INFINITY IS ONE: Gabriel Dresdale's debut record
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"But Life truly is Eternal
Physical death is not the end
So what will you take beyond incarnation
Infinity is One
Infinity is One
Infinity is One
Infinity is One"
This is an album for you.
Infinity is One (∞=I) is a collection of songs I wrote, some started as far back as 2011, while I lived in Woodstock, NY, my place of birth. Some were written while living in Brooklyn in my early 20s, responding to myself in this strange new environment and adapting to change. And many were written after my return back home to Woodstock. Those that were finished most recently were in 2017, the year my daughter was born. It has been a journey of mind, body and spirit to get to this point and understand the significance of this music. For some of these songs I can not take credit, rather I see myself as a channel through which there was a flash of insight and the music flowed. And for others I worked hard, writing and re-writing endlessly, chipping away at the piece of music that was waiting to be revealed. However they were made, I offer all of this work to God, our Creator, Infinite and One Divine Source through which everything comes into and out of existence. I hope that by supporting this fundraising effort and contributing to the recording of these songs, you will feel a connection to this Divine Source, revealing something you didn't know about your Self, or the true nature of our shared Reality.
My vision has always been to make my first solo record using solely analog techniques, so that nowhere along the way does the music become digitized. This is both for aesthetic and spiritual reasons. The feeling of acquiring a new record, holding it in your hands, seeing its cover and design, placing it on the turntable and dropping the needle is incomparable to pressing play on any digital music device. Many people are coming back to vinyl, appreciating these qualities that can not be found in any other medium. But, there is no need for a fully analog recording, mixing and mastering process to make vinyl, so why fully analog? To speak to the spiritual side, I believe the sound waves coming from a record that has been made with analog techniques has a very different effect on the whole being, the cells and spirit of the listener than those recorded in a digital medium.
When we take a photograph with film, we create a latent image, which can be developed into a negative, which can then be projected onto a light sensitive paper to recreate the image we once saw through the lens of the camera. It is a process which involves chemicals, but it is as close a re-creation of the actual image that we can get. When we take a photograph with a digital camera, there is an electronic device, an image sensor chip which translates all of the color, all of the light and shadow into pixels, a stream of numbers which is then retranslated into the image we once saw through the lens of the camera. Much in the same way that this digital image is made up of millions of quantized pixels, digitally recorded music is made up of millions of quantized sound bites. When sound is recorded digitally, it is turned into a stream of numbers, each corresponding to the changes in air pressure as the sound is made, then re-created as an approximation of the original sound wave, appearing as a wave with steps.
When sound is recorded via analog equipment, as can be seen above, the sound waves are a direct physical representation of what has been played. In the case of a record lathe they are actually cut into a vinyl or wax disc. With tape they are converted through an electric current, then through a magnetic field and finally left as a representation of the sound in magnetized areas on a plastic tape with magnetic coating on it. They have never been quantized. They remain true to the sound wave as it was produced by the voice or instrument. This is how I am recording Infinity is One.
I acknowledge the changes from number to number in a digital recording are imperceptible to the human ear, but they are there. It is like the sound has been broken up and reassembled to digitally, literally with digits, or numbers, reproduce the original sound. There is a trueness, a natural quality to analog recordings and film photography that can never be fully reproduced using the digital medium.
(Now, with all of this being said, I would like to point out that my first and primary desired form of listening to and playing music is live. There is nothing comparable to being in the presence of vibrating strings, or vocal chords, or skins on a drum or breath through a flute. And even beyond that, that you may be one of the ones creating these sounds. It is our natural birthright and healthy behavior to make music. I need not list all of the science behind this, for if you have participated in any communal music making (and dancing), you know.
But as I am not able to play these songs live for all of you, (unless you donate $500, in which case you receive a house concert!) or have you join in and play with me (although I encourage you to sing/play along at home), I embrace the recorded medium, and through this method of recording strive to bring you the truest form of the sounds that I have created.)
Here is a breakdown of the expenses:
5 days in the studio: $2,500
2 reels of multitrack tape: $120
2 hard drives (for digital backup): $90
Pressing 300 vinyl records: $1,205
300 record jackets and inserts (for lyrics): $645
Mixing and Mastering: $500
Personal expenses (gas, food etc.): $340
I have already begun the recording process, which is where the video at the top of this page is from. It is in Aaron Latos's studio in Newburgh, NY. Aaron is a stellar producer and engineer, who is well versed in analog recording. He is also helping me to produce these songs in the best way possible. In order to complete what we have begun, I need your help. We are nearly finished with the tracking, having recorded guitar, vocals, cello, piano, fender rhodes, and percussion, but still need more to meet the goal of $5,400. Your support is what will allow me to bring this dream into reality. Please give whatever you can, be it $5 or $500, and share this gofundme page generously. I am so deeply grateful to you who is reading this for taking the time to visit this page and hear my story. If you are able to now, after donating, please post this on your social media pages and ask others to donate as well.
Rewards if you donate:
$30: A copy of the finished record
$50: A signed copy of the finished record and a personalized thank you note from me
$500: A signed copy of the finished record, a personalized thank you note from me and a house concert!
With all of my love and gratitude. Praised be the Universe. We are home.
Namaste,
Gabriel
Follow me on Instagram @gabrieldresdale, or friend me on Facebook at Gabriel Dresdale to receive updates on the recording process!
