(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: guitar, synthesizers, and 'found sound[s]'
Composed and Recorded ca. June 18 to 21, 2015.
sm7 [ARIA (D)].

Upon receiving this week’s Disquiet Junto assignment—“imagine your favorite instrument is dreaming while it sleeps — what does it sound like?” I instinctively thought of yawning, and imagined to which tone that would equate in electronic instruments. In Indo-Iranian languages, such as Sanskrit, the vocalization, “a-o-m,” or ‘om,’ would be the natural sound that comes from the throat and mouth upon its opening and closing—with voicing, of course.

Accordingly, I made the base tone of my composition to note, C3, as it seems to be the central key upon which samples and subsequent synthesis are built—and the note which my keyboards and synthesizers would ‘utter’ were they to yawn with their fictitious ‘mouths.’

I widened my perception of what an “instrument” can be: rather than focusing on one discrete sound-making unit in my studio, I envisioned the entire studio as my ‘instrument,’ and, thus, utilized it to its fullest in composing this piece. I played and recorded nearly each instrument I own at the predetermined C3 note and built a composition [in the key of C harmonic minor] upon that. I usually weave found sounds into my compositions, so I included a submarine’s sonar ping [http://www.soundsnap.com/submarine_sonar_ping_military_single_military_blastwavefx_09678] to accentuate the piano and percolating synth parts in the background.

I named the piece after my studio—Intro/Ergo, and added the present tense Latin verb, 'sum,' to reflect my studio's state of 'beingness,' as it is to be represented in this piece.

[As of June 21, 2015, I have added additional instrumentation to this piece—guitar.]

More on this 181st Disquiet Junto project (“Imagine your favorite instrument is dreaming while it sleeps — what does it sound like?”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/06/18/disquiet0181-instrumentaldream/

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Intro Ergo Sum

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"Intro Ergo Sum" [disquiet0181-instrumentaldream]

DARK WAVE | SPACEROCK | VAPORTRAP | TRIP-HOP
AMBIENT | EXPERIMENTAL

the PERSON, the SOUND : Since 1985, Philadelphia-born Michael has composed and released hundreds of audio recordings, and published dozens of [erotic] poems.

His 'sonic-sojourn' began suddenly when he was just a teen -- feet splashing rhythmically through puddles leftover by a seaside rainstorm. Having just parted ways with the then-love-of-his-life, Michael composed his first ballad [and first song] ever -- "Tina." He rushed to his beach-side home to record his visceral 'awakening' on a tiny micro-cassette recorder, and vowed -- from that day on -- to create art for the rest of his life.

He began zealously amassing used music equipment, and had built a modest home recording studio by age seventeen, all the while crafting simple pop, ambient, and experimental works that HE had wanted to listen to -- that HE had wanted to hear, affectionately emulating the works of his then-idols, Duran Duran and Brian Eno.

Now, decades later, he has relocated to a small village outside Atlanta, Georgia, and continues to voraciously attend to his dream as a young, heartbroken boy -- to create and release music that he, himself, wants to hear.

Although no longer sequestered to pop and ambient musics, Michael's signature sound has merged the two, having integrated the R&B, hiphop, and psychedelia he has grown to love as a older gent -- having absorbed the edgy rhythms and dreamy soul of the southern United States (Atlanta and Miami).

Michael still puts forth ample amounts af ambient musics, but his recent 'sound' hovers elsewhere -- somewhere amidst the genres of vaportrap, spacerock, and trip-hop.

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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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Quando eu morrer batam em latas,
Rompam aos saltos e aos pinotes,
Façam estalar no ar chicotes,
Chamem palhaços e acrobatas!

Que o meu caixão vá sobre um burro
Ajaezado à andaluza...
A um morto nada se recusa,
Eu quero por força ir de burro.

Mário de Sá-Carneiro