Solitarily Speaking of Theoretical Confinement is the second solo album by progressive metal guitarist Ron Jarzombek, released in 2002.

Every song follows a loose concept of basing each song's composition on certain songwriting systems created by Jarzombek himself; the song titles are usually humorous references to these systems, explained in the liner notes: For example, "To B or Not to B" consists of 2 themes, one only using the note B ("To B"), and using every note except for B ("Not to B"); "A Headache and a Sixty-Fourth" has a constant alternating time signature pattern of and .

Track listing "Wait a Second..." - 0:04 "A Headache and a Sixty-Fourth" - 1:42 "I've Got the Runs" - 1:20 "Spelling Bee" - 0:42 "911" - 0:58 "Melodramatic Chromatic" - 1:19 "To B or Not to B" - 0:44 "Dramatic Chromatic" - 2:09 "Frank Can Get Drunk and Eat Beer" - 0:56 "Battle of the Hands" - 1:57 "About Face" - 0:49 "Having Second Thoughts" - 1:56 "Two-Face" - 0:04 "7 Up" - 0:49 "Sabbatic Chromatic" - 1:35 "207.222.200.112" - 0:14 "Grizzly Bears Don't Fly Airplanes" - 0:15 "Snuff" - 2:45 "Sex With Squeakie" - 1:28 "Two Thirds of Satan" - 2:38 "At The 7-11" - 1:03 "On Second Thought" - 0:56 "The Whole Truth, Nothing But..." - 0:20 "Sick, Dirty, Sick" - 0:52 "Minor Yours" - 0:42 "Minor Else!" - 0:55 "Give Me a Break" - 0:04 "Yum Yum Tree" - 1:20 "At the Stop-N-Go" - 1:16 "On a Scale from 1 to 10" - 1:08 "Static Chromatic" - 0:41 "Rigid Dude" - 0:39 "Erratic Chromatic" - 1:22 "WatchTower" - 0:14 "Back and Forth" - 0:41 "Demented" - 0:08 "1st and 10" - 1:09 "Gimme 5" - 1:23 "In the Name of Ron" - 1:11 "I've Got the Runs Again" - 0:48 "Tri, Tri Again" - 0:53 "9 to 5" - 1:17 "I've Got The Runs Really Bad" - 0:58 "Gee!" - 0:03 "I'll Be Back..." - 0:15

All songs composed by Ron Jarzombek.

Personnel The "line-up" for the album actually consisted only of Ron Jarzombek; the other "band members" are actually samples from sound modules with pseudonyms of their own. Ron Jarzombek - guitars, bass, drum programming Roland Emessy I - strings and synths (Roland MSE1) Prodeus Effecks - piano, harp, bells, marimba, B3 and Chinese gong (Proteus FX) Dee Fore - drums and percussion (Alesis D4)

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