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Developing a research question / decolonisation
I am interested in… What is your topic? Which areas of research does it involve? … in order to find out… What question/s are you trying to answer? … to help my reader understand… What do you hope to discover in the process? What might others learn from your research? Decolonisation What does decolonisation mean/entail?…
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Introduction to global sonic cultures
Assignment brief What does critical thinking involve? Sound Materials Creation What does it mean when this performance (of this work) takes place at this time, in this place, with these participants? Some examples: Jogja Noise Bombing, Jogyakarta Nusasonic Jogyakarta, Club Transmediale
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Archives
What are archives Sound archives under suspicion Miguel A. Garcia Garcia brings up the correct way to collect a sound archive, He believes sounds where there to be collected. Cultural artefacts have a place within a communities, archiving is doing violence towards that culture or place. Mele Yamomo states that “The ability to archive and…
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25B Creative Workshop: Sound Design with Ableton Synthesis
Pulsar 23 Part 1: Listening and context Bebe and Louis Barron (USA 1956) The Forbidden Planet Using Analog in Ableton
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Week 24 Digital and FM synthesis
Touching on the ethics of sampling again Synthesis We looked at some hardware thats functions include FM Synthesis, Moog’s semi-modular synthesiser was a affordable synth that has a mini euro rack. A euro rack was created as a standard board to use for all synthesisers, it acts as a control panel that you can manipulate…
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Afro-sonics
Looking at the linear ages of the Afro-sonic culture, because it had a huge impact on music. The ring shout Common musical themes in The Ring Shout The underground railroads There where routes where slaves could take to be set free, as slavery was abolished in some states so you could escape to some states.…
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Feedback for my essay Global Sonic Cultures
Essay help Getting started I must focus on something for my essay, a piece of artwork or an artist that is in the field. Think about three things that are bought up with the case study, then reflect on these. 1500 words, must include referencing and a bibliography. Sources for decolonisation George E. Lewis: Eastman Invocations (2018)…
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23B Developing your Sampling Technique (j Milo Taylor)
What is Sound Art for me? Dance, industry, apps, film, acousmatic, ecology, radio, game, animation, mixing, instrument design, immersive media The three choices we have for next years Sounds Arts course are: Specialisation, sound for screen and expanded studio practice. Suzanne Ciani (1946) Suzanne Ciani was a practitioner of Buchla synthesis, this was a style…
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Week 23- Musique concrete with Gareth
What is music concrete? It’s a style of music practice where a noise is taken out of context and manipulated to change the pace, feel and overall result of the original sound. It breaks away from using recorded sounds rather than traditional music instruments. Sampling and the Fairlight Art of noise – Close (1984) The…
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Sound Design Vocabulary *
Radiogenic theory We first started looking into radiogenic theory. Milo talked about how radio was a new media in the 1920s, this was an exciting new piece of media that was different from the visual aspects of TV and Film. Radiogenic theory looks into how sound especially behaves in the radiophonic space, believing that sound…