E/AC Text sound poetry (t3)
The objective of this task is to make text-sound poetry using a recording of a voice and manipulating it for different effect.
A well known composer I have looked into is Anthony Gnazzo and particularly The Population explosion. I liked the idea of repetition to take away the meaning or the whole word and to focus on the different qualities about the sound. I took on board this idea and used the voice of a 3 year old girl singing in her own way;
“sinterklaas kapoentje, leg wat in mijn laarsje, dank u sinterklaasje”. Translated: “st nicolas rascal, put something in my little boot, thank you st nicolas”. I broke it up and layered it, then repeated the parts which were not exactly the same length so there was a more interesting rhythm going on rather than perfect sync. Later on in my piece, I played around with panning and layering some parts at different times, with a little reverb over the whole thing to give delicacy to her sweet voice.
An audio technique I used which I haven’t before is to repeat something more times than usually comfortable to the ear to take away it’s obvious origin.
This piece is an example of practice as research because from researching and thinking about The Population People, I have come to think outside of the box about the way I use sound and have tried to capture this approach myself.
A musical technique I learned was to not completely shun what I think might be a bad idea such as the extra repetition and try it out because it might just spark off new thinking and ideas.
I would give myself an average mark as I have done everything needed and learnt from my research, and my piece to me, sounds quite nice.
Anthony Gnazzo (1969) The Population Explosion, San Francisco: Other Minds. B001L9WSXQ, CD, 4.43.
