Finalising my second comp
This week I have worked at re-structuring my piece. As a classically trained musician and composition student I’m used to working with various forms/structures- and considering the sounds I have used for this piece are all recordings of the violin, I thought it would be interesting to sequence this piece in ‘Sonata form.’EXPOSITION (1st subject, 2nd subject) – DEVELOPMENT – RECAPITULATION
Because I have to identify ‘two subjects’ in the exposition, I divided my sounds into two catagories: Softer/sustained sounds and harsher/punchier sounds. (Classifying my ‘noises’ like Russolo did!)
The two catagories of sound became the first and second subjects, which during the development I combine- creating a new texture. In order to develop the sounds further I manipulated the original samples differently, which ultimately gave me different colours and timbres to work with. The piece finishes with an abbrieved recapitulation of the first and second subjects in their original forms. I’ve uploaded my piece to divshare- so please share your thoughts/ideas! 7280318-6ac
In this weeks lecture several colleague’s work had already been mixed in surround. It was interesting to hear final or ‘near’ final products, and to see whether or not we as the audience understood their narrative. (Julio himself describing this as ‘programme music.’) Unfortunately because of lack of time I wasn’t able to play my piece, but i’m glad to have already had feedback from Julio earlier in the week.
I spent some time in room Julio set up in 5.1 surround sound, and began to automate my piece in surround. Although I panned some of the tracks, there was a problem in which the monitors produced click/pop when in Logic… regardless of anything playing. This was resolved when exiting the software, but repeated itself whenever I opened Logic. I have emailed Julio and spoke to CMT students to get their advice/ to see whether they’ve had any issues! Hopefully I’ll be able to go back and finish the automation tomorrow 
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