debut studio album musical project released online later issued cassette worldwide label april august respectively title reference line film album garnered significant attention music journalists production technique guitar center stores tapped people playing instruments iphone low quality loops synth patches playing effects track machines environment guitar center shops desire record budget new_york_city inspired idea use samples recordings people playing instruments build compositions fact year end list best releases came number background raised columbia maryland went guitar center store age buy electric guitar rarely went shop instead bought equipment local stores like maryland life disliked guitar center unpleasant environment major parts influenced wanted able extract beauty wanted environment float cloud wanted inspect little capture paint living new_york_city point bankrupt wanted create great sounding tracks budget whatsoever need samples digital audio computer software waiting train went guitar center shop near store heard playing song electric guitar noticed instrument poor tone remember thinking like feed weird home sound different sort hit don record people playing sort use paint production composition tried control sounds expensive synthesizers guitar center selling recording samples unimpressed results later visit shop recorded sound featured album taped guy going drum kit lowering speed sample drum recording singer described felt editing sample started hear kind place started recording album guitar center brooklyn shop baltimore instead looking record instruments specifically planned song taped sound thought better quality editing later ended hours iphone recordings work home played track tape recorder old looped synthesizer patches recordings mixed mastered planning recordings edited tried connect things seemingly end result album featured ambient dub new age experimental post styles release reception self released official page april year august record label distributed album cassette title album reference line denied comedy film live guitar center album musician wall guitar center recordings released slightly album april patient sounds accidentally found wall record didn want release feeling album identical concept project label wall aware release excited album support got motivated distribute record sent company despite suggestion relatives journalist praised album style post produced faux melodic music level field recording nostalgic level listening completely paired idea samples genre created potentially person critic featured column rest obsessed suggesting listeners wanted repeated hearings album unlike live guitar center scoring review pitchfork called album wall record slight commercial success 1990s pre internet period contrast current time chain retailers shut quickly extreme financial decrease called editing low quality sound recordings impressive little knowledge proves unnecessary fact magazine honored record favorite releases month april year end list best releases ranked number reasons guitar center number live guitar center topped list track listing length following source
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