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CONTEXT
When I think about sound, I thought about music. But if you expand your mind, you'll think of sounds that are created everywhere through objects. Every objects emits sounds and vibration. The uniqueness of each sound from an objects are all used in many artistic form, such as foley and music.
For example, every film uses foley. Foleys are recorded sounds through recreating sounds from an object to overlay the film. Music nowadays uses immaterial object's sound and music producers mix them together to create a melody.
And that is exactly what my approach to week 6 theme. Creating sound through objects and mix them into music.
METHOD
Recording sound through my phone is easy, finding the right object is hard. I went around RMIT and my home with a pen to try to find a right pitch and sound but none are usable. This is because not every objects can emit a reverberation considering that not all objects are hollow inside. I then decided to use objects like cups and pipes and bowls that has a right amount of reverb to emit a right pitch.
After recording everything, I edit the videos and mix the sound together in Premiere pro. Most of the sounds are unfortunately not usable so I used pitch shift to the sounds and match the sound I want to create music.
I'm covering 'Wretched Automaton' by Keichii Okabe
RESPONSE
This is an attempt of recreating Wretched Automaton by Keichii Okabe through playing with cups, bowls, and pipes.
REFLECTION
I've noticed half way of making this week's exercise that there's a busker called Paul Guseli in Melbourne. He always busk around melbourne almost everyday using his makeshift drumset using buckets, bowls, pans, metals, etc. Unlike any generic drummer, he uses objects to create beats and music. This then inspires me even further that everyday objects can turn into music if you try hard enough.
Paul Guseli playing in Melbourne Street:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTm-x6h2MMY
