This piece is a data sonification composition based on a dataset evaluating the recurrence of elements in every painting on every episode of "The Joy of Painting" by Bob Ross.

Data: 26 elements of Bob Ross paintings from all 403 episodes (31 seasons) of  “The Joy of Painting” https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/bob-ross/elements-by-episode.csv  
Scale: B Major (for a happy Bob 🙂)
BPM: 147
Instruments: Analog Lab V and Ableton Drum Kits

Process Notes:
•Focused on my concept, algorithm, and evaluating the data first and my aesthetic second
•Imported dataset into TwoTone to extract each line of data as MIDI
•Data was listed as “0” or “1” (present or not present)
•Avoided “frame” data, portraits, and repetitive data such as “winter” and “snow”
•Negated any data lines with 2 or fewer instances
•Elements were grouped and aligned in order of their location on the vertical plane in real space, i.e. water (lowest) to sun/moon (highest). Instruments decided on for each group were dependent on their frequency ranges to proportionally represent the elements in the vertical plane, i.e. water (double bass) to sun/moon (hi hat and cymbal)
•Elements within each group were aligned in the vertical plane as well, and frequency was decided by this as well as by the rate of occurrence (to avoid a lot of dissonance - avoided having 2 frequent elements at dissonant intervals such as seconds or sevenths)
•Each vertical line in the session (every quarter note - about 0.4 seconds) ends up being a representation of a Bob Ross painting in chronological order

Element/Track Layout and Frequency Relation
Group 1: Sun/Moon - Hi Drums (Hi Hat, Cymbal: 3kHz - 5kHz)
     • Sun - Hi Hat
     • Moon - Cymbal
Group 2: Weather - Hi Synth (28Hz - 4.1kHz)
     • Snow - D#4
     • Fog - C#4
Group 3: Clouds - Lo Synth
     • Cirrus - B3
     • Cumulus - A#3
Group 4: Terrain Type - Hi Guitar (82Hz - 1397Hz)
     • Cliff - G#3
     • Hills - F#3
     • Beach - E3
     • Mountains - D#3
Group 5: Trees by type - Lo Guitar
     • Palm Trees - B2
     • Confers - A#2
     • Deciduous - G#2
Group 6: Manmade - Lo Drums (Toms, snare, kick: 60Hz - 250Hz) 
     • Barn - Hi tom
     • Bridge - Lo tom
     • Fence - Snare 
     • Cabin - Kick
Group 7: Flora - Bass (41Hz to 262Hz)
     • Cactus - C#3
     • Bushes - B2
     • Flowers - A#2
     • Grass - G#2
Group 8: Water - Double Bass (41Hz - 247Hz)
     • Waterfall F#2
     • Waves - E2
     • River - D#2
     • Ocean - C#2
     • Lake - B1

The Joy of Frequencies: Bob Ross Paintings Sonified - Data Composition

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Each track is made of 100% live radio grabbed during a RADIO WONDERLAND performance. RADIO WONDERLAND is Joshua Fried, performing live digital processing of live FM radio, pulverizing mass media into little audio bits that dance.

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Mine

Heavy curtains open and close, just in time for the last show. 

The favorite spot is so far gone, it divides us from our home. 

What is lost, is surely found, here in this sound.

Heavy Curtains

bLuE mOoN (Lo-Fi mix)

parse (shifting) #2

The Last Elk

I made a Christmas song with my friend Max for our band Two Men Kissing. I hope it helps you with the holiday spirit!

It's on a Christmas album put together by a great noise band called MAMA. So here's a link to that: mamamama.bandcamp.com/album/last-xmas-ever

And here's a link to Two Men Kissing on Soundcloud and Bandcamp:
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https://twomenkissing.bandcamp.com/


Lyrics:

Old man Jones
Never had a home
Spent the night alone

Shivered bones
Taunted by the snow
Hit another low

Christmas Eve
But still no reprieve
He fell asleep
Right in the street

Just one more glass
To ease the past
And feed the rats

---

He's got
Nothin' to lose
Nothin' to lose

Outside it's
15 degrees
His body will freeze

---

Old Man Jones
Lost his toes
He'll decompose

---

Ferality residing in every bite. The dog gulped more and more of his companion. The body had grown cold but the appetite was boiling with ferociousness. Chunks of flesh flew down his throat. Every inch of his maw coated in a thick, sticky blood. Only a sweet treat for a good boy. The snow falling upon them never had a chance. Stained red before it hit the ground.

The dog finally got his bone.

---

My band rules
But it's unknown
And no one will hear this song

So I can say whatever the fuck I want.

FUCK CHRISTMAS
FUCK SANTA
FUCK THE COLD
FUCK CAPITALISM
FUCK MONEY
FUCK CELEBRITIES
FUCK AMERICA
FUCK REPUBLICANS
FUCK GUNS
FUCK TV
FUCK THE NEWS
FUCK TMZ
FUCK DISTRACTING EVERY MOMENT OF THE DAY JUST TO LIVE SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE BY PROXY
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA
FUCK SOBRIETY
FUCK DEPRESSION
FUCK WASTE
FUCK POLITICIANS
FUCK THE GENERAL POPULATION
FUCK OVERPOPULATION
FUCK LIVING
FUCK DYING
FUCK WAR
FUCK EXISTENCE
FUCK JONATHAN
FUCK COPS
FUCK KIDS
FUCK PEOPLE WHO FUCK KIDS
FUCK FACTORY FARMING
FUCK ANIMAL ABUSERS
FUCK PEOPLE WHO THINK HUNTING IS MANLY
FUCK JESUS
FUCK THE THE BIBLE
FUCK GOD
FUCK YOU
FUCK ME
FUCK THIS SONG
GO FUCK YOURSELF FOR LISTENING TO IT.

Bitch.


Two Men Kissing Personnel:
Jarhead - Music, lyrics, vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, yelling, co-production
Max - Vocals, spoken word, writing, yelling
Clifton Marien - Mixing, mastering, production
Eric Albino - Drums

Old Man Jones

Lyrics:

So lost in these woods
Where good things tend to slip away
It's fleeting

I am livid
I am living
I am losing
You are nothing
Without
Me
Me

It's a shame that
It never meant a thing and
Things couldn't stay this way, man
Brought to the bloody brink

I am leaving
If you believe me
When you're grieving
It relieves
Me 
Me

The Joy of Frequencies: Bob Ross Paintings Sonified - Data Composition

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