Physical death is not the end
So what will you take beyond incarnation
Infinity is One
Infinity is One
Infinity is One
Infinity is One"
This is an album for you.
Infinity is One (∞=I) is a collection of songs I wrote, some started as far back as 2011, while I lived in Woodstock, NY, my place of birth. Some were written while living in Brooklyn in my early 20s, responding to myself in this strange new environment and adapting to change. And many were written after my return back home to Woodstock. Those that were finished most recently were in 2017, the year my daughter was born. It has been a journey of mind, body and spirit to get to this point and understand the significance of this music. For some of these songs I can not take credit, rather I see myself as a channel through which there was a flash of insight and the music flowed. And for others I worked hard, writing and re-writing endlessly, chipping away at the piece of music that was waiting to be revealed. However they were made, I offer all of this work to God, our Creator, Infinite and One Divine Source through which everything comes into and out of existence. I hope that by supporting this fundraising effort and contributing to the recording of these songs, you will feel a connection to this Divine Source, revealing something you didn't know about your Self, or the true nature of our shared Reality.
My vision has always been to make my first solo record using solely analog techniques, so that nowhere along the way does the music become digitized. This is both for aesthetic and spiritual reasons. The feeling of acquiring a new record, holding it in your hands, seeing its cover and design, placing it on the turntable and dropping the needle is incomparable to pressing play on any digital music device. Many people are coming back to vinyl, appreciating these qualities that can not be found in any other medium. But, there is no need for a fully analog recording, mixing and mastering process to make vinyl, so why fully analog? To speak to the spiritual side, I believe the sound waves coming from a record that has been made with analog techniques has a very different effect on the whole being, the cells and spirit of the listener than those recorded in a digital medium.
When we take a photograph with film, we create a latent image, which can be developed into a negative, which can then be projected onto a light sensitive paper to recreate the image we once saw through the lens of the camera. It is a process which involves chemicals, but it is as close a re-creation of the actual image that we can get. When we take a photograph with a digital camera, there is an electronic device, an image sensor chip which translates all of the color, all of the light and shadow into pixels, a stream of numbers which is then retranslated into the image we once saw through the lens of the camera. Much in the same way that this digital image is made up of millions of quantized pixels, digitally recorded music is made up of millions of quantized sound bites. When sound is recorded digitally, it is turned into a stream of numbers, each corresponding to the changes in air pressure as the sound is made, then re-created as an approximation of the original sound wave, appearing as a wave with steps.
When sound is recorded via analog equipment, as can be seen above, the sound waves are a direct physical representation of what has been played. In the case of a record lathe they are actually cut into a vinyl or wax disc. With tape they are converted through an electric current, then through a magnetic field and finally left as a representation of the sound in magnetized areas on a plastic tape with magnetic coating on it. They have never been quantized. They remain true to the sound wave as it was produced by the voice or instrument. This is how I am recording Infinity is One.
I acknowledge the changes from number to number in a digital recording are imperceptible to the human ear, but they are there. It is like the sound has been broken up and reassembled to digitally, literally with digits, or numbers, reproduce the original sound. There is a trueness, a natural quality to analog recordings and film photography that can never be fully reproduced using the digital medium.
(Now, with all of this being said, I would like to point out that my first and primary desired form of listening to and playing music is live. There is nothing comparable to being in the presence of vibrating strings, or vocal chords, or skins on a drum or breath through a flute. And even beyond that, that you may be one of the ones creating these sounds. It is our natural birthright and healthy behavior to make music. I need not list all of the science behind this, for if you have participated in any communal music making (and dancing), you know.
But as I am not able to play these songs live for all of you, (unless you donate $500, in which case you receive a house concert!) or have you join in and play with me (although I encourage you to sing/play along at home), I embrace the recorded medium, and through this method of recording strive to bring you the truest form of the sounds that I have created.)
Here is a breakdown of the expenses:
5 days in the studio: $2,500
2 reels of multitrack tape: $120
2 hard drives (for digital backup): $90
Pressing 300 vinyl records: $1,205
300 record jackets and inserts (for lyrics): $645
Mixing and Mastering: $500
Personal expenses (gas, food etc.): $340
I have already begun the recording process, which is where the video at the top of this page is from. It is in Aaron Latos's studio in Newburgh, NY. Aaron is a stellar producer and engineer, who is well versed in analog recording. He is also helping me to produce these songs in the best way possible. In order to complete what we have begun, I need your help. We are nearly finished with the tracking, having recorded guitar, vocals, cello, piano, fender rhodes, and percussion, but still need more to meet the goal of $5,400. Your support is what will allow me to bring this dream into reality. Please give whatever you can, be it $5 or $500, and share this gofundme page generously. I am so deeply grateful to you who is reading this for taking the time to visit this page and hear my story. If you are able to now, after donating, please post this on your social media pages and ask others to donate as well.
Rewards if you donate:
$30: A copy of the finished record
$50: A signed copy of the finished record and a personalized thank you note from me
$500: A signed copy of the finished record, a personalized thank you note from me and a house concert!
With all of my love and gratitude. Praised be the Universe. We are home.
Namaste,
Gabriel
Follow me on Instagram @gabrieldresdale, or friend me on Facebook at Gabriel Dresdale to receive updates on the recording process!
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Gabriel Dresdale
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Woodstock, NY