The
story of my thing came from the original story of my thing. At first I was confused at how to
begin: “Make a point”. I had an internal “Awwww shit”
momement. What do I do with
this? Ok random assignment—that
means music…
But
now what? I sat down with a riff I
liked, and then played all the parts.
Started with the drums—not my thang for you drummers out there but after
45 minutes I finally got the track.
No video. Got the guitar
and bass no problem. No
video. I RECORDED ENTIRELY on
GRAGEBAND and COMPUTER MICROPHONE.
Ha! What an idiot.
“Well I guess I was in a
garage”.
Placing the mic in different spots
and changing the timbre and sustain of my instruments was vital to recording
because of lack of audio controls and mic quality. I could use my Wah Pedal for the chorus and ended up having
to record multiple guitar tracks to deal with the transitions of the song and
deal with the primitiveness of my materials (note primitive doesn’t mean
simple…at least for me) for recording.
Everything sounds tiny, trebly, and somewhat flat.
But I did this all on my own, striving
for something along the lines of a Steve Albini approach, but clearly failing
with the drum takes. The money,
equipment and software, and education that it takes to actually be able to
produce even on an amateur level is extraordinary. But most people have phones right? Quality is a sass…Sometimes. It can pay to know some people with gear and
experience.
Wait remember? MAKE A POINT. At first I wanted to make a video that showed me running for
the whole time with a pen, as fast as I could, in one long clip to a piece of
manuscript paper and finish the last note on it. I procrastinated, and felt pretty nervous, so under pressure
I made a video about bacon and it calmed me down. I just let me do what I would do to make this thing a real
thing. Bacon, music, carnival
style, weird wired and stoned in the garage. But I did start with an original story, but this is what
there is now!
If I could do anything differently
I’d want to work with my friends.
Same humor, weirdness. Sometimes
I work well under stress. I always
say at the end of a project start sooner.
I know I’d rather just make some
one laugh, than smart stuff out or what not.
As a thinker I think I should do
more of these things.
i swear my computer says four ahyehm.
i swear my computer says four ahyehm.
Not gonna lie, your video was crazy! But it actually made me laugh too because I like to think that I have a sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of having you running and writing the last note down at your final destination. There are many crazy captivating places even just around town that would have been cool to run through randomly. But there is no use in coulda woulda shoulda, right?
I think that starting sooner is a chronic regret of college students and maybe in life, so I wouldn't stress too much about that. I think the main point of this assignment was to show something briefly that illustrates another side of our life outside of school. I played around with showing off Bozeman stereotypes in a really cheesy and stereotypical manner because I am getting sick of Bozeman and I needed to make my anxiousness of leaving a little lighthearted and comical. I think it helped, until more patagucci jackets come out for winter time...