In Sum Series Defined

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The Book Series

On platforms like Amazon, In Sum is cataloged as a massive 28-book collection.

• Concept: The books serve as a "calendrical remix". Instead of sorting history chronologically by year, Barry organizes his lifelong writings, Moleskine sketches, and notes by the specific day of the month. [4, 5]
• Structure: Each volume covers a distinct month (e.g., Some January, Some February, Some November, Some December). For instance, Some November is framed around "C Lydian Month," a period reflecting deep personal resonance and decades of daily scribbles. [5, 6, 7]

The Music Series

Barry mirrors this chronological framework in his musical compositions, categorizing his recorded work under numbered Sum phases on Bandcamp and YouTube.

• Sum I: Focuses on electronic and synth soundscapes, notably featuring albums like Nostalgia Galaxy and Frontiers. They are songs about months.
• Sum II: Songs about specific days, or a "Book of Days".
• Sum III: Soundwalks exactly one hour in duration on specific days, such as July 4, 2026.
• Sum IV: Shifts into avant-garde classical and chamber music, such as Sum IV.1: Shortets, which consists of 15 string quartets that are exactly one minute long. Each "Shortet" correlates directly to a specific "Songday" in his calendar diary.
• Sum V: Continues his daily audio diary experimentations, such as Sum V.2: Curios, tracking his sequential "songdays" composition diary, with pieces a minute or shorter in length. [2]