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updates
Sorry I haven't updated in a while; I have been buried in student papers. I have now completed 225, with 375 left to go before semester's end. I have received a pretty good essay which analyzed Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, and another pretty good one which analyzed an Onion editorial authored by a dog. There have also been lots and lots of bad ones, which do not warrant further mention, as I am busy repressing them.
After puzzling about loops last week, I remembered that a good way to solve problems with loops is to set up two (or more) loops that are out of phase with one another. I took a loop of harmonica drone and made two versions of it, one 21 seconds long and the other one 16 seconds long. When I set them both going they don't come into sync for 336 seconds, or five and a half minutes. This makes a nice, rich, unpredictable sonic bed over which Chris and I have been layering more material (bowed guitar, accordion, some processed household sounds). The piece is called "City of Brass."
The MCA reading of my story went well. It was interesting to see how an actor interpreted my character; I felt very satisfied with the results. It was nice to enjoy some minor celebrity for a day, and they mentioned Imaginary Year in the program, including the URL.
I have been listening to the October pieces from the Muted Tones project.
I made a new 100 favorite things list, and will post it here next week sometime.
Our solar system is now more complicated. |
Wednesday, October 09, 2002
2:17 PM
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