I used PaulStrech on one of my pieces and this happened :)

After The Storms

The mundane idea that our generations obsession with social media and their mobile phones/tablets/laptops is the new "norm" and reality is slipping away.

Interference

 This piece proposes a response to the wanderings of the mind, the subconscious and the darker parts of our day to day reactions to people, language and locations. The visual manifestation of this is the flickering colours and distorted portraits that are influenced by the paintings of  Francis Bacon. These flashes of colour are further complimented and explained by the audio representation of wildtracks, ambient recordings and recognisable taps and whispers, eventually leading to a relaxed state with warmer tones of red and pink and reverbed, soft audio proposing a gentle resolution.

Thoughts 2 (Hope, Fear and Desire)

 Looking at "Lowlands" by Susan Phillipsz I wanted to experiment with the use of vocals.
I tried doing exactly as Phillipsz did: Recording my self singing the same thing 3 times each slightly different to then mix together but my rhythm was too different each time, they were out of time too much each time I tried. (planning to have another go with a metradome)
 Instead I took the same recording and added different effects onto each. All had reverb but different amounts and I stretched the pitch so there is an subtle difference in each.

Farther Away

“Concentration”

 This piece is a work in progress alongside other experiments I am conducting with diegetic sounds.
 Strongly influenced by John Cage I am drawn to the fact that every noise we hear replaces silence. This piece involves common sounds that can be a distraction as diverse as: cars, computer monitors and rain (amongst others.) Using wildtracks I recorded I mixed them together considering principles such as balance and proportion. A constant wildtrack has a natural rhythm and shows equilibrium in any situation. Then, by contrasting with small, sharp proportions of other sounds it forms a representation of someone falling in and out of concentration. 


Concentration

Colour and Sound

Red Light.

Experiment for research...notes to follow

Example of tense build up

 This piece is a departure from my previous work, it has a sense of hope and happiness as oppose to my previous work being quite dark.


It demonstrates coming to terms with something. After an issue has been raised and dealt with in a dramatic way this is the stage where everything feels quieter, quite lonely but the sense of peace you get once you've accepted what's happened.

After the floods

 The piece "Into The Light" shows my own personal struggle through the year and how I've moved forward and "found the light". It follows the three-act structure of a dramatic sequence and plays on human emotions, audience feeling isolated, curious in a space separated from reality. 
The use of colour in the lights exagerates sounds, adding depth.
 The dark going into light refers to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel -my take on the popular term.


The piece summarizes my experiments. You hear the sounds I captured and morphed and my musical approaches in my final developments.

< The installation was a struggled journey portrayed through light and sound. Using a small blacked out space with this passage written on the wall...

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