sound | Time: Composition

RadioLab – Time

http://www.radiolab.org/story/91584-time Jorge Luis Borges wrote, "Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries…

Posted on: March 31, 2015
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Christine Sun Kim

Cult photographer and filmmaker Todd Selby's latest short is a revealing portrait of performance artist Christine Sun Kim. Deaf from…

Posted on: March 4, 2015
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Using a Microphone – Hildegard Westerkamp

"The microphone alters listening. The mere comparison between how our ears listen and how the microphone picks up sounds in…

Posted on: March 1, 2015
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Nicolas Bernier – Frequencies (Light Quanta)

from Everyday Listening Nicolas Bernier is a Canadian artist creating sound installations and performances. We’ve covered his work Frequencies (A) last…

Posted on: November 29, 2014
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Listen to Wikipedia

http://listen.hatnote.com Listen to the sound of Wikipedia's recent changes feed. Bells indicate additions and string plucks indicate subtractions. Pitch changes…

Posted on: April 29, 2014
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Doug Aitken’s house

https://vimeo.com/40903414 The artist Doug Aitken’s house, a block away from the Pacific Ocean, is in tune with its surroundings in…

Posted on: April 22, 2014
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Show Studio – Anechoic – The Sound of Clothes

Anechoic is a 'collections story' that uses sound instead of visuals to interpret the essence of key garments from the…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Gyorgi Ligeti – Poeme Symphonique For 100 Metronomes

The Hungarian composer György Ligeti composed Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes in 1962, during his brief acquaintance with the Fluxus…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Slowing down your audio over time

In some of your projects you mentioned that you wanted your audio to change in speed as you altered your…

Posted on: April 10, 2014
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Touch the Sound – clip

documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly…

Posted on: March 5, 2014
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Radio – One Man’s Quest To Find The ‘Sonic Wonders Of The World’ (Fresh Air)

Ever wonder why your voice sounds so much better when you sing in the shower? It has to do with…

Posted on: March 3, 2014
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Anton Bruhin – In/Out

Here's a good example of an editing style that is determined to some degree my the mechanisms of editing. In…

Posted on: March 3, 2014
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Steve Reich – Come Out

Come Out is a 1966 piece by American composer Steve Reich. He was asked to write this piece to be…

Posted on: March 3, 2014
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Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers

Six drummers participate in a well planned musical attack in the suburbs. As an elderly couple leave their apartment the…

Posted on: March 2, 2014
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Noise by Kijek/Adamski

"Film inspired by the theoretic work of George Berkeley and basics of synesthetic perception. It's a game of imagination provoked…

Posted on: March 2, 2014
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Adobe Premiere – Sound Editing Basics

Here's a handout that I developed to cover the basics of manipulating sound in Adobe Premiere. premiere and sound (PDF)

Posted on: February 26, 2014
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Pierre Henry – Variations for a door and a sigh (1963)

from a post on the WFMU's Beware of the Blog Listening this morning to "Variations pour Une Porte et Un…

Posted on: February 26, 2014
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