(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: base composition and electronic manipulations
Composed and Recorded ca. July 29, 2014 and May 27, 2023.
Base Composition: "Balm" [disquiet0135-soundofsummer] sm4lev.
sm1 [RAW] [32AIF].

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"For this week's Disquiet Junto assignment -- 0595 ("Filter Progression"), I was called to "make music by processing a static sound."

White noise or a field recording had been suggested in the assignment's notes, and My mind harkened way back to a junto assignment in July of 2014, when We were called to "try to record one minute of sound that would suggest to the listener the pleasing experience of air conditioning — of the air being cooled on a hot summer day" [disquiet0135].

I recalled how much that junto assignment had been the closest I had done professionally to a field recording (an air conditioner), and used that track -- "Balm sm4lev" -- as the basis for this week's study in frequency and resonance.

In My DAW, I first saturated it with the FabFilter "Saturn 2" saturator, then ran the signal through WAVES' "Renaissance Bass" in order to accentuate the track's lowest, prominent frequenc[y/ies] (65Hz to 75Hz), and then put it through FabFilter's "Pro-Q3," and, finally, SoundToys' "Phase Mistress."

Throughout all steps, I set out to accentuate the bassiest freqs present in the track:

1] I saturated 65-75 Hertz;
2] I automated the high-pass and low-pass filters of the "Pro-Q 3," slowly rolling both poles up/down -- respectively -- to 65 to 75 Hertz just prior to the tracks highest volume level;
3] I phased the signal, concentrating on 70Hz as the accentuated target frequency and resonance concentration, peaking the effect and its mix to apex at the track's loudest point.

Voila! Whoop (there it is!)."

~ Michael

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"Balm (A Frequency + Resonance Study)" [disquiet 0595-filterprogression]

Let your soul rock...a wonderful combination

Night Sky

World of Bells

YRJ155  V1  [POSITRON]

a collaboration with a wonderful artist #AdaDaveed 
Soar my friends SOAR !!
Sitar Roger Walker 
Vocals Ada Daveed
Keyboard Ada Daveed
Percussion Ada Daveed
Bass Guitar  Roger Walker

Powdered Mountains 

YOUNG BUZZARD by #AdaDaveed and Roger Walker .

One stratocaster, a little reverb and very few notes

Close Your Eyes - Instrumental

Dance Now, Dance

method: sound sources (field recording, reface dx, voice) and recording and morphing devices (zoom H2, zoom r20. audacity, samplitude)
narration: the cycle ON PRINTING deals with projection and the like. it consists of six poems: rubble - horse - relic - spawn - banner- offset. this poem sonified is rubble and rubble alone.
image: copyright jo richter

Poem (as published in
A Single Loop of Fortunes) /
copyright jo richter:

once I stood, Pygmalion said
on a pile of rubble, all
of which was not-she

to surface, Pygmalion said
is a destructive endeavour
as the chisel precludes the sculpture

now I drink, Pygmalion said
entangled drafts of air, all
of which is not-she

and craftsmanship, Pygmalion said
oh, craftsmanship engenders the
sanding of the soul

rubble

rubble - on printing 1/6

Lemon Haze

Closer

Retro pop, '70s feel. Mainly my lyrics with some rearranging by Simon, who did the music and vocals. Copyright 2024 Jay Rich and Simon Procter. Lyrics below:

                     El Dorado

V1:

Golden love and golden days
Guess we had complacent ways
Thought that they were set in stone
Till we ended up all alone

V2:

The tower fell, foundations split
Still can't say what to make of it:
That special deal we can't get back
And every day I feel the lack

Ch1:

We just couldn't keep our El Dorado
So we let it slowly slip away
That sun-kissed, endless lush estado (state)
That never saw a dismal day

V3:

Somehow reality just crept in
It pained us so and it felt like sin
Although it cuts me up inside
I'll take it all in my stride

V4:

Is it the same when you hear my name
Or are you playing another fleeting game
Am I a stranger now your life has changed
And our past has been rearranged

Ch2:

We didn't maintain our El Dorado
And we let it slowly slip away
We let it slide into pasado (the past)
Now all I see is a cloudy day

Bridge:

I'm drinking to our El Dorado
Its memory forever shining bright 
It never was ill-favoured maldonado (unlucky)
While lighting up the deepest shades of night

*****Break*****

Ch3: (Ch1 repeated twice)

We just couldn't keep our El Dorado
So we let it slowly slip away
That sun-kissed, endless lush estado (state)
That never saw a dismal day



El Dorado (Simon Procter music/vocals)

POP | SPACEROCK | AMBIENT | EXPERIMENTAL

the PERSON, the SOUND : Michael Ash Sharbaugh is a composer of music and poetry, a lead vocalist and synthesist who hails from Philadelphia, PA. Since 1985, Michael has released hundreds of recordings, but known primarily for his atmospheric pop ("Give Yourself Completely"), jarring spacerock ("Dying in the Killing Jar"), and ambient-experimental works ("Infrastructure," "point65c," "Three Aimless Clouds").

Michael's sound is a synergy of 'darkwave-y' electronica and 'trip-hop-y' psychedelia: bass-laden rhythms form the gravity for his own breathy vocals and his soundscapes of dizzying synths and 'found sounds.' His ambient and experimental musics are soothing, and somewhat 'alien' to the ear: they float and shimmer, meander, and -- more often than not -- haunt.

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the INFLUENCES : Duran Duran, The Weeknd, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol + Steve Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie & The Banshees, This Mortal Coil, Air, Naked Eyes, Tears for Fears, Alice in Chains, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, The Chameleons [UK], Brian Eno, The Cocteau Twins, ABBA, The Bee Gees, Claude Debussy, Frederick Chopin, Guillaume de Machaut, Early Music, Renaissance music, Baroque music, and Joe Meek.

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#duranduran #theweeknd #blondie #depechemode #billyidol #stevestevens #deadcandance #siouxsieandthebanshees #air #tearsforfears #johnbarry #lesliebricusse #claudedebussy #mauriceravel #frederickchopin #eriksatie #brianeno #thecocteautwins #abba #beegees #joemeek #chameleons #octoberproject #patbenatar #haroldbudd #lindseybuckingham #nakedeyes #aha #ceefarrow #omd #thismortalcoil #stonetemplepilots #aliceinchains #baroque #renaissance #earlymusic #theweeknd

"Balm (A Frequency + Resonance Study)" [disquiet 0595-filterprogression]

Michael Ash Sharbaugh

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