I ended up using Garage Band for most of the work, but used SoundHack to transform some recorded sound into several bloops and bleeps that became my rhythm tracks, and Audacity to generate a sort of distorted chime sound (in a couple pitches). Against this, I recorded the sound of gurgling water in one of the aquariums in my office, and applied some filters, then played improvised on my cello for three tracks, and sent that through quite a few filters to make un-cello-like sounds (but still mostly pitched). I then recorded myself speaking (distorted to the point you can't tell what I'm saying). To top it all off, I made use of a MIDI keyboard to add some ethereal background. Ten tracks in all. I must say, computers make it extremely easy to make (really bad) music.
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yes james! that's the idea. check out my most recent post. it includes some really bad music as well. i only hope the students have better taste than we do!!
ReplyDeleteHurrah for bad music! Part of being a musician is learning how to write bad music so you have the knowledge whether you use it or not.
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