I have decided to leave my old idea behind due to the fact that it was not engaging me as an artist, and because I had chosen the idea for the wrong reasons. I really want to be working on something that I care about, and for that reason I am switching over to something which I feel will interest me more, and in the end turn out a much more interesting product.
At this point I am still attempting to simplify my new idea and to outline it in a practical way.
Tools for new Project:-Photoshop
-Cubase SX
-Reason
-Tassman Synth
-Acoustic instruments
Preliminary Concept: (Still under construction)
-I have been thinking about the divide which exists between computer music (including synthetic sounds) and organic music (consisting of pure audio recording) and the ways that these two realms are often pitted against one another. In my own music this generally is a choice that I feel I have to make. I need to ask myself, will I be writing computer generated music? or will I be writing un-aided acoustic music?
What I would like to comment upon though, is that maybe these two areas should not be thought of as opposites or enemies and that they do in fact, work exceptionally well together. People are often of one philosophy or the other, but I would like to sit directly in the middle and show how each of these areas can work together.
At the moment I am thinking of doing a slide show of still photography that is accompanied by a musical track and I would like to incorporate an element of abstraction through photo-editing and music processing to bend something acoustic into something more synthetic and less musical. I would like to develop a focused theme however, and to create a solid and unified work.
The idea that I am working with at the moment involves a progression towards abstraction and a looping back, towards simplified acoustic music, and I am considering using my photos to flow from themes of nature, towards human life and human production and industry, and then moving to abstraction of form and then gradually back to nature. With the music I am thinking of moving from something musical and acoustic to something synthetically produced and then towards abstract sound.
Inspiration Stills:
Thinking: Things that are jumping around in my head right now include... how am I going to make this personal/something that I care about? How am I going to incorporate photography (something I love)? Subjects I enjoy: Nature, travel, children, faces, familiarity... What do I care about musically? What kinds of music do I enjoy making?... my instrument is: my computer, piano, guitar, voice, flute, whistles, uke, thumb piano???
Im still attempting to calm my body and slow my brain so that I can bring it together and figure myself out a little bit so that I can start producing.....
