Kamzik_Final Project_Spring 2017_The Man Who Laughs

Kamzik_Final Project_The Man Who Laughs

SPECIAL INFO REGARDING FINAL & BONUS BOINTS

It is essential that we all meet tomorrow in person so i am asking that everyone please attend the class for at least the first portion if you are working on other projects you need to take the time and meet with me.

 I need to discuss something with possible legal ramifications for the the entire class that i cannot share online yet so it has to be a personal meeting [LECTURE] meeting

You will get a BONUS 5% for attending tomorrow. So if you missed something or were shooting for an A+ or an A instead of a B+ today is the day you can do that.

**please attend  for special information**


ESSENTIAL

COMPRESSION

http://patches.zone/compression-guide/

MONDAY WORKDAY NO LECTURE

HELLO

you have time today to work on your finals. I will be in my office from 10AM to 2:15 for  you to meet with me or talk about your project, have questions answered or get a gauge on your grade if you like. Please exploit this free time to get some extra work done I will gladly review what you have or sit with you and look at your piece in my office beginning at around 10am.

Wednesday is our last day and there will be class and we will discuss our meeting for FINALS

remember it's going to be 1 hour later and go for three hours on the DAY OF THE FINAL

see you all soon

Patrick

Listening Assignment

Laurie Anderson, " O Superman":

This song was just completely weird to be honest. It was a different kind of weird though, like a cool weird, but overall I enjoyed the eccentric melodies. I felt like the song was a story but also focused on talking about weird and obscure things to spice up the melodies. The only thing that felt consistent throughout the whole piece was the “Hahahahahaha” stuff that kept playing in the background over and over again, it felt sort of like a weird hearbeat… it was a very intelligent use of sound repetition to add to the piece.

Midori Takada, " Through the Looking Glass": 

This felt super enchanting, like an ancient Asian melody passed on through generations and generations. I was really blown away by the use of various instruments to create a nature like effect with auditory pieces only and no visual representation other than what the sound created. The sound also had like a Native American Indian tribal type of vibe to it, which I was really digging. The flute sounds and wind instruments as well as the little chime, that shit was very dope and relaxing, it really put me in an upper echelon type of atmosphere just listening to all these sounds.

Robert Ashley, "Perfect Lives":

This just felt like a guy talking on a microphone, to an audience, on stage, over a piano. The feeling was clear that it was a story being told to an audience but at the same time the story felt very hard to follow and obscure. I enjoyed the feeling of the music and all I wanted to do was simply listen to the man speak forever and ever about whatever he spoke of just because of how engaging the melody and story was.

Conlon Nancarrow, "Study For Player Piano No. 37":

This was a super annoying piano piece that picked up in pace and annoyance as you kept listening to the song. I didn’t really enjoy this piece to be honest, like maybe that’s cool or difficult to do to pick up the pace of a piano that fast and speedy, but it was still kind of irritating to listen to. Despite my dislike of it, I felt it was a clever piece that others could enjoy, and I guess after a while of listening to it, it felt artistic in that the sounds build so fast that by the end they merge almost into a single sound. 

Listening assignment 4/17

Conlon Nancarrow, Study for Player Piano 

This was a very interesting and weird song to listen to. It sounds like someone was bored and just started playing random keys on the piano. There was no real structure to this at all other than playing progressively faster or moving from the left keys to the right.

Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives

Not really what the purpose of this is. I can’t tell if it’s a song or just some guy doing a very long monologue. Overall I think this is very bizarre due to its randomness and the repetitive pressing of the piano keys.

Midori Takada - Through the Looking Glass

I enjoyed this piece quite a bit. It’s very relaxing and soothing to the ears with its nature sounds and the simplicity of the instruments. This song sounds like it would be perfect for a documentary of animals or places in the world.

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

At first I was mildly disturbed and scarred of this piece. However, as the song progressed I liked it in a weird way. Like this song kind of grows on you and ends up being soothing. I like the synthetic sounds from the background instruments and the robotic noises from the singer. The only thing I didn’t really like about this piece is when she was just talking to the voicemail, I feel like it ruins it.

Ubu: My Barbarian

http://www.ubu.com/film/barbarian_night.html

Nelson North

I'm not entirely sure how to properly explain this video at all. It had a very low budget, Student project vibe to it. Getting very psychedelic, and tribal, and just down right weird for pretty much the entire time. The sound design was pretty good, but felt a bit too overbearing at times. To the extent that it felt like the accompanying music was telling me how i should be feeling rather than enhancing the atmosphere itself.