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A promotional image for Dylan Madigan's 'Moving On' record, released in August 2021, with a sepia-toned background and a silhouette of a person's profile on the left side. The text 'Dylan Madigan Moving On' is prominently displayed on the right side, along with the words 'High-Fidelity' and 'Stereo' at the bottom.

August, 2021

Moving On

I produced my first album in the free time granted to me by the COVID19 pandemic. Every night I worked till 2am, learning how to record and mix music. I wrote the whole album, played all the parts, and mixed the tracks myself. I worked with Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering in Seattle to create the final master. Then I created all of the album artwork and packaging myself.

The album is all instrumental, in a style I call “progressive blues”. It tells a story about loss—first loss for the better, then tragic loss, and finally growing and “moving on.” Being an instrumental, the specifics of this story can be filled in by the listeners imagination and personal experiences.

And I’m happy to say I succeeded at that. People have told me about how the music is not only great for creating a vibe in the background, but also can elicit deep emotion and memories.

A black background filled with white and orange text that appears to be a complex, coded message or digital artwork, with some phrases like 'HARD BLUES,' 'WAKE THE DEAD,' and 'DRIVING' standing out among the dense data.

January, 2021

PI

Pi consists of the five tracks I used to learn music production. I had recorded each of them years earlier but were never properly mixed. I had mixed and remixed them over and over as I was learning. It was obsessive. But at a certain point I felt the need to move on and begin recording an album, using all that I learned. That’s when I decided I would release these tracks as a collection.

All except “Midnight Jam” make heavy use of the Big Muff Pi guitar effect, which is where the EP gets its name.

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