Am I Dreaming? was created by youngsters age 12-15 during a series of Youth Music Initiative workshops and recording sessions at Mintlaw Academy in Aberdeenshire, hosted by Tyler Lewis (composer, musician, sound artist) and Neil Cargill (writer, director).

Using sound and music manipulation, field recordings and experimental production techniques, the aim was to create an audio recording shaped by the music, words and imagination of the participants.

The project explored innovative ways to give a voice to the youngsters, developing an original musical and sonic work.

This project is part of Aberdeenshire’s Youth Music Initiative Programme, funded by The Scottish Government through Creative Scotland, and delivered by Live Life Aberdeenshire.

Am I Dreaming? (YMI Aberdeenshire)

Climbing

For Sarah.

Dario Lozano-Thornton - GTR, ORG, REC, MIX, MSTR
Lily Jackson - Vocals, Trumpet, Trombone.

Rens Heijnis mod Schoeps MK41 and MK4 -> Prism Lyra 2

A Torch For Jim

Going into the vines
It all went black
I could be happ here
Or I could go back

I'm done with never wanting
Anything to do 
With all the hard time
All the heartache that I spent on you

Almost blown away
You do it every day
Only this time it's for good

Living in the vines
It's turning green
You could be happier
Or you could leave
Only this time it's for good
Only this time it's for good

Almost blown away
You do it every day
Only this timem it's foro good

Into the Vines

Water from the Well

Cliffdown Spiral

All That We Seem

Tyler Lewis is a sound artist and PhD student in Sonic Art based in Glasgow, pursuing his research through the University of Aberdeen. He earned a BFA with great distinction in Electroacoustic Studies in 2016 from Concordia University in Canada. While in Montreal he became interested in the possibilities of musical experience stemming from field-recording in various soundscapes explored during his travels throughout the globe. As a composer Tyler uses urban, desert, marine, remote, agricultural, and imaginary (among others) soundscapes for his materials. His current research explores the overlaps between geophony, biophony, and anthrophony – Scotland serving as an ideal location to carry out this work. Tyler Lewis was born 1983 and grew up in a quiet forested area called Olalla near Seattle, Washington, United States. He loves to get lost on Hebridean islands and enjoy fresh Japanese sencha.

Am I Dreaming? (YMI Aberdeenshire)

Tyler Lewis

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