Naviarhaiku212 – Under a winter moon
I've put the resulting track to video shot of an exhibit that uses dry ice to illustrate the release of gas.
Disquiet Junto 0317 Triadic Awareness
My pass of the parcel that is the Disquiet Junto's project this week, adding bass to Ethan Hein's handling of "Left Chair" by moduS ponY
Disquiet Junto 0316 El Segundo
After Marc’s email arrived, I listened to the tracks and began noodling along on my fretless bass. I’d wanted to use the fretless last week but the three-note chords were painful.
Benn DeMole’s track ‘Brother Lost’ appealed to me for the sparse notes and intense vibrato. Fretless seemed perfect given the tight intervals.
Then I realised it needed the fretless two-string bass that I’d bought last year and mean to use more often but it’s always more work and uncomfortable to play.
Putting that resonant kick-body near the sub was an experiment in generating unruly feedback that was filtered out. I’ve added some distortion so the bass might be heard on smaller speakers.
‘Brothers Lost’ by Benn DeMole and Bassling can be downloaded here
Disquiet Junto 0315 First Chair
The Junto this week asks for the first part of a trio.
I recorded a bass part at 81 BPM.
It starts E D C, then E G D. Then arpeggios through E G D C, I think.
There’s a bit that holds A B7 D, then it goes through the arpeggios again.
You can download this part here
Naviarhaiku209 – I am all ears
As a result I went back to the folder of music from Ceylon that was part of the Disquiet Junto's Three Princes project, which I also used to make music for a toasted sandwich with weed and leftover curry.
The outcome was that I listened to music and looked for a way to contribute, settling on adding drums to Sunil Santha's 'Don Don Don Dontha'.
naviarhaiku208 – Considering the years gone by
When I began contemplating the words, I imagined surveying the landscape of my own haiku. I reviewed those written each day this year and imagined striding through the results like a giant.
"In Giant Steps" is a dash through the prose I've written this year. It's the first spoken word response I've recorded for Naviar in a while.
Disquiet Junto 0314 Ice in a glass
"Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something of it" is traditionally the first Junto each year.
I think this is the seventh time I've followed these instructions and it's still challenging to make music from this material.
Ice in a glass becomes kinda abrasive quickly when listening to short loops over and over again. Those high-pitched transients are sharp even when unbroken.
Naviarhaiku207 – the woman
My original inspiration was a sea shanty after reading about shipwrecks, then I MIDI'd the chord progression and brought the shanty in to Live.
Disquiet Junto 0313 Audio Diary
I'm preempting the Disquiet Junto's annual audio diary with this edit of snippets from some of the recordings I've made during 2017.
When I searched my files I found 100 videos but to keep it simple I selected 60 and gave them a second each.
Recorded music in band breaks
Disquiet Junto 0312 Amplify/Magnify
Some weeks the Junto directions fly out of my mind soon after I start recording. This was one of those weeks.
The exploration of the difference between 'amplification' and 'magnification' was straightforward and can be heard in the first and second 30 seconds.
My idea was to use a diaphragm microphone to amplify a quieter sound, then use a contact microphone as I've described them as having an effect like a microscope.
The source here is a candelabra that I liked the sound of enough to buy at an opp shop.
I suppose the reverb does kinda invert the idea of magnification but making it sound more distant.
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