Declutter

The Selective Pedestrian

These songs (if they can be called that) are a collection of files cultivated from the wasteland that is my iMac’s hard drive.   They are born from me sitting down in front of an ever evolving collection of modular and Eurorack synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, guitars, hardware and software effects, etc… and tinkering.   

The album title comes from my need to occasionally clean house and organize my workspace.  I recently sat down on a few different occasions and went through dozens of recordings I had made over the last 5 or so years, and out of those many, many files, these are the few that I deemed to be complete(ish) enough to assemble into a collection that we’ll call for the sake of argument, an album.

Now that I had a collection of tracks, I needed a name to release them under.   I decided to rehash a moniker that I have not used in a long time, “The Selective Pedestrian”.   This was the name I used to release tracks years ago on my SoundCloud account.   The name comes from my younger days, when I was an avid cyclist.  I would always obey traffic signals and laws, like a good cyclist, unless it was easier for me to become a pedestrian say at a busy intersection where I would just use a crosswalk to avoid getting run down by some late-for-work commuter paying more attention to their phone or their latte than the road.   I also like that the word ”pedestrian” has the alternate meaning “Lacking Inspiration; dull”.    I’ve never considered myself a serious musician, and this seemed appropriate for the content I was creating.   

Anyway, if you’ve downloaded this, I thank you and hope that you get some enjoyment out of it.  My expectations that it will become a big hit are pretty low.  I’ll consider it a success if one person listens to it and has a moment or two where they think “Oh, that was interesting”.

*** All proceeds from this will go to the local animal rescue that I adopted one of my dogs from.

Enjoy!
Dan


These songs (if they can be called that) are a collection of files cultivated from the wasteland that is my iMac’s hard drive. They are born from me sitting down in front of an ever evolving collection of modular and Eurorack synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, guitars, hardware and software effects, etc… and tinkering. 
The album title comes from my need to occasionally clean house and organize my workspace. I recently sat down on a few different occasions and went through dozens of recordings I had made over the last 5 or so years, and out of those many, many files, these are the few that I deemed to be complete(ish) enough to assemble into a collection that we’ll call for the sake of argument, an album.
Now that I had a collection of tracks, I needed a name to release them under. I decided to rehash a moniker that I have not used in a long time, “The Selective Pedestrian”. This was the name I used to release tracks years ago on my SoundCloud account. The name comes from my younger days, when I was an avid cyclist. I would always obey traffic signals and laws, like a good cyclist, unless it was easier for me to become a pedestrian say at a busy intersection where I would just use a crosswalk to avoid getting run down by some late-for-work commuter paying more attention to their phone or their latte than the road. I also like that the word ”pedestrian” has the alternate meaning “Lacking Inspiration; dull”. I’ve never considered myself a serious musician, and this seemed appropriate for the content I was creating. 
Anyway, if you’ve downloaded this, I thank you and hope that you get some enjoyment out of it. My expectations that it will become a big hit are pretty low. I’ll consider it a success if one person listens to it and has a moment or two where they think “Oh, that was interesting”.
*** All proceeds from this will go to the local animal rescue that I adopted one of my dogs from.
Enjoy!
Dan

The First Step (Original Mix)

The First Step by The Selective Pedestrian

The First Step

These Lights Keep Blinking Out of Sequence (Original Mix)

These Lights Keep Blinking Out of Sequence by The Selective Pedestrian

These Lights Keep Blinking Out of Sequence

Devil In the Details (Original Mix)

Devil In the Details by The Selective Pedestrian

Devil In the Details

Born of Chaos (Original Mix)

Born of Chaos by The Selective Pedestrian

Born of Chaos

Dance Interlude (Original Mix)

Dance Interlude by The Selective Pedestrian

Dance Interlude

Breathing Underwater (Original Mix)

Breathing Underwater by The Selective Pedestrian

Breathing Underwater

Creeping In (Original Mix)

Creeping In

Voices From the Void (Original Mix)

Voices From the Void by The Selective Pedestrian

Voices From the Void

The March (Original Mix)

The March

Fireflies (Original Mix)

Fireflies

Industrial Interlude (Original Mix)

Industrial Interlude by The Selective Pedestrian

Industrial Interlude

Playing Telephone (Original Mix)

Playing Telephone by The Selective Pedestrian

Playing Telephone

Filter Flutter (Original Mix)

Filter Flutter by The Selective Pedestrian

Filter Flutter

Pressing On (Original Mix)

Pressing On

Plucked From the Vine (Original Mix)

Plucked From the Vine by The Selective Pedestrian

Plucked From the Vine

Weird Interlude (Original Mix)

Weird Interlude by The Selective Pedestrian

Weird Interlude

In the End We All Melt (Original Mix)

In the End We All Melt by The Selective Pedestrian