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This week the weather in Denver was on and off again Rainy. Gear: Ipad, Laptop, accordion, broken guitar, slinky and a pig squeaker. I started with a sample of the rain on a busy corner that was along a commuter industrial route. I then took a sample from a video at 7-11 of the pig flying and making noise. Upon exit I snuck up on the delivery truck and recorded cases of coke being unloaded. I then was tossed in the back of a Black Malibu with tinted windows and forced to attempt to play my accordion. I was stuck in there for a day escaping to a train deserted area. I used a slinky to capture some video and sound that was ran thru a drum randomization patch I built in MAX for Live that was blended with a clip of the 2 instances of the rain and 1 of the truck. I utilized a slice of the delivery truck to create the MIDI for some additional drums, I used this as a starting point for creating the drum triggers that were blended with an 808 sound and the patch. I used this to create an area to place the train accordion recording and the broken guitar strums I recorded to video and used the sound from.
Compressed, EQ'd
Recorded, Sliced
Compressed EQ'd then Curved2
Disquiet Junto Project 0340: Porta Party
The Assignment: Record a piece of music entirely on the go.
Step 1: This week’s project is battery-operated. Or solar. Just not sitting at home plugged into a wall. The goal is to record a piece of music on an entirely portable setup. It could just be you, a ukulele, and your phone. It could be far more involved. (Thanks to Jason Richardson for inspiring this project.)
Step 2: Put together a portable kit and plan your recording scenario. (Bonus points if you record in-motion, like in the back seat of a car or on a bus.)
Step 3: Record a piece of music based on the planning in Step 2. Assume in advance some adjustments to your plan will be necessary after reality sets in
Step 4: Post your track in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0340-porta-party/
Step 5: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.
Step 6: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.
Other Details:
Deadline: This project’s deadline is 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are on Monday, July 9, 2018. This project was posted on Thursday, July 5, 2018.
Length: The length of your track is up to you. Keep your battery capacity in mind.
Title/Tag: When posting your track, please include “disquiet0340” in the title of the track, and where applicable (on SoundCloud, for example) as a tag.
Upload: When participating in this project, post one finished track with the project tag, and be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.
Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).
Linking: When posting the track online, please be sure to include this information:
More on this 340th weekly Disquiet Junto project (Porta Party: The Assignment: Record a piece of music entirely on the go) at:
https://disquiet.com/0340/
Thanks to Jason Richardson for inspiring this project.
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
https://disquiet.com/junto/
Subscribe to project announcements here:
http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/
Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0340-porta-party/
- Genre
- Experimental