August 26

Today was tedious. We've had a lot to do with the samples we took last week. Jordan and I spent the whole morning editing each sample, and we'll have even more to do when we want to get them all put into reason and (with a select few) looping some. The hunt for sounds was really fun, and we ended up with a ton more samples than we thought we would. In each recording, there are clips of our voices saying things that we thought were cool or funny, so we separated those and made sound files of those as well. Our hope is to create a piece that incorporates these "instrument" patches with more traditional sounds. Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6nrJ3ByzzE

This is a really somber piece about the 9/11 attacks, but the concept, musically, is very interesting. I find these sorts of musical combinations of digital sound and traditional music very interesting, and I hope that we are able to create something similar.

Such a fun week so far!

Aside from the sampling I've also skimmed through chapter 4, since it seems to be closer to completion. I still can't get on Sakai though, so I am left with not as much to do in that area.