PROJECTS
This list will be updated with more details after projects are assigned.
Submit your assignments to the Box Account with the following content:
An MP3 or WAV file labelled with the specified filename
Screen shot(s) of your software session (please do this for ALL projects)
Supplementary text describing your process and the sounds you used (only when noted)
Compositions are graded based on technical proficiency (lack of technical errors), following the requirements outlined for each assignment, and musical creativity and imagination
COMPOSITION 1: SOUND COLLAGE (5%)
Due 9/22 by 9pm
Collage: an assemblage of diverse elements or fragments in unlikely or unexpected juxtaposition.
Make between 10 and 30 short sounds out of found sound samples. You can use the recordings made during the recorder scavenger hunt, record new sounds, OR use online resources (such as freesound.org). Use anything *but* drum/percussion samples. For example, you might make your short sounds out of birds, bicycle spokes, carpet scratches, or air conditioning sounds. Use ocenaudio (OR a software you feel more comfortable with) to edit your sounds, BUT limit yourself to the techniques available to old school tape music: changing speed, reversing, cutting, splicing, looping, and/or layering sounds. You may utilize digital effects or other processing sparingly, but the focus is on the sounds and how they are edited. Once you have edited your sounds, assemble them into a composition that explores rhythm, texture, and space. You should experiment with possibilities beyond traditional beat-based music. What happens if you abandon pulse? How can editing the left and right channel individually affect the presentation of your sounds? How can density be managed over time?
Requirements: use at least 10 sounds less than 1 second each, create a 30 second composition using those sounds
Label files LastnameFirstname_soundcollage