I created this track to experiment with the sound of minimal techno. To bring out the sounds of the genre, I used strongly emphasized beats with hi-hats for syncopation. The other sounds on the track were all created with a synthesizer. 
As a starting point, I decided to play with the idea of wind chimes during a storm. The melodies/sounds in the track were created using the pentatonic scale, since that is the standard tuning for wind chimes. Thanks for listening! 

Chimes in a Storm musc-9-minimal

This track was created using 1 second samples of some of my favorite dance music. Enjoy! 

Everybody Get Up And musc-9-plunderphonics

Snippet from Cage reading and questions on the excerpt.

John Cage Reading and Questions

Here is my Voices lab from class the other day. The file was too big to send via email, so I had to upload to Soundcloud first. Cheers!

VoicesLabSolivemcstay Session

This is the sound of pages turning in my script for this quarter's production of The Tempest. I've spend a lot of time in this script throughout the last several weeks, and the process of rehearsing, line memorization, and character work has filled up the bulk of my free time throughout the quarter. I recorded this sound to reflect both my love for theatre and the stresses and pressures that accompany the process of rehearsing a show. I recorded the sound in our electronic music lab using the lab's microphone and Ardour. 

Sound Object Session musc-9-special-sound

I created this track using a harp sound on SuperCollider and a recording of rain in Washington State from a free sound site. I made some EQ adjustments throughout the track, but for the most part, all of the sounds are fairly raw. I chose to build the piece around a minor chord and use lower tones because I felt that it evoked the kind of nostalgia or melancholy that I usually associate with harps and rain. 

Ave   musc-9-pluck

I created this track using Ardour with sounds recorded from Youtube and Freesound. I wrote and recorded the voiceover as a reflection on John Cage's "Future of Music: Credo." I hope you enjoy! 

The Music of Noise musc-9-podcast

I created this text using Ardour and ZynAddSubFX. I recorded a few short tracks about a thought a friend and I were exploring the other day and layered them together. Hope you enjoy! 

This track is based on this 98th Disquiet Junto project, in which three original spoken texts are combined into one track, at: http://disquiet.com/2013/11/14/disquiet0098-wovenaudiobio/
More details on the Disquiet Junto at http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
This track was created on June 10, 2015 as part of a class Intro to Electronic Music at Santa Clara University, and was not originally submitted to the Disquiet Junto project.

Sarah Olive-McStay