Final resposes

A couple piece's that stood out to me were Duke's "Angel and Devil" piece and Dermit's "Skateboard Music." I thought Skateboard music was interesting because it was something I had tried to do earlier in the quarter with our recording projects. I found it to be very difficult to record the sounds of my skateboard without picking up tons of wind noises that dilluted the sound. Derm was succesful because he used a contact mic on the bottom of his board to eliminate the wind sounds. What was left was the sounds made by the rims spinning over a multitute of surfaces. I think it was very cool to hear what the microphone was able to pick up with his contact method.
Duke's piece stood out to be because I did not like it very much. His piece used panning to switch between two voices telling him to do "good" or "bad" things. I think from a technical standpoint, the idea was a little oversimple. When I listened to it I couldnt really think of anything that might have presented a difficulty to him to do. But the content of this piece was also a little iffy to me. I thought the parts about "the hot girl in TCS class" and referencing times he did drugs was akward to listen to. I think I wasn't alone in feeling like those parts of the dialogue were uncomfortable to listen to. I actually thought the idea behind the piece was solid but I just felt it could have been executed in a better way. Finally, I want to say I had a great time making my final project. It was very cool to listen through all of the interviews and collect the most relevant and useful soundbites. I've never done something like that before and I thought it was very pleasant. My biggest challenge was from a technical standpoint. I wanted to mix up songs and try to edit the music anywhere I could without distorting it too much. I had to watch a few tutorials and figure out the best ways to do this that wouldn't be overly complicated for me. Midway through my work I developed a theme I wanted to stick to. Once I felt I had a theme the work became easier because I knew exactly what I was trying to do with each segment. Overall I think it could have come out better than it did but I was still pretty happy with the outcome.

Revised proposal

As I’ve collected materials for my final project I’m considering that the focus of my piece will be the combination of interviews and music. I still want to keep my originally proposed structure of chronology but I don’t plan to break up my final piece into four segments for each band member. This piece is relatable to my previous projects in that the greatest difficulty has been the collection of materials to use. I think the key to success with this project is to use the right sounds so I want to be sure I collect a substantial amount of usable elements. In comparing my work to to other works we’ve experienced in class, I think the Jay-Z “Grey Album” we debated has the most relevance. I say this because most of the sounds I’m using in my project aren’t licensed to me. If I were to create something out of the Beatles music that became widely popular it would raise questions of intellectual property.