Times Two divided by Logic....all a bump in the night

Well, I think I will be adding on the tracks three more times....so it will be a round of six audio recording playing simultaneously. Also, since I have it all set up in Soundtrack Pro, I realized that this might not be audio editing suite qualified for what I need to get done. Fortunately for me, I just learned Logic Pro! Since I have been working on an audio soundtrack for a Lumeire Project (if you would like to see it, then I will try to post it online), I have neglected this project. This weekend, most likely on Friday, I will probably lock myself in Kenilworth and get the project done in one sitting.......hours may vary. I know how to EQ better in Logic than Soundtrack. Besides, soundtrack does distortion, but will not let me do track automation.....which is a huge set back for my project. Expect a HUGE blog about the exploration of the post audio by Sunday.

Happy Halloween, All Sanit's Day, and Dia de las Mortes!! I am off to sit in a cemetary to communicate with the dead or might head on down to Grant Park and the Seven bridges!!

Short

My recording will not make it past a minute or two....even with the layering of three tracks. In a way, it does go on the lines of minimal, but at the exact time, I feel if it should be longer. Maybe after I experiment with it in post, I will hopefully find something I will be pleased with.

And we're off....

Audio recording is done. I was surprised that my "proper" voice just turned into a British dialect. In a sense, it is more proper than cockney, but I found the experimentation with my own dialect quite fun! It was good practice. I recorded about 30 tracks, 20 of them I was either testing the audio volume or I just screwed up. Everything was improv, but I realized after Carl mention again that it had to take about the process, that I accidentally did that! At the end, I draw focus on how I recorded my voice. The total length of the recording is about 30-40 seconds. Up next is the succession of threes in post, which will be conducted this weekend...

Okay, Ryan and Lizzie's collaboration today was the first time where I found myself saying IN A REALLY LONG TIME, "What the fuck was that all about?" It was like watching drag queens going on an acid trip while inhaling insane amounts of helium! My head hurts just re-creating the high pitch dialogue in my head!

Recording this weekend

This weekend is it! I have two audio projects...both are not alike because the other one, I get to be a foley art for a Lumeire film. That is going to be fun....but back to this project! The script is set, but it is just a guidline. I love improv, so what I have written down will guide me through the first two takes before I just go off and think other creative avenues to discuss when you hear my voice. Right now, I am blah because everything I want to do will be in post. But I do have my own mono-directional mic, handmade (I am such a MacGuyver) and an NT4 stereo road mic. The latter will be tricky, but I will just pop over to K416, sit in the sound-proof box and record in there. NO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS WILL PENETRATE MY RECORDING!! I want crisp and pristine like the glacier water trickling off Mt. Rainer. Okay, I am getting carried away, so I will end this......

Dear Cris,

If you, by chance, finally get to this blog after weeks of playing tag with me, please leave a comment. And thank you for your support!
ME

How Dumb Am I

So, while watching Ono's RAPE on monday, two things occurred that basically "raped" my performance.

One is my fault because I should have used the restroom before the movie began.....no more liquids despite for us to drink massive amounts of caffine before each viewing.

Two: How about the rape of light, including cell phones! I came in late, so I sat in the back of the theater near the door. This is probably the worst idea I have ever conceived!! I wore my sunglasses in an act of defiance to the constant opening and closing of the door. And it did not even help out, so I just acted like Jack Nicholson and tried to play it cool wearing my sunglasses in the dark! How distracting, especially with the last three rows crammed with boys on their cell phones. Sorry to Yoko Ono for not allowed to have a chance.

Working Script One

Hello
This is an audio recording.
Notice the round tones and articulation in relation to the pronuncation of these carefully choosen words.
Also, my presence is absent
Funny how you can hear me speaking to you, and I am not there
Just my voice and nothing else
Please take comfort in this soothing moment
For it is fleeting
Good bye

I will probably keep amending this, but the script above is basically the general concept of what I want to say.
Also, I am struggling with the idea to do an accent....something proper obviously, but I do not want to do a full blown British accent. Proper should be the key idea though....something distinct, clear and rational in relation to the alteration of pitch...

Oh, the endless possiblities!

Damn that Michael Snow

After watching Wavelength....actually hearing it because the sound was much more entertaining than the images.....I realized that he has my idea. I would just be copying Snow's use of pitch, which starts out really low then high....really emphasizing on the wavelength of sound. Damnit. Back to the drawing board.....but the narration stays!!