Vocal Part 2

So, the final assignment was to deconstruct our original recordings, and make something new...
Click
 HERE for an Mp3
The final runtime is 0:45.

(De)Constructed

Hello followers -
You may notice that none of the links I have posted beyond Vocal Part 2 are active.
Well, apparently, I had run out of space on the server, and the only way to get Vocal 2 posted was if I deleted the others.
If the heartbreak is unbearable, send me a message, and I SUPPOSE I could email you a copy of the file. But be prepared to fork over a LOT of Girl Scout Cookies.

D(i)senfranchised

I wasn't really happy with my first rant, feeling it was morose and wallowing in self-victimization. So I decided to talk about people with REAL problems.
So be that as it may, here are some new things for your listening enjoyment.
Click HERE! for an mp3 file.
Runtime: 3:00

 I mean really? Does this just SNEAK UP on you!?

(by the way and ps, this is what a screenshot of my ranting looks like)

Final Paper...

The artist I chose for my final paper was Philip Glass. More specifically, his "Building" work from Einstein on the Beach. You can listen to an mp3 of it by clicking THIS

In case you've never seen him... This is him-

Vocal Part 1

This is a rant about the weight of time, and how the things we want aren't always up to us.
Running Time: 2:23
You can click THIS for an aiff (Apple) sample, or
you can click THIS for a .wav (Windows) sample, or
you can click THIS for an mp3 sample.

In the program we use to edit such things, it looked like this:

Unnamed...

The next assignment was to venture out and find "unnamed" sounds. That is, record sounds that upon multiple listenings, would defy ones ability to identify where they came from. I found a few, and you can hear them below.
Also, as we had to take a bus to find at least one of them, it was only after the bus was departing that I remembered we needed proof of our journey. So, the photo is of the departing bus.

Click here for an MP3 of Sound #1
Click here for a .WAV of Sound #1

Click here for an MP3 of Sound #2
Click here for a .WAV of Sound #2

This is where "one" of the sounds came from: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=north+marlborough+milwaukee&hl=en&ll=43.114893,-87.901055&spn=0.000656,0.000862&fb=1&gl=us&hq=north+marlborough&hnear=Milwaukee,+Wisconsin&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=43.114806,-87.901002&panoid=MiRTmC_PEjYZ9yimbrtMJQ&cbp=12,229.05,,0,-7.42

A(drift)

I'm not going to bore you with the "what" and "where" of how I came upon the sound of the seagulls. Rather, I will tell you that it made me realize that I was disturbed on a visceral level by how much I take things for granted. In order to get this recording, I crept into an all but abandoned parking lot, and laid down underneath a truck. I positioned the microphones, one toward the seagulls, and the other behind a barrier. Had the circumstances been different, and, say, the truck moving and on the road, I imagined that this would be just about the last thing someone saw and heard before they were run over. A sense of peace washed over me, and I would have stayed long minutes more, had a flash of headlights not interrupted the moment. When I arrived back home, I wrote this short piece that was inspired by this moment.

"It was me on the road.
But you didn't see me.
Too many headlights on.
But none near here.


I ache to go where I already live.
I yearn to be who I already am.
I write words that never appear.
I grab the wheel I cannot steer.


This thing inside,
Murky and thick like tar
It looks at me under the surface
like crocodile eyes.


Let me lie here and lie.


I am fine."

The following are some other sounds I found interesting during my drift. I tried to ignore the ambient noise and instead concentrate on the "hidden" sounds within the area. I hope you enjoy them.

Click below to hear my recording of seagulls. It was at 11:17pm on March 6th, 2012.  

Gulls 
 The duration of the seagulls is 1:40. The sound was recorded here, near the Potawatomi Casino.

Cars...
 The duration of this car is around 0:51. The sound was recorded at 9:36pm on March 6th, 2012, here by the Fifth Ward Lofts

Gas(Station)
The duration of the gas station is around 1:50. This sound was recorded at 10:12pm on March 6th, 2012, here at the Mobil Station.