CLANG! BANG!

My friend Trevor and I sometimes make music using mostly my voice and mostly his keyboard. He has a lot of music gadgets, but the oldest and fondest is his BOSS loop pedal. It is so simple to use, even a drunk idiot could use it. Some random noises here some keyboard beat hear, add a few harmonies, and voila. Something really cool out of nothing. Brian Eno said something brilliant about accentuating imperfections, and this is a perfect example. The most random and cacophonies combinations of sound can be beautiful when repeated.
When I got this assignment I was reminded of the loop pedal because that’s what most of my creative mic wielding has been. I was also reminded of the music video I have posted in this blog. I chose a lot of percussive sounds because they make for good beats. It was fun to throw a skateboard around and yell in a stairwell for homework.
When I heard the other assignments I realized all the other sounds I could have used. If I could do it again I would have come up with some more sounds to get beforehand and gone to a few more places.
For the Painting with sound I’m probably going to do some rhythmic editing of the sound. I’d like to incorporate a beat made from the sounds, and perhaps a simple melody. The beginnings and ends are going to be more ambient soundscapes that are less musical.