really feel it— though this realization is inspired by a song. There’s also slightly more accessible (shorter) versions of the portion of this idea that I am interested in. For example, Caves Zahedi’s section of Waking Life or the essay Art in the Dark by Thomas McEvilley. This also doesn’t even actually matter that much. But basically deriving meaning in life can only really truly be done through an appreciation for being alive in horribly constant mindfulness. As humans this is basically impossible to do. We would never be able to function or even ever be able to fully comprehend & appreciate all that is existing. So as a thought exercise, I am interested in exploring the idea of being an omniscient god, capable of understanding all that is existing and how that could feel, how I could find meaning in that & if I would be able to let go of how much I have come to find love & connection in the interpersonal way as the tools for this. Probably this sounds more intense than it actually is. The songs are pretty silly & simple with these references happening very under the surface.