The Presidents of the United States of America

by Rodney Shifflet

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1.	George Washington 02:43	info
2.	John Adams 01:23	info
3.	Thomas Jefferson 02:46	info
4.	James Madison 02:46	info
5.	James Monroe 02:46	info
6.	John Quincy Adams 01:23	info
7.	Andrew Jackson 02:46	info
8.	Martin Van Buren 01:23	info
9.	William Henry Harrison 00:03	info
10.	John Tyler 01:21	info
11.	James K. Polk 01:23	info
12.	Zachary Taylor 00:28	info
13.	Millard Fillmore 00:55	info
14.	Franklin Pierce 01:23	info
15.	James Buchanan 01:23	info
16.	Abraham Lincoln 01:27	info
17.	Andrew Johnson 01:20	info
18.	Ulysses S. Grant 02:46	info
19.	Rutherford B. Hayes 01:23	info
20.	James A. Garfield 00:11	info
21.	Chester A. Arthur 01:12	info
22.	Grover Cleveland 01:23	info
23.	Benjamin Harrison 01:23	info
24.	Grover Cleveland 01:23	info
25.	William McKinley 01:34	info
26.	Theodore Roosevelt 02:35	info
27.	William Howard Taft 01:23	info
28.	Woodrow Wilson 02:46	info
29.	Warren G. Harding 00:53	info
30.	Calvin Coolidge 01:55	info
31.	Herbert Hoover 01:23	info
32.	Franklin D. Roosevelt 04:11	info
33.	Harry S. Truman 02:41	info
34.	Dwight D. Eisenhower 02:46	info
35.	John F. Kennedy 00:58	info
36.	Lyndon B. Johnson 01:48	info
37.	Richard Nixon 01:55	info
38.	Gerald Ford 00:53	info
39.	Jimmy Carter 01:23	info
40.	Ronald Reagan 02:46	info
41.	George Bush 01:23	info
42.	Bill Clinton 02:46	info
43.	George W. Bush 02:46	info
44.	Barack Obama 01:23	info

about

This is a concept album that I dreamt up one day. Executing the idea took about 7 months in total. I started the project to use all of the tracks that I haven't used for my other albums/projects. It ended up taking on a life of its own and most of the compositions ended up being made just for this project. The parameters of each track is made by the actual President themselves. Each composition was made just for that President. This is my most versatile release to date. It has everything I do on it, from orchestral compositions to hip-hop beats, improvised guitar solos to ambient noise sculptures. Enjoy this beast of an album I created!

Here are a list of parameters that I used for this release:
How long they were President is how long the track is.
What party the President was depicts the style it was created. (Republicans are totally improvised, Democrats are more structured, Whigs are guitar only.)
If they have facial hair, there are drums/percussion in the piece.
The age when inaugurated depends on the tempo. Older they are the slower it is, younger is faster.

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released September 3, 2013

Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by Rodney Shifflet

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