Immersion Composition Society, Veronica Lodge, Canoofle/Curtis Settino

The Immersion Composition Society (ICS) is a network of composers, organized into independent groups, called lodges. The Veronica Lodge meets monthly in Portland, OR. Below are all of the Canoofle contributions to date. Sometimes we give eachother tasks/challenges or we pull ideas out of a hat. These become "assignments" and are due at the next meeting. Each "day album" is created completely from scratch during a single 24-hour period. You must show up with at least six pieces of music or you have to bring extra snacks.

All music written, performed and recorded by Curtis Settino (CS), except where noted. Michelle D. Williams (MDW) contributes lyrics. Copyright Curtis Settino/Canoofle 2005-8. Published by Scrawkus Music ascap.

Listen to Lodges from 2005-6 - 2007 - 2008

WARNING: Some material may be offensively graphic or silly.

2005 December - The 14th Meeting of Veronica Lodge
"Toodaloo Zoo" contains a sample from 1983 of Scott Greiner, Lew Perotta and I catching Lew on fire and me laughing my ass off.

Toodaloo Zoo
Find Out Why
Have To Work
Las Loss Vegas

2006 February - #16
Assignment: Use the words "smarmy" and "persimmons". "The Journey of Milk" contains samples from "The Milk's Journey" by The Childrens Record Guild.

Here Come the Lepers
I'm a Smarmy Italian
The Journey of Milk
Persimmons
The Corner
My Kitchen Is Alive

2006 March - #17
Assignment: No 4/4 time signatures. Some non-English singing. Something related to the Ides of March. "Trading Spouses" contains a sample from the FoxTV show of the same name.

I Can Read Your Mind
Caveman Song
To a Show
Lucky Bunny Feet
Koompf
Trading Spouses
Quindici
Weasel Go Round
Woe

2006 April - #18
Assignment: Write a song for a musical. Each member contributed a song based on a rough storyline ("Carboard Box Heaven"). We played the songs back in sequence and, lo, there was a complete story! Samples: "Cardboard Box Heaven" contains a generous portion of "Welcome To My Nightmare" by Alice Cooper. "Roller Coaster Cycle" and "Love Bird Cage" contain samples of Scott Greiner on drums from 1981.

Cardboard Box Heaven
I'm In the Barn
Roller Coaster Cycle
The Watergate Videos #1
Aquaggamelan
Friend of Weather
We Gotta Go
Walk Up and Down
Love Bird Cage

2006 May - #19
Assignment: Write a spelling song. "Boy" contains a sample of "Boy"performed by Kashmir, written by fellow Veronican Steve Hale.

Hole With a View
Party Tonight #1
Let's Build a Boat
Marked Private
Discombobulate
Boy

2006 June - #20
Assignment: Use cliches. Re-record the first song you ever wrote. "Party" contains drums (Scott Greiner) and guitar backing tracks from 1981. "You Only Pass" contains words from a photo gallery email my mom sent me.

Party Tonight #2
Tyco is Pyscho
The Lush
Experience the Love
You Only Pass Once
If Life is a Parade

2006 August - #21
Assignment: Incorporate "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." All songs recorded (mostly outdoors) on Hawthorne St., Portland, OR. Written and performed by Jason Mayberry and CS. Vocal on "We Make It Up" by Sokhak Peng. Guitar on "Party" by Chad.

Happy Sunday pt.1
We Make It Up As We Go
This is Why We Didn't Want Kids
Party Tonight #3
The Dasher
Row Row Row
Happy Sunday pt.2

2006 Sept - #22
Assignment: We came up with song titles in advance that each member would have to use. Canoofle took the titles and made an American history from them called "The 20th Century Plus 1." Written and performed in the woods by Jason Mayberry, Sammy Lett and CS.

1900s/Carpet Demons
1910s/Beef Ultimatum
1920s/Feed the Boy the Puffs
1930s/Pancreatic Highway
1940s/How Many Flavors of Vanilla Do You Have?
1950s/Before They Came to the Island
1960s/On The Top Of My Head
1970s/My First Memory
1980s/Subtle But Not That Subtle
1990s/Under the Chair
2000s/Corporate Demons

2006 Oct - #23
Assignment: Make a movie trailer soundtrack.
We had a good plan for this one. But we ran out of time. So, instead, I did a mini-lodge in Italy. On a Saturday morning I took my Mini-Disc into a church located on a remote Tuscan hillside.

Door
Harmonica
Voice
Pop
Organ
Bells

2006 Nov - #24
Assignments: A real childrens song. A song from a made up musical. Written and performed by Sammy Lett, Jason Mayberry, Chris Petryszak and CS. "Spider" cameo MDW.

Wash Your Hands
Bike Messanger: The Musical
Coin Machines
Tricked The Debbie Tonight
Grizzle
Pink Spider