Caleb Dolister

Very cool to be included in The Vinyl District. They don’t typically review releases that are digital only. Maybe someday I will change my mind and get a couple editions of the album pressed for collectors.

Graded on a Curve: New in Stores for June 2020, Part Three

Available now: https://orendarecords.bandcamp.com/album/daily-thumbprint-collection-3-the-wandering

Hello everyone, 

Today is the release date for my album, Daily Thumbprint Collection 3, The Wandering.

The Wandering, 2020

However, I don’t want this announcement to distract from what is important. It is only an invitation to check out the album when the time is right for you.

More importantly, this is a time to stay engaged and support those that need it most. With that in mind, I have decided to donate and match profits earned from album sales on Bandcamp.com up to $1500 for the entire month of June 2020.

Proceeds will go to the Equal Justice Initiative. I spent some time looking at various organizations and believe the EJI is a powerful group with its heart in the right place and a focus on improving systemic failures at the roots. I will also look for corporate or donor matching to try and maximize the amount earned.

I would also like to thank all the musicians that joined me on this album: Adam Agati, Adam Benjamin, Dorothy Bowers Wu, Peter Epstein, Garett Grow, Ryan Hall, James Hoover, Drew Jorgensen, Sam Minaie, Alex Noice, Charlie Pate, Charith Premawardhana, Dan Rosenboom, Marina, Roznitovsky Oster, Tristan Selzler, Perry Smith, Charles Taggart, Adam Theis, Gavin Templeton, Zack Teran, Brian Walsh, Kati Wentink. Everyone contributed so much with their time and playing, and I could not be more grateful. I also would like to thank Orenda Records and Joyce and Javier @The Music Outpost for helping me get this project to the finish line.

Important Links:

News: https://orendarecords.com/news-blog/the-wandering Store: https://orendarecords.com/0080-caleb-dolister-daily-thumbprint-collection-3 Bandcamp: https://orendarecords.bandcamp.com/album/daily-thumbprint-collection-3-the-wandering

The album is also in Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music, iTunes, and likely everywhere else that you might stream music.

Thanks,

Caleb Dolister

A wonderful review, thank you Velvet Thunder!

Caleb Dolister – Daily Thumbprint Collection 3, The Wandering (Orenda Records)

The Wandering is my newest solo-release. It features a large ensemble musical lineup, recorded and produced over the span of a decade. It is available through Orenda Records.

The album will be available everywhere starting June 1, 2020. Visit www.dailythumbprint.com for more information and release schedule.

I’ve been playing in a new project named Twin Whales with Ty Williams and Bradford Hill. It’s a fun rock band and doesn’t pretend to be anything more than good old, honest fun.

You can find the album online, or visit the Bandcamp page to buy direct from Orenda Records:

https://orendarecords.bandcamp.com/album/watt-doom

More information about the project and album here: http://twinwhales.com/watt-doom

Thanks for visiting my website. I am finishing up an album which I have been working on for about 10 years, and I need help in the last step: videos and presentation.

I’ve done just about everything with this album from the writing, production, engineering, and even mixing. I just got my masters back from my friend at Birdfood Studios and I’m ready to put together a release plan.

This is going to be my 3rd and possibly final album in a series I have named the “Daily Thumbprint Collection.” The first album in the series was released in 2008, and a follow up in 2015. Both recordings were built around live drums using sequenced parts. I also created the graphics and design elements, did the layouts, and released on my tiny creative music label. Throughout these projects, all I could think about was writing a full record with all live instruments. This is that album. It’s the culmination of years of travels, life experiences, and includes performances with about twenty+ fantastic musicians I have met along the way. I want to do it justice, and that means using the music to tell stories. To do that, I need to meet and collaborate with some filmmakers to help me create stories to go along with the music I have spent so many years crafting.

The album is totally done, however, none of it has been publically released. 

I can say that it is 100% instrumental – no lyrics at all – and I am again the drummer throughout. It’s very rhythmic; it’s orchestral; it’s sometimes heavy and moody. I started writing for it in 2008 right after my first release, and over the course of about five years, traveled to several cities around the country to replace all the sequenced parts with live musicians. All parts were recorded in various locations like living rooms, college campuses, studios, and sometimes even warehouses or storage sheds. It’s full of strings, horns, woodwinds, electronics, piano and keyboards, heavy guitars, harps, lots more… it’s nuts, but it works. Then life and other musical projects happened, and several years went by before I finally had the focus and fresh ears to finish mixing it this last winter.

I am likely going to self-release or joint release in conjunction with another friend’s small creative music label. While I feel strongly that anyone I work with should be paid, I am entirely self-financing and my budget is limited. If it helps, I am also a web developer and open to discussing trade options. No matter what, I am open to all conversations and the first step is to listen and say hello.

For any and all that are interested, please message me (or visit www.calebdolister.com) and I will send you a private SoundCloud link to check out the album.

Thanks!

The Kandinsky Effect’s “Synesthesia” was an exploration in identity, and “Somnambulist” an exercise in composition; Pax 6 is culmination of these experiences mixed with the maturity gained after 10 years of touring, recording, traveling, and living a life through the eyes of modern post jazz realization. With this album, The Kandinsky Effect seems to know a deeper sense of identity and a clearer perspective of the music shared. Pax 6 fully captures a vision of a dark, rhythmic landscape, and presents it carefully and intently.

Daily Thumbprint Collection, Vol 2: Stencils

Daily Thumbprint Collection, Vol 1

Review: https://wedgeradio.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/i-remember-dr-mint/

Dr. Mint’s new record, Voices in the Void, was released this weekend. We celebrated by playing at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles. This also marked Orenda Record’s 3rd anniversary, and Dr. Mint joined 15 other Orenda artists for a large 20 person ensemble piece. It was quite special, and we decided for once not to record it.

With Voices In The Void, DR.MiNT presents their futuristic approach to powerful rhythms, warped electronics, roaring horns, and infectious spontaneity with a sci-fi cinematic aesthetic that’s as innovative as it is fun.

Daniel Rosenboom – trumpets Gavin Templeton – woodwinds Alex Noice – electric guitar and FX Sam Minaie – electric bass and FX Caleb Dolister – drums and FX

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