Made using readymade material found within Garageband software, "Retinalmade and Readymade" can be described as a sound collage containing audio clippings taken from various interviews with Marcel Duchamp set to jazz, bluegrass and hip hop rhythms. "Retinalmade and Readymade" is a triptych work, fused into one recording:

part I: Retinal Art (jazz) 
part II: Spectator Theory & Ideas (bluegrass)
part II: Readymade (hip hop, with a nod to Eton John's "Benny and the Jets.")

The first work in Necto's Duchamp series is the work titled "Happy Idea (Object Lessons After Raymond Roussel)."

(Until I figure out how to better mix my music, my songs are best listened to using earphones.)

Retinalmade and Readymade

Inspired by the advent of Barack Obama becoming President Elect on November 4, 2008, I set out to commemorate the occasion with a sound to match what was welling up inside me. As the title suggests, I wanted several changes to evolve throughout the piece and for each shift to slowly build until Barack's words complete the work. It is "change" that our President Elect (for one more day) has said we need. Many people agree! The need for change is visible everywhere in our culture—from "green" thinking, to the evolution of the institution of "Marriage" to the way in which we run capitalism and our “economy,” and how we accept one another to promote social justice. So here is our new beginning; time to go to work.

This is my first time creating music using digital software. I worked on this piece between November 4, 2008 and January 16, 2009. I used my laptop as a keyboard and played all the main instruments. The rhythms are from Garageband software loops, but are often layered and edited. i typically crash the Garageband software for my use excessive tracks.

(Until I figure out how to better mix my music, my songs are best listened to using earphones.)

Several Big Changes

Made of readymade material found within Garageband software and utilizing a laptop as a piano keyboard, the main instruments were all recorded through such readymade technology.  "Happy Idea (Object Lessons After Raymond Roussel)" can be described as a sound collage containing audio clippings taken from various interviews with Marcel Duchamp. "Happy Idea" is the fourth and final part of a suite of works celebrating several key ideas of Marcel Duchamp. Parts I, II and III are fused together into the work titled, "How Retinal Art Made Nonmade Art."

(Until I figure out how to better mix my music, my songs are best listened to using earphones.)

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