Solitarily Speaking Of Theoretical Confinement is the second solo album by progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 guitarist Ron Jarzombek

Ron Jarzombek

Ron Jarzombek is an American guitarist best known for his work with Austin, Texas progressive metal trailblazers WatchTower, '90s madcap trio, Spastic Ink, technical extreme metal band Blotted Science, featuring Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster and Obscura drummer Hannes Grossmann, and most...

, released in 2002. Every song follows a loose concept of basing each song's composition (Which are named after common phrases used in language) on certain songwriting systems created by Jarzombek himself (E.g., "To B or Not to B" consisting of 2 themes; Only using the note B (To B), and using every note except for B (Not to B)).

Track listing

1. "Wait a Second..." - 00:04
2. "A Headache and a Sixty-Fourth" - 01:42
3. "I've Got the Runs" - 01:20
4. "Spelling Bee" - 00:42
5. "911" - 00:58
6. "Melodramatic Chromatic" - 01:19
7. "To B or Not to B" - 00:44
8. "Dramatic Chromatic" - 02:09
9. "Frank Can Get Drunk and Eat Beer" - 00:56
10. "Battle of the Hands" - 01:57
11. "About Face" - 00:49
12. "Having Second Thoughts" - 01:56
13. "Two-Face" - 00:04
14. "7 Up" - 00:49
15. "Sabbatic Chromatic" - 01:35
16. "207.222.200.112" - 00:14
17. "Grizzly Bears Don't Fly Airplanes" - 00:15
18. "Snuff" - 02:45
19. "Sex With Squeakie" - 01:28
20. "Two Thirds of Satan" - 02:38
21. "At The 7-11" - 01:03
22. "On Second Thought" - 00:56
23. "The Whole Truth, Nothing But..." - 00:20
24. "Sick, Dirty, Sick" - 00:52
25. "Minor Yours" - 00:42
26. "Minor Else!" - 00:55
27. "Give Me a Break" - 00:04
28. "Yum Yum Tree" - 01:20
29. "At the Stop-N-Go" - 01:16
30. "On a Scale from 1 to 10" - 01:08
31. "Static Chromatic" - 00:41
32. "Rigidude" - 00:39
33. "Erratic Chromatic" - 01:22
34. "WatchTower" - 00:14
35. "Back and Forth" - 00:41
36. "Dimented" - 00:08
37. "1st and 10" - 01:09
38. "Gimme 5" - 01:23
39. "In the Name of Ron" - 01:11
40. "I've Got the Runs Again" - 00:48
41. "Tri, Tri Again" - 00:53
42. "9 to 5" - 01:17
43. "I've Got The Runs Really Bad" - 00:58
44. "Gee!" - 00:03
45. "I'll Be Back..." - 00:15

All songs composed by Ron Jarzombek. The band line-up below actually consists only of Ron Jarzombek; the other "band members" are actually samples from sound modules with pseudonyms of their own.

Band line-up

• Ron Jarzombek - Guitars, Bass, Drum Programming
• Roland Emessy I - Strings and Synths
• Prodeus Effecks - Piano, Harp, Bells, marimba, B3 and Chinese Gong
• Dee Fore - Drums and Percussion

External links

• Solitarily Speaking Of Theoretical Confinement Album Review
• DIC @ Guitar9
• DIC @ CD Baby