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Photo AlbumeVeRy tHiNg bUt tHe BrAiNJan 17, '07 2:34 PM
for everyone
These are pictures taken whilst I compose and design for the play "Everything But The Brain" for Action Theatre. Now showing at the Esplanade Theatre. Here's the demo of three songs which I've picked out to upload (click on the title of the songs to listen):

EVER AFTER
This track, by approach was really simple. I mic'ed up a Hungarian Zither (CITERA) using a contact microphone and it's being fed into the KORG Radias audio in. Using a vocoder preset, I have made it to trigger a synth note (D flat) with a moderate attack and a long release. So everytime I plug a note, it will trigger the synth note. The signal is also routed through it's internal effects with delay and reverb. Another contact microphone was employed to sample the Citera with a BOSS RC-20 and the playback is reversed... This track was recorded live with me improvising on the Citera. (I have no idea how to play it so I just did what I think sound right) You can find a picture of the Citera below...

BEDTIME STORIES
A Plogue Bidule composition using a patch I've designed. The group has a couple of sequencers that triggers the risset bells and sine tones, which was passed through a rebuilder and some effects. Crytal Synths were employed for the generation of the glassy ambient. KORG Radias was used for a base drone...

EINSTEIN'S BRAIN
An abstract of the 10 minute long piece. The piano was from KORG Triton ST88. An improvisation based on the scenic mood was recorded and then reversed and picthed down to underlay the original recording. Another Plogue Bidule patch was designed to sound scape subtley underneath this track...

DISCLAIMER: There are pictures of other synths which was employed for the composition and design of other songs and sounds but I did not include the demo here... It's sad to see the way they treated my music in production... director's call, so what to do :/

[Modded]Roland SH101
  
[Modded]Roland SH101
  
[Modded]Roland SH101
  
[Modded]Roland SH101
  
[Modded]Roland SH101
  
[Modded]Roland SH101
  
Day..
  
Day..
  
Till Night...
  
Till Night...
  
Till Night...
  
Radias | Haken
  
Radias | Haken
  
Radias | Haken | Triton
  
Radias | Haken | Triton
  
Radias | Haken | Triton
  
Radias | Haken | Triton
  
Radias | Haken
  
Radias | Haken
  
Radias | Haken
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias | Haken
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Radias
  
Citera
  
Sherman Filterbank II with Citera
  


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ericsaliege wrote on Apr 3, '07
I like these "ambient" tunes, with special mention to Einstein's brain and his hauting piano ala Harold BUDD :-)

sleepwalker79 wrote on Apr 3, '07, edited on Apr 3, '07
What I did was after I've composed the minimalistic piano track, I pitched it down an octave, reversed it and time stretched it twice the original time... mix the original piano composition on top of this new product. Did some synthesis in the back ground. That's it, pretty simple layerings :) Anyway the director didn't like these tracks, she claims that it's doing the acting for the actors... I go huh? Well... some times my job sucks when working with directors who are not willing to experiment with new elements...

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed them. :)
ericsaliege wrote on Apr 4, '07
Yes, that may be frustratring.
But on the other hand, I can understand directors who wants a special thing that they have in mind but need to be realized. Movie is "total art", but, yes, only for the true artist directors (like EINSEINSTEN, or LYNCH).
Apart from this, your manipulations on the track you described is interesting in the way that, personally, I mostly never do manipulations like this, though I am attracted by such things !

Warmests ;-)
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