The Best Of Taylor... For Tape! (2007-2009)

by Taylor Abrahamse

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Released quietly back in 2010, this collection of demos gives a taste of Taylor's burgeoning obsession with songwriting, a sense of his early Youtube work, and some of the recordings that mark his last semester of High School. Purchase includes a 27-page lyric booklet PDF (with more absolutely 'attractive' images like the one above), and a PDF to access more content: the children's story 'My Friend Fetus', and a folder of more sounds called 'Mostly Randomized Other Inclusions'.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Taylor Abrahamse (Chipmunks Deluxe Edition), Live In Lockdown Vol 1, Taylor Abrahamse (Deluxe Edition), You're Still Here (Silverthorn Demo), Digit, The Hyphenates (Vol 2) - Merry Hyphenates! (Permanent Tentative Title), The Hyphenates (Vol 1), The Best Of Taylor... For Tape! (2007-2009), and 1 more. , and , .

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1.	Fractals! 02:32	buy track
2.	The Concept Album, 1960-2009 02:48	buy track
3.	Extreme Hit Or Miss (Early Version) 02:54	buy track
4.	Hey You... 01:03	buy track
5.	Good Things Come (Early Version) 03:25	buy track
6.	Happymore 03:54	buy track
7.	BillTvMacon 01:28	buy track
8.	Duckman 04:11	buy track
9.	Baguette (In Space) 01:27	buy track
10.	Wasted You! 01:22	buy track
11.	Confidence 01:32	buy track
12.	When You Meet A Beautiful Woman 01:20	buy track
13.	Christ In A Chevrolet 04:52	buy track
14.	Morriseys 02:26	buy track
15.	Baguette (On The Moon) 00:32	buy track
16.	Ritual/Flat Foot Blues 01:21	buy track
17.	Why Can't The Whole Damn World 01:48	buy track
18.	Everyman (In Cranberry Sauce) 06:13	buy track
19.	Gordon Lightfoot 00:31	buy track
20.	Your Heart 03:07	buy track
21.	Poser 02:54	buy track
22.	Fugue 01:14	buy track
23.	Ivan Pavlov 00:31	buy track
24.	The Search For A Friend (Excerpt) 01:14	buy track
25.	Zeus Of Hardwood Floors Battles The Cryptologists Of Mr. Clean 00:52	buy track
26.	Trickledown Vermilion (Appartition 11) - Part 12, The Clown Apparati 01:34	buy track
27.	Behind The Clouds 00:24	buy track
28.	When I Say I Love You 00:12	buy track
29.	Alphabet Soup 00:21	buy track
30.	Simlish 00:17	buy track
31.	Taylor's Just Good People I.D 00:08	buy track
32.	In Your Eye 00:20	buy track
33.	Subscribe! 00:10	buy track
34.	The Crotti (Take 3) 00:18	buy track
35.	Previously On Degrassi, O.C, 90210.... 00:33	buy track
36.	The Crotti (Take 1) 00:21	buy track
37.	Green Fields, Golden Sands 02:07	buy track
38.	Little Bird, Little Bird 03:15	buy track
39.	In My Defence 04:03	buy track
40.	The Sound Of Silence (With Sarah English) 03:14	buy track
41.	Truth Dies At University 00:24	buy track
42.	White Guy With A Problem 03:18	buy track
43.	Think I Can! 01:37	buy track
44.	Somethin' Bout You! (Early Version) 02:37	buy track
45.	Patience (Why Does The Winner Always Lose Again?) 01:12	buy track
46.	Headless Chicken On A Crash Course On Travelling To Space 02:00	buy track
47.	Yobi TV! 00:22	buy track
48.	A Very Merry Easter (Excerpt) 00:20	buy track
49.	Year 3000 00:09	buy track
50.	One Small Step For Fetus 00:06	buy track
51.	Me Against The Music 00:37	buy track
52.	Can He Teach Me About Sex? 00:09	buy track
53.	All The Young Girls Love Alice 01:13	buy track
54.	All My Loving 01:56	buy track
55.	Meet James Ensor 01:05	buy track
56.	Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head 01:48	buy track
57.	100 Subscribers! 00:33	buy track
58.	The Collab Song 00:18	buy track
59.	Don't Have The Mood (For Love) 03:10	buy track
60.	Forgiveness (Reality) 03:53	buy track
61.	Everybody Wants To Give (COIN Version) 02:45	buy track
62.	Milkshake Monday (Ad 1) 00:31	buy track
63.	Checkered Muskrats 01:29	buy track
64.	Mouthful Of Sores 00:41	buy track
65.	Musici-CAN! Song 00:18	buy track
66.	Meet The Characters! 00:47	buy track
67.	They Sure Can Rock! 00:37	buy track
68.	Van Melon Meets His Maker 00:31	buy track
69.	Milkshake Monday (Ad 3) 00:37	buy track
70.	Believe Song (1) 02:00	buy track
71.	Believe Song (2) 01:02	buy track
72.	Jen Lil' 00:12	buy track
73.	Bus Stop 01:07	buy track
74.	Bullies Suck 01:01	buy track
75.	The Leslie Roberts Show (With Leslie Roberts) 00:51	buy track
76.	Doctor Therapist (Ad) 01:04	buy track
77.	Doctor Therapist (Track 5 Of 7) 02:39	buy track
78.	See Life Grow (Intro) 00:35	buy track
79.	See Life Grow 03:58	buy track
80.	The Man Into Madness 03:58	buy track
81.	The Boy On The Mountain 02:01	buy track
82.	The Fifteen Plans (Misery) 05:16	buy track
83.	Goodnight Everybody! 00:05	buy track
84.	Do The Right Thing 09:24	buy track
85.	Whoa! (Cute) 00:02	buy track
86.	Love Ain't The Same Thing Twice (2007-1999 Sample) 04:21	buy track
87.	Goozo (1) [Not So Hidden Track] 00:11	buy track
88.	Goozo (2) [Not So Hidden Track] 00:18	buy track
89.	Goozo (3) [Not So Hidden Track] 00:08	buy track

about

The first part of this collection was my first stab at what ultimately became 'Here's Some Songs', with somewhat different track listings, totally different recordings. All recorded more or less at home, with a few exceptions that bleed into my dorm during second year University, and 'Duckman', which was started in 09, but actually finished after 'Here's Some Songs'. When I realized I could get better recording equipment & more quiet to record during the Christmas holiday around the York U campus, I decided to approach 'Here's Some Songs' again then.

The second part is generally from the school year prior, when I stuck myself in a miserable York film making program. In my self-inflicted powerlessness, I would escape from the world through pursuing Youtube fame, and getting by grade-wise, but not really devoting myself. At the very end of that year, when I enjoyed making the soundtrack to a short film way more than making the film itself, I decided to hop over into music for my next year, which proved to be a very smart decision. I started making connections, friends & discoveries I'm immensely grateful for.

The third part is from the tail-end of High School. A depressed Taylor, exploring spirituality, overwhelmed by the vast absurdity & emptiness of life, basically going insane, feeling like he'd seen it all, and resistant to talk about what he was dealing with. This includes songs for school projects, jingles for the morning announcements, sound samples from video assignments & never before heard ideas and bits.

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released July 13, 2010

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Taylor Abrahamse Peterborough, Ontario

Like a maple leaf caught in a gust above the Ontario prairies, Taylor blissfully floats between the borders of songwriting with his hook-laden hammerclaw pop.

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