Imbued Vagary Rehearsal Set up

This photo captures Imbued Vagary's synth set up for the 10th Annual SHAPE Solstice Arts Festival.

IV Rehearsal at FFS

MC2P4 rehearsing at Floating Fish Studios for the upcoming Imbued Vagary performance at  the 10th Annual SHAPE Solstice Arts Festival.

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse was a family restaurant located near Chambersburg, PA.  Back in the mid-'80s, it was the scene of my very first public performance as a musician.  I was in a group assembled by my first electric bass instructor, Howard Bly, and consisted of students he taught.  This group was comprised of Jennifer Coffey (Piano), Dirk Frey (Guitar), and myself (Bass).  

On this evening, we played spiritual music in a talent show and though we performed admirably, we were beaten a little boy who sang.  We didn't have a chance.  The cute little kid always wins at a talent contest.

Our little group went on to have a few more performances at local churches before we all moved on to more contemporary musical pursuits.  Dirk and I formed The Secret Society (rev1) with Scott McConnell.  The rest, as they say, is history.

Here is a photo I managed to take this year (2015) when I visited the establishment.  It's a church now and they were having an indoor yard sale.  Where you see the small PA system on the right hand side of the photo is where they had a small stage located all those many years ago.

Noise Released on Bandcamp

Imbued Vagary - Noise has just been released on Bandcamp.  Download the digital album now and get the CD soon!

Track Listing:
1. Death Ray 8:16
2. Space Echoes 7:32
3. The Shift 7:26
4. Unknown Communication 8:02
5. Frequency Splatter 11:58
6. Hummbucker 6:28

Liner Notes:
The third and most brutal of Imbued Vagary’s Trilogy of releases in 2015 is titled Noise.  This extreme music release showcases the harsher side of our Floating Fish Studios Synth Jam live improv sessions.  Synthesis, sampling, and special effects meld together to form these harsh and noisy sonic experiments.

Hold on… This ride gets bumpy!

The Imbued Vagary Collective 2015: 
Dan “The Man” 
Ho Magos 
LTJTHC 
mC2p4 
Paul Doppelganga 
Steve 0 Man 
Thee Sub One Genius 
Ttam Troll 

Credits:
All live improvisations performed and recorded by Imbued Vagary at Floating Fish Studios and Floating Fish Studios II

Mastered by Tommy T Rapisardi at DSBP Records 

Copyright ©2015 Floating Fish Music

Imbued Vagary T-Shirts Available from CafePress

Imbued Vagary is proud to announce the availability of our new t-shirts. The three new designs are taken from the artwork to our 2015 releases.  Order them today at our Floating Fish Studios CafePress store.

Live Released on Bandcamp

Imbued Vagary - Live has just been released on Bandcamp.  Download the digital album now and get the CD soon!

Track Listing:
Warmit 4:46
Imajj Indo 4:12
Fourwind 3:16
Keeble Man 4:12
Muv Muffle 4:06
Parsons Interject 3:30
CJNB 4:56
Underdog 5:26
Cyclical 3:23
Acidity 5:30

Liner Notes:
This release is a collection of our best live performances at the SHAPE Solstice Arts Festival and SHAPE Gallery.  The first 7 tracks are from our 2013 performance at the 8th Annual SHAPE Solstice Arts Festival.  This was our second foray to the festival and we delivered an electrically charged show for the festival attendees.  The last 3 tracks of this release are taken from our 2012 SHAPE Gallery performance for the opening reception of DEEP - 10th Annual Abstract Exhibit.  We played to a crowded house of artists and patrons that had come to see a spectacular exhibit and they were not disappointed.

The Imbued Vagary Collective would like to thank all the officers (past and present) of SHAPE (Shippensburg Arts Programming & Education) for their ongoing commitment to supporting the arts in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. 

The Imbued Vagary Live Infiltration Unit: 
mC2p4 - Korg Z1/Alesis ION
Thee Sub One Genius - Ableton Live
Ttam Troll - Moog Minimoog Voyager Electric Blue/Roland RS-09

Credits:
Tracks 1-7 recorded live at 8th Annual SHAPE Solstice Arts Festival 06/15/13; Tracks 8-10 recorded live at DEEP - 10th Annual Abstract Exhibit - SHAPE Gallery 09/07/12 

Mastered by Tommy T Rapisardi at DSBP Records 

Copyright ©2015 Floating Fish Music

Radio Shack’s Fail is Ttam Troll’s Gain

It’s sad that most Radio Shack stores are closing.  I could go into the details of this but it has already been much talked about.  You can read about why it failed here.

Fortunately for consumers,  Radio Shack’s demise means that there are some good deals to be had.  While looking through my local store, I came across some very cheap MIDI couplers and the littleBits Korg Synth Kit.  With a savings of about $50 on the kit, I had to pick one up.  Let the synth building begin!