The Disquiet Junto assignment is to "Do something with layers of the sound of your voice."
Aiden Arata on laziness
Procrastination is actually an ideation process…
I don’t believe in laziness anymore. I just don’t think it’s a thing. You’re tired, or you’re feeling avoidant, or you have a very good reason for not wanting to do something, or you’re just weighed down by how sad the world is…
We live in a very sick society in that way, where anything that isn’t commodifiable is not viable. It brings us back to the conversation of laziness.
naviarhaiku602 – scent of plum
I considered how one will often reach a plateau when walking up mountains, incorporating a slower section in the key change of this song.
Manipulated footage via タンタンポッピング - ミルキーウェイ乗組員 - やってみます。
Gay Frog pedal
Disquiet Junto 0707 Chain of Practice
The Disquiet Junto project this week has a few steps:
Step 1: Think about your artistic practice.
Step 2: Write down one sentence that in some manner describes your artistic practice.
Step 3: Record yourself, or someone else, reading the sentence that resulted from Step 2.
I recorded myself with an old iPhone saying the line shown to the top-right of my blog, hear below.
When I imported the video into Ableton Live I noticed there was a considerable click at the end, which saved me from having to manipulate a transient to produce a kick sound.
Then I picked a couple of ess-y bits for other percussive sounds, looping them and adding Live's Beatrepeat to gate them.
I also looped the word "sample," pitching it down and adding a filtered EQ, as well as the word "looping," which was pitched up and also EQ'd.
I looked for a few extended vowel sounds, to pitch up and create harmonic progression.
These weren't grabbing me, so I added Live's resonator and a Sinevibes' effect that is a great shortcut for this sorta thing.
naviarhaiku601 – pulling light
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.
Cute kit
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!
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.
naviarhaiku600 – thinking of us
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.
Disquiet Junto 0705 Book Start
The Junto assignment this week is to "Let the beginning of a book help you begin a new piece of music."
I've read the opening to Andrea Wulf's Magnificent Rebels, which I began this week because I enjoyed her book on Alexander Von Humboldt.
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