June 19, 2008

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Spaced Out -- Last weekend I checked out David Byrne's Playing the Building installation. Using an old organ as a controller, visitors can "play" an old warehouse. Different keys activate blowers and hammers around the space. Standing in the middle of the room you can hear the sounds move around you as people play on the organ.

Today's piece was inspired by that listening experience. Using slivers of a field recording by Bram at the Freesound Project I created a similar experience of sounds moving around the listener. The effect is heightened by listening with headphones. Enjoy.

May 14, 2008

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Goodie Bag -- As a going away gift, my friend Lillian gave me a bag of noise makers before I left Columbus. She specified that I was to use them for this project. Well, I found the bag earlier this week and pulled it out to make today's piece. Every item in the bag can be heard. The next couple of days will feature solos on items in the bag. Enjoy...

May 8, 2008

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eieio -- my third installment in this little series of pieces using an old family cassette recording.

May 5, 2008

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Keys -- What key is my computer in?

May 1, 2008

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Cold -- Today is the first day of May, and sadly it's been cold here in NY. We're expecting more of the same (plus rain) this weekend. Yay weather!

sample attribution: chipotle(2) by aarondbaron

April 28, 2008

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Untitled -- no really, there's no title today, only these processed lawnmower sounds...

April 26, 2008

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Celia Speaks -- I'm visiting family in Massachusetts today, including my two year old cousin Celia, who helped me make this piece.

April 23, 2008

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Nature Song is a celebration of Earth Day. Yes, I know that today is a day late, but it slipped my mind after seeing the World Trade Center site.

attributions:
20060607.bird.gone.nuts by dobroide
spring river 2 by laurent

April 21, 2008

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Save Some -- For the past couple of days I have been working on a new dance piece with Emily Lawrence at Kenyon College. We needed some additional sounds, so today we recorded Emily making some vocalizations for me to build with. In between takes, some little incidental sounds and comments were captured. I've used those for today's piece so that they won't go to waste.

April 18, 2008

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Say What? is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. I found some vocalizations at The Freesound Projectand used them for this collaboration.

In case you haven't noticed yet, Boris will be finished with his Dance-A-Day podcast on May 11. Tune in while you still can...

attributions:
the sample-pack Dr Laura Turner by scuzzpuck
monkey-vox by lunarsight

April 11, 2008

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City Scene is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. Yesterday he sent me a video of him dancing on the streets of Washington DC with a nice note about my move to NYC. I had a flash of inspiration to take 60x365 to the streets as well and make today's piece while riding on the subway this morning. All went well, except that I spent the day at a symposium without the ability to get online to post. So Boris has been forced to wait all day as well. (Sorry Boris!)

April 8, 2008

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Internet Woes -- I did not post anything yesterday because I was having trouble getting my brand new internet set-up to work properly. It works now, so here's this little anthem to my troubles....


I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.
I will not put posting off until the last minute.

April 6, 2008

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Unload -- Today's minute is a quick "thank you" to Paul, Susan, Kristin, Kathy and Kris, all of whom helped JoLayne and I unload our U-Haul after our long drive to our new place in NYC.

April 4, 2008

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MLK is this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. Today is the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Boris marked this occasion with a dance at the future site of a memorial to King. I created this soundscape using a sample of King's voice, "Like anybody, I would like to live."

March 29, 2008

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Bad Neighbor -- I was inspired by this recording of a bad neighbor that I found at the Freesound Project, and I used it to make this little tribute to apartment living...

March 27, 2008

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Political Buzz -- Isn't it odd the way words lose meaning when heard again and again?

March 26, 2008

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Ignition -- 60x365 is being featured in The Fuse Factory's inaugural exhibition, Ignition, this weekend. If you're in the area, stop by and say hi.

sample attributions:
car start rear.wav by metamorphmuses
Lighter Ignition.wav by gelo_papas
20060329.match.02.wav by dobroide
Car starts in garage.wav by fogma
small_plane_ignition.mp3 by sanus_excipio

March 23, 2008

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Easter Eggs -- Happy Easter, everybody!

March 16, 2008

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Spring Fever -- another fever-themed piece, this time with birds.

sample attribution: evening in the forest.wav by reinsamba

March 10, 2008

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Watery -- Well, it finally happened... I missed a day. Damn. Traveling yesterday after a long weekend made it slip my mind until i was drifting off to sleep last night. Oh well, today I must compose two minutes to catch back up.

The first re-uses a water sample that I first explored a couple of weeks ago. Today though, I have subjected it to the kind of manipulations I usually reserve for beat-based samples.