Re: [microsound] RE: summertime project?

[David Powers <cyborgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This sounds great to me...  I'm not really set up for field recording, 
but would love to do work on a microsound piece if others would make 
their samples available - whether "summer" or not, and regardless of 
hemisphere.

~David

nick knouf wrote:

>Hmm, no movement on this for nearly a week...
>
>I'm not sure if there is a person "in charge" of this project; maybe
>the thread starter?  I don't want to step on anyone's toes here, but
>if nobody else is interested in taking charge, I'd be interested/able
>to...
>
>We seem to have a fairly wide range of options, but one of the
>overarching themes (as I read it) is using the sounds of your locale
>as the basis of a composition.  For many, that might be the sounds of
>insects, of people jumping into a swimming pool, of thunder.  For
>others, the sound of cold rain, of boots in the snow, of rustling
>leaves.  (pardon me if those sounds are completely out of whack for
>those of you in the southern hemisphere; i'm basing it on my knowledge
>of winter in the northern hemisphere)
>
>So it seems to me that what we should do is first collect the sounds
>of "summer" (and if you're interested/willing, provide those sounds by
>hosting them/linking to them from the wiki) and then work those into a
>composition of your own desire.  At the end of the summer we upload
>the files for everyone to enjoy, and perhaps, given the interest,
>provide a CD to those who wish one.
>
>Now, maybe I've completely misrepresented people's desires here, but
>if not, does this sound like a good point of departure for the
>project?
>
>cheers,
>
>nick
>
>
>On 6/24/05, //jonCates <joncates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
>>Scott C
>>
>>snds fantastic
>>
>>in support of sandy slippage + pouring snd into snd via summer
>>
>>// jonCates
>># http://www.r4wb1t5.org
>># http://www.criticalartware.net
>># http://www.systemsapproach.net
>>
>>On Jun 18, 2005, at 7:42 PM, Scott Carver wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>In the interest of being outside and actually appreciating summer
>>>while it's around, what about something performed live, outside,
>>>perhaps using sounds from the location of performance? Pick a outdoor
>>>location and a time (hopefully a time when it's appropriately
>>>summer-ish), and perform a piece, in whatever sense of 'perform' is
>>>appropriate and interesting. Screw sitting around in my house with
>>>headphones on, if I'm going to do a summer project, I want to make
>>>sounds so inextricably entangled with summer they can't be separated,
>>>summer and sound pouring into each other until the mixture is
>>>impossible to separate.
>>>
>>>- Scott C.
>>>      
>>>
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: microsound-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>For additional commands, e-mail: microsound-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>website: http://www.microsound.org
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>To unsubscribe, e-mail: microsound-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>For additional commands, e-mail: microsound-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>website: http://www.microsound.org
>
>  
>