Disquiet Junto 0325 Fake Book
This week I found the Junto directions challenging.
I liked the idea of making a forgery of an old jazz song but the Edison cylinders didn't provide the materials I needed for samples.
So I took cues from music, particularly the tuba bass parts, to forge a jazz song.
Izotope's Vinyl VST was used to give a grainy finish, which is also in mono.
And, when I began pondering what imagery I'd use for the video, I found Georges Méliès film La Sirène from 1904.
Disquiet Junto 0324 Factory Floor
The Junto this week asks music that suggests momentum.
It got me thinking of something energetic, which led me back to a remix I'd started.
The track 'Mage_Pathminige_Rupe_Nisa_Ale_Kale_Man' was one of the songs from Ceylon that were part of the Three Princes Junto last Novemeber.
Naviarhaiku219 – moonlight enters
Usually I'm less bothered by mosquitoes than by my thoughts flying around in my head.
So I opted for a minor key piece based on the recent Juntos that referenced research that found slower, darker pieces are more likely to lead to wandering thoughts.
Milk crates are versatile
Milk crates are a good way to raise speakers off the ground.
They're also a staple of group houses.
Once I used milk crates as a bed base and they were very comfortable, as well as making moving house easy.
Once I used milk crates as a bed base and they were very comfortable, as well as making moving house easy.
Disquiet Junto 0323 Music for Meditation
The Junto this week is pretty much as described.
Down below you can see my initial attempt, which seemed too random and distracting for meditation.
So I returned to an earlier recording of bowls floating on water and changed my approach, as well as including a wider variety of reverbs.
Disquiet Junto 0322 The Wanderer
The Disquiet Junto project this week returns to research by Dr. Liila Taruffi and her colleagues but asks, in contrast to last week, for a piece of music that encourages the mind to wander.
My response was put together hastily and would've benefited from more time to finesse the parts.
I think it illustrates Charles Mingus' observation "Making the simple complicated is commonplace"
Naviarhaiku217 – It has come to pass
Kydd upright bass
Last year I resolved not buy new instruments and failed.
This year I've also failed.
However, I've also got a very nice bass for a fraction of the retail price.
However, I've also got a very nice bass for a fraction of the retail price.
Naviarhaiku216 – Looking up
Disquiet Junto 0321 Let’s Active
The Junto this week is more prescriptive than usual, with directions including instrumentation and tempo.
I quickly came up with a chord progression on the ukulele and then improvised an accompaniment on the glockenspiel.
The key is C so I could just think about hitting the white glocks.
Disquiet Junto 0318 Linear Training
The Disquiet Junto this week asks for a composition drawn from a single tone.
At first I was challenged trying to think of a tone, then it took a few attempts to find one I liked.
After a day I settled on a video of my son playing a concrete marimba-like instrument outside the Questacon.
I explored pitching it and shifting the loops to play at various intervals, as well as gating the recording.
Before long I'd developed a simple melody that grew as loops joined it.
Below you can hear where the tone came from.
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