Vocal Pt 2

 "Fake"

Running Time: 52 seconds

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Vocal Part 1

Rant

"Why Keep Up?"

Running Time 1:51

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Final Paper

John Cage: Saying more with less, "Mureau"(1975) and "Excerpts from Silence"(1969)

"Mureau"

"Excerpt From Silence"

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I chose to ride the 10 bus since i was unfamiliar with its route, and it lied outside of the area where we could not record.  I rode north from N Humboldt Blvd and E North ave, until i reached E Center St.  From there, i walked west on Center until taking a left onto N Weil St, where i made my outdoor recording.  My indoor recording was made indoors at the corner of N Commerce St and E North.  I found the experience enjoyable, and it was interesting to see what noises can be heard in a way that may not be as easily recognizable as when you can see the noise as well.

Field Recording -- Drift

My drift strategy was the same as in my original post, except for shifting my square to the northwest by 3 blocks on all sides, to incorporate new areas that i had discovered during my original drift.

Rec #1
10/23/11 11:43 A.M. Caesar's Park Running Time - 2:11
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Rec #2
10/25/11  8:12 P.M.  Caesar's Park  Running Time - 1:45
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Rec #3
10/28/11  1:27 P.M.  Pulaski Park  Running Time - 1:04
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PART 2 

The recording I found to be most interesting was my recording #1.  In this little oasis down underneath a footbridge, i heard more natural sounds than i had anywhere else during my drift.  It was serene and thought provoking, which inspired me to write a short story based upon my experience.

My legs vibrate together faster than you can even imagine.  No one can see me.  It's hard living out here, the constant struggle of staying where the outside world can only hear me.  I want to be heard, no I need to be heard.  Do you have any idea what it's like to be so small in a world that was made for bigger things?  What was that, a duck?  Those things scare me, how can they be comfortable in water and on land?  Yesterday, i saw a squirrel.  A big one, he was carrying some nuts but he stopped to tell me something.  He asked me, "don't you ever shut up?".  I told him i couldn't help it, and that if he had such a problem with it that he could keep on walking.  He knows these bushes are for my kind.  Ah, theres that truck again.  Always with the beeping and the clanging.  I hope whatever they're building is worth all that noise.  I have friends, out in the country, they're always telling me that the city is no place for a cricket.  But they're wrong, there's no place i would rather be.

Drift Strategy

9. Draw a square on the map. Navigate the area within this square by walking consecutively smaller
squares within the original square.


My square begins at E Hamilton st. and N Marshall St. then continues south to N. Marshall st. and E. Knapp St.  Next, i will turn left onto E. Knapp continuing until i reach N. Franklin pl.  There, i will again turn left until i get to the final intersection of N. Franklin and E. Hamilton St.  


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Total running time 01:38

In making this edit, I wanted to portray an aural image and mood that could both be identifiable and foreign simultaneously.  I had the image in mind of a solitary man walking through the city streets late at night in the rain.  He first passes by a club, with a rhythmic bass line pounding away in the background while a few motorcycles speed by.  Then, he comes across a bar emptying for the night, and a shady man loudly speaking to himself.  Finally the rain stops, and unfamiliar mechanical noises arise together to create a frightening mood when suddenly the man realizes that the scene has changed rapidly, which frightens him, but the fear gives way to his lucid acknowledgement of being in a dream.  I chose to incorporate various effects such as wahwah on the motorcycle noise and echo in the only recognizable voice to convey the dream like state of the entire piece.  Also, I chose to slowly ease in to the almost completely constant rain noise to suggest movement throughout.  Another decision I made was to quickly fade out the rain noise, and sharply fade in the mechanical noise reversed to build a sense of disorientation and growing fear.  In addition, I chose to pan the noise of numerous people murmuring to the left side of the speakers, and the noise of the man talking to the right side.  This assists in the fluidity of motion perceived as well as creating the theme of isolation leading into the dream sequence.  Finally, I used the envelope tool frequently to ensure the whole piece transitioned smoothly and fostered the mood all the way through.