Comprehensibility by Luca Szabo
My second collection of spoken word/solo bass guitar songs. Recitations of original poetry accompanied by original solo bass guitar compositions - ALL instrumental sounds made with an electric bass guitar.
Comprised of four poems written over the last year and a half, “Comprehensibility” embodies a style of intricate contemplation similar to my former collection “Places of Passion”, but in its majority, treads on the darker edges of my being; each poem was written in an effort to /comprehend/ (and resolve) a state of being dominated by anxiety, rumination, regret, sadness, disillusionment, paranoia, fear, guilt, anger, and confusion. Through the words and music of “Comprehensibility”, I am at the most proficient and versatile stature of language and musicality that I am currently capable of, but more importantly, I am at my most vulnerable and genuine state - emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and artistically.
As with my first spoken word/solo bass guitar collection, "Comprehensibility" sounds best with headphones. If you'd like to read the poems while listening along, you can do so by clicking “lyrics” to the right of each track.
Written, recorded, and produced by me. All sounds, both instrumental and vocal, are performed by me. The “drums” were created with bass guitar imitations of a kick drum and snare drum I recorded, the audio files for which I trimmed and put into the project timeline like one would in MIDI -- as I wrote above, ALL sounds were made with a bass guitar.
The photos for the collection cover and individual song covers were taken by my best friend Christopher.
I received a very generous amount of production-related advice and guidance from my very good friend, the excellent bassist and musician Corin Gatwood at Living Room Recordings in Houston, Texas, who I met as my roommate at the Berklee College of Music’s first “Groove School” in the summer of 2018. Corin and I share a strong love for bass-driven, dark, and unconventional music, and much of the development of my skill on the bass, and musical interests in general, is due greatly to his influence on my tastes and music-mindset — not only was I able to bring these songs to as much life as I could owing to Corin’s help, but he is also in part responsible for the creation of the music itself.
Tracklist
| 1. | Losing the Now | 4:01 |
| 2. | Absurdity | 3:56 |
| 3. | Forgetting | 3:13 |
| 4. | Szabo | 7:45 |
