Archive for December 2nd, 2007

Foot Notes

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

(or, “On the War of a Foot”)
A Short Story
An imprisoned foot plots against his captor, the evil leather shoe.
Specific Sounds:

Voice: “Oh I can’t stand you,”

http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html

Rhythmic Noise: footsteps

http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html

Exclamation: Scream(1e),

http://ljudo.com/default.asp

Background music: “Wrong Turn” by Balloonist,

www.opsound.org

2:30

 
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Notes on “Foot Notes”
Reading the beginning of “Yours for the [...]

The Not-So-Precious Precious

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Style: An epic revisited  Description: The history of a hobbit, a ring, and the future of an entire realm retold with the rhythmic cadences of a fan conjuring thoughts of tribal drums in the background. Yes, a fan.Running time: 2:30.00
Three Sounds: The prerecorded voice is taken from an action figure of Gollum from “The Lord [...]

 
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Peace

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Title:  Peace
Style:  Passionate Repetition
Description:  The podcast tells the story of the narrator’s desire for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians from their historic, ongoing conflict.
Constraints:      Recorded voice of police officer–lasd suv police scare kids.wav
 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=34667)
Pendulum–Pendulum.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=44101)
woman exclaiming, “Oh my God!”–public domain Oh_mygod.wav
(http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=43496)
Running time:  2:30

 
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            “To begin with, they never got along.”  For the Oulipian [...]

Bingo: A Phone Call by Jenna Johnson

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Bingo: A Phone Call
Production Style: Psychological Phone Messages
Description of piece: This piece is an example of the thoughts that run through someone’s mind as they listen thorough their phone messages.
Description of my three sounds: Pre-recorded voice: Stell’s voice on the answering machineRhythmic Noise: The sound of an egg timer
Exclamation: An exuberant “Bingo!”
Running time: 2:30

 
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Traditionally, the [...]