The Philosopher Stoned (The Killer Meteor III)

I will be doing a record as my hip-hop alias The Killer Meteor, as I did for RECORD TIME V. I intend for it to be a concept album based loosely on the kung fu movie Young Taoism Fighter. Though admittedly quite zany, I was motivated to retell this particular story because it involves such topics as: kung fu, Taoism, astral projection, man vs. himself, love, sacrifice, revenge, and truly disgusting forms of evil.

One of my goals for this project is to incorporate mostly "exotic" scales, such as Enigmatic, Hindu, Pelog, Double Harmonic, Persian, Marva, and Ethiopian scales. Another is to rap in a number of personae, as if I am "passing the mic" to myself. Though most of the lyrics will be prewritten, I intend for at least a bit to be freestyle, as I am trying to improve at such.

Concerning the actual structure of the album as a whole, the "tonic" pitch of each track will be chosen so that it can be treated as if it is the root of a chord in a typical chord progression that develops over the course of the entire album. Additionally, specific sounds will divide both the entire album, and each track, into perfect fourths or eighths, rounded to the nearest eighth note.

I look forward to reading about the plans and progress of others, and especially to hearing the end results.

-Ed Mellen (The Killer Meteor)