Editing Serj Tankian (section)

=== ''Imperfect Harmonies'' (2010) ===
Tankian's second solo album was originally due in 2009. It is said to be more of a [[jazz]] and [[orchestral]] based sound. Tankian said of the second album: {{blockquote|I'm structuring the next record kind of like a jazz orchestral. I've got a full orchestra interested, so I want this giant electric guitar in the air to be played by a full orchestra. I want the orchestra to be the electric guitar. I want to make an orchestra do what it's never done before, like a [[GG Allin]] type orchestra. Think of that.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/serj_tankian_talks_soad_next_solo_album.html |title=Serj Tankian Talks SOAD, Next Solo Album &#124; News @ |publisher=Ultimate-guitar.com |access-date=April 14, 2010}}</ref>}} The album had the working title ''Music Without Borders'', however, the final album title is ''Imperfect Harmonies''. On June 23, 2010, a promo single from his upcoming album ''Imperfect Harmonies'' was released called "Borders Are". The first radio single from'' Imperfect Harmonies'', "Left of Center", was released on July 13, 2010. A third single, "Disowned Inc." was released on August 9, 2010. ''[[Imperfect Harmonies]]'' was released on September 21, 2010. Preceding the album's release, two contests were announced (one consisting of brainteasers related to the album/song titles, the other an art contest) in which fans could win prizes such as Tankian's autograph and merchandise. On August 22, 2010, a music video for "Left of Center" was released on Tankian's [[MySpace]] account.
[[File:Serj Tankian in Armenia, 2011.jpg|thumb|Tankian in Armenia, 2011]]

The premiere date for Tankian and Sater's ''Prometheus Bound'' at the American Repertory Theater was February 25, 2011. Tankian said that collaborating on the show has been a great learning experience for him. "I've been using a lot of my archives, a lot of different types of music that I had already put together for underscoring and what not," he said. "It's quite diverse, from noise to jazz to electronic stuff to hip-hop songs to rock songs to cool, piano dark underscores, and that's a whole different bag of tricks there because it's always evolving. Unlike a film score that's very linear and you get a scene to score for, this is something where you do another workshop and one song is gone, that underscore changes to 20 seconds and they need something else on the spot. Everything's always changing until the show comes, so it's quite interesting."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bryanreesman.com/blog/2010/10/07/serj-tankian-discusses-orchestral-work-a-r-t-musical-armenian-show/ |title=Serj Tankian Discusses New Directions, A.R.T. Musical, Armenian Show |publisher=Attention Deficit Delirium |access-date=October 7, 2010}}</ref>

In January 2011, Tankian released a music video for his song "Reconstructive Demonstrations" from his album ''Imperfect Harmonies''. Tankian also announced on his Facebook page, during the video's release, that an EP titled ''[[Imperfect Remixes]]'' would be released sometime within 2011. On March 1, Tankian released ''Imperfect Remixes'' and the music video for "Goodbye", a remix of "Gate 21" from ''Imperfect Harmonies''.

Tankian co-wrote a musical with the American playwright [[Steven Sater]]. It is based on the [[Ancient Greek]] tragedy ''[[Prometheus Bound]]''. It opened at the [[American Repertory Theater]] on March 14, 2011.<ref>[http://www.spinner.com/2008/05/21/serj-tankian-co-writing-a-musical/ ''Serj Tankian Co-Writing a Musical''] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120525100814/http://www.spinner.com/2008/05/21/serj-tankian-co-writing-a-musical/ |date=May 25, 2012 }}, Spinner. Retrieved May 22, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/prometheus-bound/ |title=Prometheus Bound &#124; A.R.T. |publisher=American Repertory Theater |access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref>