I Don't Like Them Innocent

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Did they really say that - trump edition

The space that I chose was Hungarian State Opera House in Hungary. I visited Hungary in grade 11 and was amazed by the sights I saw. I just remember hearing the tour guide’s voice bounce off the walls of the building. It wasn’t an entirely warm space, but you could just imagine what someone singing opera would be like in that space. And also really loud when everyone is talking at the same time.

Reverb Lab

Liz's Sick Beats (LSB)

I chose to complete the ambient sounds design project. For this composition I decided to create my piece around the everyday happenings of the faculty of the Stratford campus. They are represented through the ambient sounds that I chose. The piece reflects the experiences that they would have in a day. The piece was designed for the atrium of the Stratford campus and begins with a gentle strumming guitar. I chose this sound to represent the beginning of the day, it’s early in the morning and I wanted a cheery sound as the mark of a new day and everything is going well. As the song progresses you’ll hear two different sets of ambient vocals. This representing the interactions and conversations you would have in the morning whether it is in class or in passing with students or other faculty. Throughout the piece there are a few pauses in the strumming of the guitar, which signifies the breaks in between meetings and classes. Around the two-minute mark, the guitar melody changes, and presents a different, more curious sound. This change paired with the addition of vocals is a representation of something more unexpected that has arisen in your day. Perhaps this change could be an unscheduled meeting, impromptu lunch or even a baby being born! To add a bit of depth I added a low pass in one of the guitar riffs to add some depth and give it a bit of direction as to play up the unexpected event in your workday, that uncertainty of the event. Components of the track do loop, parts repeat and this represents the bigger picture being the workweek routine; day in, day out. This usually consists of around a 9-5-work day.

As an ambient piece of music I wanted to try to keep it simple and not distracting. With that speaking, I wanted to add some changes as to keep it moving and not too boring but not changing the sound drastically so that it draws your attention too much. As Brian Eno said, it needed to interruptible and I believe that my piece follows his notes. It is still easy to listen to but easy to ignore as well. I used fades in and out of sections of the track to keep it flowing smoothly through its transitions.

I used some royalty free sounds from: http://www.looperman.com/loops
source of image: lilyjiang.com/img/microtiles.jpg

Liz Breckenridge