INTRODUCTION:

On August 19th, we held a public recording event to capture crowd sounds, marching sounds, metal orchestra sounds and such things that can only sound great with a mass of people.  The sounds will be used on Degenerate Art Ensemble’s 9th Album.   Among those in attendance was our CELEBRITY GUEST BLOGGER, the wonderful composer/performer John Osbold of the unmatched magnificent band AWESOME . John was kind enough to post his experience of the night here on this blog. We will be posting actual sounds of the event shortly.

On a rainy Tuesday night at the fantasticYoungstown Cultural Arts Center in lovely West Seattle, a troupe of adventurous souls met with the mad scientists of DAE to create a smorgasbord of sounds for the upcoming album & show…

INGREDIENTS

4 microphones
3 tables
2 tarps
2 garbage bins
10 glass bottles
3 bowls
1 plate
3 pairs safety goggles
5 pairs tap shoes
1 gong ageng
various colorful whistles
dry branches
assortment of pots & pans
chimes (small)
chimes (large)

INSTRUCTIONS

stomp clap…..STOMPclap…..STOMPCLAP……(repeat)

clap….clap clap clap clap…..clapclapclapclapclap…ccllllllaappp

(wait for cars to pass)

poppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppopoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppop

hahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhaha ha ha…heh….(with sarcasm) ha ha ha ha ha ha

STOMP…STOMP…STOMP…STOMP…..(with tap shoes) STOMP…STOMP…STOMP

STOMP STOMP stompstompstompstomp STOMP STOMP stompstompstomp (repeat)

CLAP CLAP clapclapclapclap CLAP CLAP clapclapclap (repeat)

clap STOMP clap STOMP clapclapclap STOMP (repeat)

(pause for ventilation system to time out)

whooooooooooooooooooshwhoooooooooosh + (branch) swiiiish swiiiish

siiiiiiiigh….siiiiiiiiiiiiigh……………siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

“IN! MY! HOLE!” (repeat in adult and kids voices)

“BALL! FIGHT! BALL! FIGHT!” (repeat in adult and kids voices)

(taunt Joshua about being made of bread)

(rhythmic shouting of bagel toppings)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! (repeat)

(on an A note) aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh

(wait for bus to pass)

SMASH! SMASH! SMASH!….SMASH!…….SMASH!…………SMASH!

CLANG!…CLANG!…ccCcClLLllaAAAanNgGGGgg…..clangclingclongclangclungthud

dingDINGdongdingDONGding…ding…dingDONGDINGdongding…

booooooooooooooooom………boooooooooooooooom……….boooooooooooooooom

PHOTOS

(please mind the blurry ones, as the photographer was battling off invisible demon stoats)

big thanks to the lovelies at DAE

This entry was posted on Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pm and is filed under Experiemnts, Uncategorized, music.