Bring out your inner kittycat, right meow!! 😸
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"How should I listen to Meowface?" Headphones. Eyes Closed. No Distractions.
Each track is named after a famous, Internet-celebrity cat, (all except "Meowzer," who was MY cat, the original "Meowface." His face meowed a lot, so he got the nickname "Meowface.") Each track is a portrait of that eponymous kittycat. Does each tune "match" its cat? Look'em up! =^.^= (Read more about Meowzer on the About page.)
Don't not listen in headphones.
Designed as an LCR experience.
(Left, Center, Right)
In contrast to listening to music with lyrics, absorbing yourself into the neutral aesthetic of instrumental music (no singing) provides a unique place where your mind may be compelled to wander, often provoking new thoughts and evoking distant memories. Yes, the Meowface album may be stirring to listen to while cleaning the kitchen or studying, but the ultimate, intended experience for taking in these intricate layers is to lay back with your comfortable, quality headphones, set all devices to "Do Not Disturb," close your eyes (eliminating the distraction of visual input), relax each muscle (especially in the face), and allow your thoughts to freely explore for the full 38 minutes while inside this fun and curious place.
Big Headphones (or earbuds)
This album is designed to be listened to in "isolated stereo." "Isolated" means the headphones cover your ears with no outside sounds getting in, and "stereo" means your left ear hears one sound, and your right ear hears a different sound. The secret-in-the-sauce of this stereophonic mixing-design of Meowface is exclusively LCR (Left, Center, Right), which means ⅓ of the instruments sound exclusively in the “Left” ear (9 o'clock pan); ⅓ of the instruments sound in both ears at equal volume, perceived in the "Center," (12 o'clock pan), and ⅓ of the instruments sound exclusively in the “Right” ear (3 o'clock pan). If you listen to only one of the two headphones, you're only hearing half of the music (⅓ of the instruments gone plus half the volume of the Center instruments). 🙃 No earbud-sharing!
These three LCR "spaces" are designed to interplay with each other, like three tightly choreographed dancers each whirling about doing their own thing, yet all still synced together equaling a bigger thing. "Tamed chaos." 😉
*One of the compositional tricks I used to make this ear-candy that much sweeter is the extended LCR technique of "splitting harmonies," as I say. 100% of all dyadic harmonies as neighbors along Arpeggiation Street are 100% segregated to opposite sides of the head. First dude is whistling a shiny tone only into your left ear, and his neighbor friend is whistling a warm harmony tone only into your right ear. You get it! 🤓
Relax every muscle; softly close your eyes, and listen for it! 🎧 🧐
