Electronic Projects for Musicians


Electronic Projects for Musicians is a b-sides and rarities compilation album by the indie rock band The Apples in Stereo. It was released April 1, 2008 under the Simian Records, Yep Roc Records, and Elephant 6 labels. It can be seen as a companion to Science Faire, a 1996 compilation that collects recordings from the band released prior to their first album.
Announced by frontman Robert Schneider in May 2007, Schneider described Electronic Projects for Musicians as having "all of our non-LP material since Fun Trick Noisemaker came out" — a time period that spans 12 years. Electronic Projects for Musicians does include most of the band's non-LP material released while the band was signed to spinART Records, excluding songs found on the Look Away + 4 and Let's Go! EPs, due to licensing issues.
The song "Dreams", an unfinished recording intended for release on the band's 1997 LP Tone Soul Evolution, is included on Electronic Projects for Musicians with newly recorded instrumentals.
In late 2007, fans were invited to remix the song "Can You Feel It?" from the most recent Apples LP, New Magnetic Wonder. Over 20 master tracks from the song's production were made available for download. The grand prize winning song is currently available for download with purchase of Electronic Projects for Musicians.
The title of the compilation comes from the book of the same name by Craig Anderton.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robert Schneider except "Avril en Mai"
#Song titleTimeYearOriginal releaseLabel
1."Shine "3:361995Fun Trick Noisemaker Trattoria / Polystar records
2."Thank You Very Much"1:031995Fun Trick Noisemaker Trattoria / Polystar records
3."Onto Something"2:1419967" split single with Sportsguitar100 Guitar Mania Records
4."Man You Gotta Get Up"3:011998Tone Soul Evolution bonus 7"spinART Records
5."The Golden Flower"3:051998Tone Soul Evolution bonus 7"spinART Records
6."Avril En Mai"2:101999 compilationEmperor Norton Records
7."Hold On To This Day"3:212000The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone bonus flexi-discspinART Records
8."The Oasis"2:092000The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone Trattoria / Polystar Records
9."On Your Own"1:552001Untitled CD-R promo compilationspinART Records
10."Other"2:192002Velocity of Sound Trattoria / Polystar Records
11."So Far Away"4:252002"Please" UK single b-sideCooking Vinyl Records
12."The Apples Theme Song"1:182006Introductory song for official website, previously unreleased
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13."Stephen Stephen"1:502006Previously unreleased, appeared on The Colbert Report
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14."Dreams"3:432008Previously unreleased outtake from Tone Soul Evolution
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Personnel

The Apples in Stereo

Electronic Projects for Musicians was produced by Robert Schneider. It was engineered by The Apples in Stereo and Jim McIntyre, with assistant engineering by Ron Marschall. Songs were recorded on four-track, eight-track and sixteen track tape machines and/or utilized the Mainframe Computer at Pet Sounds Recording Studio in Denver, Colorado and Lexington, Kentucky. The album was mastered from vinyl, flexi-disc, tape and digital sources by Fred Kevorkian in New York City.
Artwork for the album is by Steve Keene. Art photography by Joshua Kessler. Design by Dave Laney.