it continues..

So for the past couple of weeks i’ve been doing a lot of listening, reading and drafting of initial ideas for my own piece of sound art.
One of the most appealing composer’s i’ve listened to has been Trevor Wishart, two important collections i’ve listened to being the vox cycle and voiceprints. What I find most interesting about Wishart’s work is the way he is able to manipulate both acoustic and electronically generated sounds so that they combine in an unusual fusion, creating whole new sound dimensions.

After listening to the piece ‘Two Women’ from the Voiceprints collection, I have decided that having a concept; be it structural, thematic or narrative- is important for the audience to have a cohesive understanding of the piece. I have decided to continue with my earlier concept of combining sounds from nature and sounds from ‘man’ , and have started manipulating records I have made in Cubase. (but i’m sure i’ll have to get onto logic sooner or later..)

In Julio’s podcast he spoke about how to go about chosing material- which has helped me to distinguish the two catagories I have already outlined. By combining these sounds, and manipulating them I hope to create some interest timbres/sound worlds- as well as deliver the overall concept of the piece to the audience.

All for now, peace.