My favorite place to hear unique sounds is on the second floor in the Music and Dance building right in the middle of all of the practice rooms. On almost any given day you can hear many different people practicing-- whether it is singing, piano or other instruments. I went at 5:00 PM on a Wednesday and heard two people practicing: a pianist and a bagpipe player. 

Assignment 1

Off The Plane

Music Concrete using only sounds that have to do with water. I used the sound of waves hitting the ocean, water hitting a plate, a water drop and rain hitting a roof.

Assignment 2 Water Sounds

I decided to work with Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" and then decided to use "Hotel California" by the Eagles and "Clocks" by Coldplay. After listening to all of the songs, I found some similarities between them (lyrically and musically) and wanted to highlight those. I also used SuperCollider and granulated "Hotel California" and played it throughout to give the piece a sense of unity.

Dancer Plunderphonics

I created this piece by singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and then cutting very short clips for my drum kit. I then created many different patterns and then layered them. Towards the end, I played with making these clips sound more percussive and more like drums 

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