naviarhaiku601 – pulling light

There is something optimistic about the haiku shared by Naviar Records. 

Since I'd been rocking out on drums over the weekend, this song was influenced by a guitar riff.

Then when I went looking for a video to pair with my track, the keyword brought up breakdancing by a Chinchin Milkyway.

So I changed the instruments to be more like something he'd be dancing with and made a few edits to suit the pacing. 

My synths


 

Cute kit

Bought a small drum kit and am enjoying the portability.

I had to put a couple of pillows in the kick and the snare rattles a bit, since it's attached.

The cymbals were mine, but I wasn't using them and am now enjoying the '70s-sounding deeper snare and darker hats.

Love this idea!

Listening can change your relationship with a space, particularly the way recording changes an experience of time.

Then there's the disorienting aspect of microphones and their influence on proximity, which can shift focus.

Disquiet Junto 0706 Tile One On

The project has one step, "record something that makes use of the acoustics of your bathroom." 

I took the opportunity to make my first recording of a cute little secondhand drum kit that I bought.

It has a snare attached to the kick drum, which rattles a bit, but I'm thinking that I might leave that off for my Fire Cracker snare in future.

Wasn't sure what to add, so I grabbed my ukulele and started with the G minor chord that gets used a lot. 

Me watching


 

naviarhaiku600 – thinking of us

The 600th project from Naviar Records was a milestone that I wanted to recognise. 

Their haiku reminded me there was footage I'd shot of the trees during autumn, which allowed me to go look through my files for a piece of music.

I've tried to incorporate atmosphere and a crunchiness for the leaves.

Brian Jungen on sensing the force of creation

I live near three large hydro electric dams. Sometimes I go visit them to hear the sound of the electrical energy produced there as I feel like it is the closest I can get to any sense of the force of the creation of the universe that exists on our planet.