Watch Tv

although 'cwatch tv' is only josh ottum's second album, it is the result of years of songwriting, experimentation, sonic exploration, and personal introspection. recorded piece by piece at both richard swift's national freedom studio in cottage grove, oregon, and casey foubert's metal camp in enatai, washington, between 2007 and 2010, 'watch tv' is a sonically unified album even as it remains a study in contrasts. josh consciously chose to utilize an accessible musical palette in both his melodies and in his instrumentation. the album's admixtures of human and technological, of studio musicianship and consumer software, of melodic naivet and compositional complexity, of accessibility and depth, of cliche and expression, that come together around the human experience in modern society. much like our relationship with tv music, each song on 'watch tv' provides a cinematic palate for the listener to project his or her feelings onto.