To begin, i’m thinking I will name the new album ‘Reptile Dysfunction’. No real reason for the name, so maybe Ill try and work that into the theme or write a song of that name or something. But, come on, that’s a funny name!
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I’ve needed a new microphone for awhile. My little portable tape recorder, while getting most of the sounds on ‘four elements one love’ and ‘home to kitsilano’, usually gets some pretty thin sounds, has served me well. Now though I need some cleaner, better quality sounds. Shannon McAdams, theologian extraordianre and computer wiz um, also extraordinair, recomended the Snowball mic to me months ago. And now i have it.
OMG! The sound quality is awesome! Ive been just testing it out on various sounds: a hamburger cooking, dropping coins into water, rubber bands stretched across an Almond Roca can (my Tin Canjo? Guitcan?), spinning my engagement ring (Shh! Don’t tell Erin!). The sound quality is AMAYZING!
I work in musique concree, which means making music from found sounds. This mic will let me collect better sounds. If you cut them up, put some effects from garage band – or not -on them you can make some amayzing songs!
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The new album will be a punk/folk album! ‘Four Elements’ was an expierement in song creation, ‘Home’ was a project in composition. This time i want to do a ‘pierre henry meets bob dylan meets jandek’ sort of albums (Henry is one of the early pioneers of musique concrete and Jandek is an indie artist who has released 50 something albums since the 1970s and may or may not be a mental patient. If you don’t know who Dylan is then, um, please don’t procreate!).
The sounds ive started collecting today, as well as last week on my recorder may-or-may-not make it onto the album. Part of what i’m trying to do is find some ‘writing instruments’ – a few basic sounds/sound sources for percussion or maybe even building a gut-bucket (was basin, brook stick, rope) for a bass.
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This is the most rocking hobby ever!
