Creative Sound Piece ‘Lost in the Noise of the City’ My Reflection In conclusion, I have created a sound piece symbolising the nature of the urban sonic environment of London that has become so chaotic, where people have become tolerant of the noise pollution around them, where they become lost in the noise of the […]
Category: Contemporay Issues in Sound Art
Artist Research & Project Changes Kate Carr Sound artist Kate Carr has produced the album “A Field Guide To Phantasmic Birds”. This work was inspiring to my creative sound project. I took inspiration from composition for example the floating textures and trance/psychedelic tones in particular track 1 ‘unlikely to be heard’ and track 4 “shy, […]
Online Downloadable Sounds Pixabay is a website with access to free downloadable sounds. Using Pixabay as a source to implement recordings that creatively, I’ve thought of, however, been unable to record has been a great asset, catering towards the success of the sonic affect and impact of my project. I have used editing techniques to […]
Sonic Field Work Equipment The parabolic dish is only unenjoyable to use because it catches everybody’s attention. The experience was anxiety-inducing, however, I am satisfied with the result, it captures a very distinct sound, especially in the low frequencies capturing very high-quality recordings. I found the results amazing in naturally reverberated space. I am very […]
Brainstorm Idea 1: SOUNDSCAPE Initial Idea, Capture field recordings of London and edit these recordings creating diegetic and non-diegetic shifts that transition between consciousness and sub-consciousness. The music composition and the manipulation of the field recordings will inflict mood through sound. Demonstrating my new knowledge from Element 1 of how sound affects mood I will […]
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Sonic Knowledge
with Salome Voegelin An informative lesson that was essential to the further the success of my essay. A wide range of topics covered, for example, Steven Feld’s ethnomusicologist and acoustemology viewpoints of knowledge that inspire methodology and theory I’d like to further read and discuss in my Essay. Lesson Notes
What Does ‘The Needle Drop’ Mean? ‘The Needle Drop’ refers to the use of licensed music in film. The Needle Drop — What Fuels the Best Movie Soundtracks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ4b0yM6MKE QUOTATIONS Needle Drop “For when a popular song is paced satirically in a scene” “Needle drops will not only be fun to listen to but will […]
Initial Idea In the initial stage of this unit, I began brainstorming ideas. I was interested in exploring Tribal rituals and how sound works as a medium within an indigenous context. Heres a blog of my initial approach. This idea was inspired by the work of Anne Goh, who explained in a lecture her work […]
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Sonic Ecologies
Week 20: – Sonic Ecologies (with Matthias Kispert) Contemporary Issues in Sound Art 04/03/2024 Examples of Work Biodiversity David Rothenberg Interacting with music and animals, their responses are captured and become an instrument in a composition. The Elephant Orchestra Another example of an animal’s relationship with music.