The assignment was to upload a cool sound. Here's a basic take on Jump by Van Halen with my favorite effect on my Yamaha keyboard.

SoundCloud Project

Messing around with the Retro Synth in Logic for class. 

Am Jam

This is an example of Musique Concrete. All the sounds came from my electric guitar and Line 6 amp before I edited them all in Logic. Made for the Sound class at CU Boulder

Guitaria

For this project, we had to create a "sonic narrative" to accompany a written piece. In other words, a song that captured the piece's emotions, and represented certain characters with sonic elements, for example. I based mine on Dr. Seuss' "Oh, the Places You'll Go."

Artist Design Statement:
For my Sonic Narrative project, I chose “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” by the legendary Dr. Seuss. I chose it because it’s one of the most timeless, ageless pieces of literature out there. No matter how young or old you are, I feel like you can always find value in Seuss’ comforting words. 
For the purposes of the project, I divided the text into 3 movements/parts/acts, which I reflect in the piece. The first movement is called “Inspiration.” Seuss begins the piece with strong words telling you about the road that lies ahead. Your destiny is your own, and you can decide where the road will take you. The second movement is called “Slump/Sadness.” Even though you’ll have plenty of ups, Seuss reminds us that they’ll be broken up by downs. Success will always be counteracted by failure at some point. The third movement is “Redemption.” Seuss reminds us that no slump is forever and failure is temporary. When you get knocked down, you’ll get back up again.
I made it my goal to capture these three different pieces and emotions in my piece. Also, for a challenge, I used only music. I didn’t want to use sound effect, musique concrete or weird automation; it’s pretty much like a mini movie score. To capture inspiration, I used a few elements: piano, strings, bass, and rhythm. I captured the happier emotions by having an upbeat rhythm that drives the piece forward. Also, not sure what it is, but piano and strings just sound happy and inspirational. By layering everything together with drums and bass, it created a whole piece that almost feels epic and complements the “anything can happen” attitude. So to contrast this, the sad part has a lamenting-sounding electric piano sound playing a minor-ish riff, and that’s it. There’s one layer, and the music has no time to it. Then, just like Seuss builds back to the redemption, I did too. I brought back in the rhythm, switched the key to major, and layered back in piano, strings, bass, and drums to push towards a conclusion.
Even though the piece is so short, writing 3 different sections that capture separate emotions was incredibly tough for me. I hope it comes across the way I hear it, and creates the intended listening experience. 

Full Text: http://denuccio.net/ohplaces.html

Oh The Places You'll Go - Sonic Narrative

Here's my audio essay project. It's a pretty crazy story about a man living a dual life DJing and transporting drugs, all to keep paying the bills.

Audio Essay

Here's a mashup I did of Ghosts N Stuff, Moar Ghosts N Stuff, and Satisfaction, the first two being by deadmau5 and the last one by Benny Benassi. Just messing around with the software DJay, and looking for some honest feedback. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

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