Electro-Acoustic

Aug 11, 2008 15:33

Ok, so I've decided to write an electro-acoustic piece for my major work for 5.1 sound and two marimbas ( Read more... )

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xv_harlequin_vx August 11 2008, 08:25:23 UTC
Two sounds I like that fit into this childishly juxtaposed scheme of things are; Fire burning and water flowing. Again contrast works because its simple!
But you can use contrast and apply it to any daft sort of thing, for one go into a church and record what goes on in there...or use church music and pair it with sounds of a brothel...casino or pub will do if a brothel isn't conveniently at hand.

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crazy_cello August 11 2008, 10:23:59 UTC
yeah when your writing for electroacoustic music and 2 marimbas you want something really broad to portray so it makes it easier. It doesn't have to be juxtaposed though your making it too literal, music cant be that specific without sounding horribly clichéd and patronizing.

It's more portraying the different energy rather than contrasting them with each-other. This way there are shades of grey and more ambiguity.

I also need pure sounds, like surroundings like church or brothel will be too noisy and doesn't allow me to do anything compositionally, other than kind of play it as is.
Fire is also such a bitch to record. Water is easy though, i think i might use that, there will be some cool samples in there.

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xv_harlequin_vx August 11 2008, 10:30:24 UTC
Positive and negative energy is a modicom of pretty damn specific. Perhaps they or you should have phrased it as, "any sort of wankery that you can justify using the words positive and negative"...

It's all wank, shades of gray is pish, art is nonsense and culture is just an extension of our eating shitting and fucking...that's all we're made for...I'm going for more wine.

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crazy_cello August 11 2008, 10:46:39 UTC
well thats how how i get the marks now aye.

And pfft to art is just nonsense. You seriously cant believe that when you read so much, listen to so much music and appreciate visual arts.
I dunno, i think art makes humans (the ones that eat shit and fuck) more interesting, well it definately makes life more interesting.
No matter what argument anyone can come up with, art exists for a reason, if it was nonsense then there wouldn't be so much of it. Even if its all wank (which im not arguing) it's more interesting than eating and shitting, and sometimes fucking

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xv_harlequin_vx August 11 2008, 10:51:23 UTC
Oh, But that might sound a bit too cliched new agey tree-of-life-esque with the marimba's and all... water and wood sounds....might aswell use whale song.

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crazy_cello August 11 2008, 10:54:41 UTC
lol yeah id manipulate them until they sound nothing like water though. I'm probably gonna manipulate them and position the sounds to move like the particles in an atom or somink, i haven't given a huge amount of thought to the big editing.

I just need enough recording samples that i can justify using in order to manipulate the living shit out of.

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give_me_a_slice August 12 2008, 07:33:02 UTC
You didn't KNOW I was going to read this!

Wankery: Have someone laughing and someone crying. Positive/negative. Also, babies crying sounds really creepy when you put electro effects on it.

Yes I know that isn't a very good suggestion but I have 3 creative wanky thinking things due next week so my um, creative energies must be thrown into that shit.

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give_me_a_slice August 12 2008, 07:35:09 UTC
And all this post makes me think is:

"I am electro boy...I am electro girl"

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xv_harlequin_vx August 12 2008, 07:47:58 UTC
Johnny two hat's...

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give_me_a_slice August 12 2008, 09:12:58 UTC
Have you ever seen anyone wearing three hats?

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