Mew-Zack

Mon Dec 15
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THE FINAL SONG

It really ended up quite different from my original proposal… I had several false starts, but decided to go with a simple ambient track.  I sampled a recording of my own voice and relied on pads and synth leads for embellishment.  I was very happy with the result, and find that the song is very relaxing to listen to. I compiled much of it in reason, used wave editor for recording, recycle for creating loops, and logic for making the final composition. Thanks for a great class.

Mon Nov 17

Charlie Milner - The man.

For this blog assignment, I chose to review Charlie Milner’s latest trip hop masterpiece. I heard it in section, and listening to it again was able to pick up on all of the hard work put into the composition. Charlie used samples from songs by Billy Holiday, Miles Davis, Al Green, the Cure, and Gymnopedie no. 1. The combo created an eerie trip-hop vibe that sounds like its from a post-apocalyptic-doo-wop-colony of musicians.

By using recycle, Charlie created his own bass line, and vocals - The repeated “No” and “Why” add plenty to the “trip” in “trip-hop”, as do the thunder claps. Also, the pitch change at about 3/4 of the way in during the thunder clap makes the gymnopedie loop sound as if its on a record player that just got struck by lightning. VERY cool effect! The slow, long-to-develop bass line is also characteristic of trip-hop and throws the listener off balance a bit.

Overall, this piece is a great success and one that I will be listening to in the future.

Mon Nov 10
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It’s a trip-hop song about going crazy because of sex and spirituality. We’ve all done it, and we all need to chill out.

Wed Nov 5
Animusic - Pipe Dream

Sorry this post is late — I thought of this video during the class about music + visuals.  It is entirely computer generated and every beat of the music is represented with an action in the video. The music is great, and the visuals really let you slow the beat down in your mind to hear individual notes by looking at specific actions.

Mon Oct 27
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This is my techno/ambient assignment.  I think it’s a bit of a combination between the two because of the droning bass on top of the faster pace techno drum beat/synth.  The song is called SNOOZE… The beginning is my alarm clock going off and the actual song is my short 1 minute dream which is just about to get good right before the alarm goes off again at the end.

Mon Oct 13
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Fri Oct 10
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Thu Oct 9
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This is my first loop… I had three steady channels going underneath the fourth. I manipulated the filter on the fourth throughout the recording.

Mon Oct 6
Hot Chip

A bunch of my friends went to a Hot Chip concert this weekend - when they got back they played this music video for me… I had to put it up!

Mon Sep 29
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This ringtone is made from a recording of the speech function in Word of, “I am not, not a ringtone. I’m only a computer trap-trapped in a phone.” I modified the recording by changing pitch, speed, and fade patterns.