Get It Done! (disquiet0245) by Nate Trier

This week's Disquiet assignment: "Record a simple, rhythmic piece of music that exudes tidiness and efficiency, and that is eminently playable on repeat — music to listen to while doing routine tasks."

To me this meant something like Devo meets The Jetsons. Eminently playable on repeat implies polyrhythms so that the piece will never quite be the same.

Not much free time this weekend, so this was a quick project. I set up some loops of uneven lengths using some stock Ableton synths. I drafted the lyrics on Sunday morning, arranged them Monday morning and recorded them Monday evening. The vocoder could have used some better enunciation but it's been a long Monday. Mixed on earbuds, hopefully it's not a mess.

I have something of an obsession with productivity systems but at the same time I love chance and unpredictability. These lyrics poke fun at my interest in to-do lists and how they relate to The Meaning of Life.

Lyrics:
Get it done!
You can do it!
Your productivity
has just begun!

Write it. Make it. Fix it. Create.
Blog it. Craft it. Remake. Repair.
Avoid existential despair.

Pomodoro timer system
Prioritize quadrant to-do's
It's a thing you won't regret
There's so much more to do yet.
Avoid the long shadow of death.

Inbox zero
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair
Inbox zero

Inbox zero
Do not go gently into that good night
Inbox zero

Inbox zero
So death kindly stopped for me
Inbox zero

Get it done!
You can do it!
Your productivity
has just begun

Sieze the day
Carpe diem!
We'll all be dead soon
anyway

Picture by McGeddon

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More on this 245th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Write a piece of music for getting things done, suitable for playing on repeat” — at:

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