<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><b class=""><font color="#9929bd" class="">Micah Pick - Brighter Than I Thought </font></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Micah Pick is a classically trained musician based in Bedford, Virginia (USA) who works as a collaborative pianist and music educator. Tying the musical elements of piano processed through a modular set-up and snippets of field recordings Micah has amplified the emotional themes of the Brighter Than I Thought. The surprise at finding unexpected joy even at our darkest moments when our worst fears are realized and facing the unique stresses of adulthood by retaining a sense of childlike joy.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><font color="#9929bd" class="">Tracklisting:</font></div><div class="">1. You Know When You Hear It</div><div class="">2. Open Up the Sky</div><div class="">3. Into the Mountain</div><div class="">4. Courage, Dear Heart</div><div class="">5. What We’re Fighting Against</div><div class="">6. Match in the Night</div><div class="">7. Towering</div><div class="">8. Joy as a Sword</div><div class="">9. Shooting Star</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font color="#9929bd" class="">BRIGHTER THAN I THOUGHT</font></b></div><div class="">On his debut with Audiobulb records, Brighter Than I Thought, he recontextualizes the familiar sound of the piano by processing it with a modular synth. This creates a swirl of electro-acoustic landscapes. Each track was recorded in one take where the synth processed the piano improvisations live. Courage, Dear Heart uses the 2hp Pluck synth voice and What We’re Fighting Against includes the Make Noise 0-coast, otherwise, all other musical sounds on the album have the piano as their sole sound source.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tying the musical elements together are snippets of field recordings Micah captured during his everyday life to amplify the emotional themes of the album. These themes explore the surprise at finding unexpected joy even at our darkest moments when our worst fears are realized and facing the</div><div class="">unique stresses of adulthood by retaining a sense of childlike joy.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Gear used: Mutable Ears, Reflex Liveloop, Mannequins W/, Pico dsp, 2hp Verb, Bastl Cinnamon, 2hp Pluck, Make Noise 0-coast, Ornament & Crime, Shakmat Modular Bishop’s Miscellany, Make Noise Function, and Make Noise Optomix. Tracked and mixed in Ableton Live.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font color="#9929bd" class="">Credits:</font></div><div class="">• Performed, Recorded and mixed by Micah Pick</div><div class="">• Mastering by Taylor Dupree at 12k Mastering</div><div class="">• Album art by John Wilcher</div><div class="">• Special thanks to Benjamin Muach, Gregory Vinson, Mackenzie Nehring, and Ezra LeFluer</div><div class="">• Dedicated to Lucy, Adrienne and Bronwyn, the givers of great joy</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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