originally titled "Am7 C G7 Am E"
recorded at home on 9.10.16

but whatever | 9.10.16

originally titled "lenoom"
recorded in area 01 on 4.22.17

we should have won maker summit | 4.22.17

originally titled "brooding"
recorded in the kitchen on 8.22.17

passive aggressive | 8.22.17

originally titled "kory song sample"
recorded in maple 633 on 10.7.16

notify homeland security | 10.7.16

originally titled "bass riff"
recorded on maple 5th on 4.9.17

back and forth | 4.9.17

originally titled "polygon g bm a e g bm d g bm a e g bm f#"
recorded at torrey pines beach on 10.21.16

two homes | 10.21.16

originally titled "Song 92"
recorded in a maple lounge on 12.4.16

dead week | 12.4.16

originally titled "hurtful"
recorded in maple hall room 633 on 10.15.16

amazing friends | 10.15.16

originally titled "melody for am f g c em am"
recorded in seattle on 1.6.17

winter broke | 1.6.17

originally titled "Am F G C Em Am"
recorded in san diego on 12.29.16

winter break | 12.29.16

originally titled "pretty song"
recorded at torrey pines beach on 6.14.17

the beach at night | 6.14.17

My piece, “Le Faux Vélo,” explores three classic works of digital composition, emulating their techniques.

Part 1 (0:00 - 0:44) | Unsound Objects

The first exploration mixes the familiar and unidentifiable, as Jonty Harrison does with the sound of water. I mimicked the feeling of a gravel road using EQ and pitch to capture the tone along with a Wah, Chorus, and eventually a flanger effect to blend the individual crackles together. I combined this with a more identifiable drum sound, manipulated in time and panning to sound like it was circling like a wheel.

Part 2 (0:44 - 1:39) | Life Study No. 5

In this section, I juxtaposed grounding soundscapes with unfamiliar escalation like Richard Karpen’s use of footsteps. I cut and pasted pump sounds for tire inflation and used amplitude enveloping to steadily increase the pitch of the ensuing air sound and create tension as the bicycle tire “fills up.”

Part 3 (1:39 - 2:24) | L'œil écoute

Finally, I disassembled part two’s momentum similar to how Parmegiani moves from trains to bees. I filtered out highs and added a phaser with LFOs to leave the hum of traffic. I then reversed the earlier wheel drum sound effect to imitate braking and implied a bicycle bell with frequent ringing.

TJ

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