All Parts: Bonnie Woodgreens copy 4
Solo Part: Bonnie Woodgreens Lyrids 2
Rehearsal Recording: Bonnie Woodgreens RR Lyrids
Slow Rehearsal Recording: Bonnie Woodgreens Slow RR Lyrids
Gabriel V
Lyrids Bonnie WoodgreensWhite Christmas – LyridsAll Parts: White Christmas score ’12 Slow Rehearsal Recording: Slow White Christmas ’12 RR Lyrids Rehearsal Recording: White Christmas ’12 RR Lyrids Single Part: Single Part White Christmas ’12 Lyrids
Believe – LyridsSingle Part: Single Part Believe from Polar Express Lyrids Rehearsal Recording: Believe from Polar Express RR Lyrids Slow Rehearsal Recording: Slow Believe from Polar Express RR Lyrids All Parts: Believe from Polar Express 2
O Holy Night – Lyrids 2All Parts: O Holy Night 1 Slow Rehearsal Recording: Slow O Holy Night RR Lyrids 2 Rehearsal Recording: O Holy Night RR Lyrids 2 Single Part: Single Part O Holy Night Lyrids 2
O Holy Night – OrionsSlow Rehearsal Recording: Slow O Holy Night RR Orions Rehearsal Recording: O Holy Night RR Orions Single Part: Single Part O Holy Night Orions All Parts: O Holy Night 2
SarabandeSarabande: [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bach-Sarabande-Score-2.mp3|titles=Bach Sarabande Score 2]Slow Rehearsal Recording: [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bach-Sarabande-Score-RR-Lyrids1.mp3|titles=Bach Sarabande Score RR Lyrids]Rehearsal Recording: [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bach-Sarabande-Score-RR-Lyrids.mp3|titles=Bach Sarabande Score RR Lyrids]Single Part: [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Single-Part-Bach-Sarabande-Score-Lyrids.mp3|titles=Single Part Bach Sarabande Score Lyrids]
Recordings from Remix ProjectWe watched a documentary about “the changing concept of copyright” RiP!: A Remix Manifesto, over a couple of classes. After watching this documentary we discussed what we learned and what inspired us. We talked about copyright, open source and how remixing music (or any other media, such as film, literature etc) has been done. Then we decided to work on our remix project. Each of us picked any pieces of music we wanted to remix, from the genre of “classical music” or “christmas songs”. We Imported the songs to LogicPro and altered them. We worked on this for an hour- couple of hours. Here is the remixed songs! Aiden S [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/such-a-tyler-christmas.mp3|titles=such a tyler christmas] Gabriel V [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gabrielremix.mp3|titles=gabrielremix] Liam H [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Liam-Noitorious-.mp3|titles=Liam Noitorious] Malachy H [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/MalRemix.mp3|titles=MalRemix]
Day 8: Vocal and Instrument Improvisation with Chrissy WolpertToday we had a class of vocal & instrument improvisation with a local composer/musician, also a leader of the women’s choir group Assembly of Light Choir, Chrissy Wolpert. Chrissy started the class with voice warm up. “As loud as possible”
Then we sang a round: “Ah Poor Bird”
After the warm up, Chrissy took us into the Media Lab where she set up microphones with effect pedals. Each of us got a microphone, and experimented with vocals (singing, talking, whispering, making funny and unrecognizable sounds) with different effect pedals such as distortion, octave, reverb, echo. We also tried to sing “Ah Poor Bird” again through the pedals.
Then Chrissy introduced us to a loop pedal. Everyone separately recorded 3 seconds of vocals and ended up with layers of vocal loop recording. We did this a couple of times – one of them turned out to be all speaking words (which sounded like a poetry reading battle), and another one turned out to be a tower of complex harmonies. After that, we were introduced to contact microphones. We each got one homemade contact microphone, which we first taped to our throats and then taped to our instruments. Contact microphones are much more sensitive than regular microphones because they directly attach to the sound-making object and delicately pick up all the vibrations made.
What a class! Possibilities of finding different ways of sound making, even on the same instrument, seems to be limitless. Our experiment with sounds and music making never ends. Big big thanks to Chrissy!
Listen to some samples of what we made here: [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1_9_12-634-PM-Voice-Memo.mp3|titles=1] Day 4We have been working on our music individually in the last 4 classes, using our field recordings from Day 1. Here is what we did in our fourth class: 1. Went outside to get field recordings The results are here! Aiden S [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Aiden2.mp3|titles=Aiden S] Brandon L [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Brandon.mp3|titles=Brandon L] Gabriel V [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Gabriel1.mp3|titles=Gabriel] Malachy H [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/MalachyField.mp3|titles=Malachy H] Sofie L [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Sophie.mp3|titles=Sofie L]
Day 3Today was Halloween. We – as a Media Lab Experimental Music Division – were delighted to take this occasion and explore spooky sound making. Our featured instrument was theremin. Today’s listening inspirations were clara rockmore, the soundtrack from “the day the earth stood still”, “free music No.1 (for four theremins)” by Percy Grainger and Jimmy Page’s theremin solo in Led Zeppelin’s “whole lotta love”. After listening, we built a simple theremin from a theremin kit (big thanks to Hopkins family for generously letting us play with this!):
We took that theremin outside with 2 other mini theremins to make sound effects for our trick or treating!
Accompanied by the sounds of theremins, we walked around the Armory neighborhood, passing and greeting other ghosts and ghouls on the street. We visited houses, got a bunch of candy, and then went back to the Lab.
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