This Economy

SmokeyVW

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album: Omega
track 1: 1:25 Only The Beginning
track 2: 2:18 Cold Meds
track 3: 3:36 This Economy
track 4: 3:26 Michael's Fault
track 5: 10:48 Bellevue
track 6: 2:53 no on
track 7: 3:05 Get Data, Create
track 8: 4:50 Repeat Yeah Knickknack
track 9: 1:51 OOBE
track 10: 4:32 loosed
track 11: 2:03 dog
track 12: 5:52 Mind The Monks
track 13: 4:34 Tomographic Notions
track 14: 4:38 Omega
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Hits: 582
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Uploaded: Dec 08, 2007 - 07:34:20 AM
Last Updated: Oct 05, 2008 - 07:55:19 AM Last Played: Sep 15, 2009 - 08:46:05 AM

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Moviz	Moviz said 701 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	That's such a novel idea to get those rhythms so subtly blending... it's different for sure, M Check out my latest song called A Soldiers Dream (Remix/record)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 685 days ago (December 24th, 2007)
	. it was fun trying to pull out little events out of the mayhem of the ambient recording. thanks Check out my latest song called Settle

davisamerica	davisamerica said 701 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	right then bill what a cool concept piece....how much work was that... Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

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SmokeyVW said 701 days ago (December 8th, 2007)

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first, my wife and i went out to dinner at a really busy place, and i got her to sit quietly in the mayhem as i recorded several takes using my handheld recorder that i placed on the table. that was 15 or 20 minutes tops.

then it was several hours on the headphones picking out phrases and interesting little acoustic things. the more you listen to this kind of thing, the more stuff you hear. don't know how much is really there vs. perception. it's like reliving reality in a strange expanded manner. there was much much more stuff recorded than i recall hearing while we were actually there.

i tried using Gleetchlab to visit the recordings, although i ended up using GarageBand to do the actual region looping.

total time: ? 10 hours maybe - i dunno, i dont keep a log!

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davisamerica	davisamerica said 700 days ago (December 8th, 2007)
	right then again well is a very interesting piece...thanks Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

lengold	lengold said 700 days ago (December 9th, 2007)
	Really enjoyed listening to this. Thanks. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 685 days ago (December 24th, 2007)
	. it's nice to hear you enjoyed this sonic experiment thanks Check out my latest song called Settle

bud	bud said 700 days ago (December 9th, 2007)
	Better watch out Smokey you could end u[ like Gene Hackman in The Conversation. Very cool piece - I like the subdued bass line you chose to run under it. I also really like the image of you and your wife sitting absolutely silent in a public place for 15 minutes. Check out my latest song called Expanding Toys (Halloween Remix)

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SmokeyVW said 685 days ago (December 24th, 2007)

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i have been hesitant to post the source recording on freesound. if you listen to it on headphones you can hear lots of snippets of conversations, especially if you loop on small regions - although i think some of it is illusory. the mind tries real hard to make sense of a noisy signal - so much so that i suspect you end up hearing words that aren't really there.

but, i wonder if the recording treads too close to privacy issues. no, i didn't hand out any release forms to anyone there.

(my wonderful wife is willing to put up with my obsessions)

thanks

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Doug Somers	Doug Somers said 698 days ago (December 10th, 2007)
	Love how you turned these sounds into music Reminds me of a busy party where I can hear snippets of conversations from all around, mixed with a lot of deja-vu. Rhythm and bass hold this together really well and contrast the rise and fall of the murmur. Very creative! Thanks, Doug Check out my latest song called Desiree (MJ Space Race 2009)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 685 days ago (December 24th, 2007)
	. i really enjoy recording the sounds that we hear around us every day. lots of times several sounds are all mixed together, so it doesn't work out very well. in this case, the mixing of sounds in the restaurant was the main aspect of the sample. thanks Check out my latest song called Settle

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Name: Bill

Eclectic, at best. I learned some music theory at school, and read a ton about it since. I've listened to lots of music over the years. I once played guitar in an actual garage band and actually got paid to play! Once. Although live performance is an... [see more]

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Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. There is an overlap with avant-garde music. John Cage was a pioneer in experimental music and defined and gave credibility to the form. As with other edge

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