My contribution to the national discourse…
…making the Federal Reserve Chairman sound sloshed.
Obama: Debt Ceiling Deal A Prime Example Of Democrats And Democrats Sacrificing For The Greater Good
You’re welcome, America.
We could only use a few seconds of the soundbite I made in the video, so here’s the exclusive full version:
Hey lookee here at this thing I produced/scored/remixed in collaboration with Nick van der Kolk for his intrepid radio show/podcast, Love and Radio. Heads up: this episode is intended for mature audiences listening with headphones.
I’d like to tell you more about how we put it together sometime soon, but for now I’ve got to focus on finishing those durn taxes.
I’m at the Third Coast International Audio Festival in Chicago.
Come track me down and say “hi!”
Also, please take a listen to my experimental submission to the Book Odds ShortDocs challenge and tell me what you think.
El Pajaro Volador (The Flying Bird)
I composed all the music in this piece using samples provided by the band, The Books, manipulated in various ways along with other sounds from my interview tape. My goal was to try to help augment the excitement and enthusiasm that Rosalia Roio, my interviewee, expresses as she plays her instrument. I also wanted the music to creep into the interview bit by bit, eventually overtaking the dialogue. (I’m not sure how well this worked, in retrospect.)
I added a lot of textural layers and sonic gestures that are difficult to hear in my final “radio” mix. So for anyone who’s interested, here’s a special “music only” version:
Some kids just broke into a drumline across the street
Listen carefully for the car alarms triggered by the bass drum.
Synesthetic Onomatopoeia
Vermouth is one of those rare words that sounds like it tastes.
New Discipline, Pt II
I began writing most of my YLTLSBC posts well after 10pm, and I usually spent more time brainstorming and jotting down sentence fragments (most of which I didn’t use) than I did shaping these ideas into well-written blog posts. (In the future, I would much rather spend the same amount of time writing fewer, more developed posts.) The exercise has, however, made me more conscious of how I am using/misusing my time.
With YLTLSBC/September ending, I’m imaging a new set of challenges for myself in October. I’m trying to stick to a daily schedule loosely built around the work/creative patterns I’ve established this past month. (Turns out breaking up my work day by practicing music for an hour after lunch makes the rest of my afternoon much more productive.) Nothing radical, really, but a way to avoid wasting time in the margins.
It’s literally just a sketch right now, jotted down on a post-it note…
I’ll let you know how it goes, of course–just maybe not on a daily basis.