(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals [?!] and 'vocalistic electronic manipulation'
Composed and Recorded ca. August 20, 2021.
sm2 [edit] [32AIF].
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"Whew! Just completed this project, and, boy ... am I pooped; most disquiet projects/experiments 'write themselves,' but this one was exhausting: due to the absolutely open-ended nature of Marc's prompt, I had nowhere to begin; I just had to 'go with it.'
I quickly laid down some vocal sounds into the DAW and then imported them into a software tool I don't normally use: Roni's 'Amazing Slow Downer.' [It's fab and smooth-quality!] I only had recorded a minute or two of vocalizations, so I slowed them down drastically -- some to 20% of their original speed. I also pitched them up and down so as to make my personal voice unrecognizable. Then I imported them back into my DAW and started composing.
It feels as if I have never been so deliberate with the placement of sound files and volume edits: I spent four hours formulating a 'three-part rhythm' out of the amorphous vocalized sections I had.
I orchestrated them painstakingly, and then 'effected' them -- some on-the-fly, since I naturally had blooming intentions in mind for both the sounds, themselves, and the overall piece, as I composed it.
Here it is: 'Knell.' I chose the name for the dark and eerie nature of the piece."
~ Michael
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"More on this 503rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Sing Song (The Assignment: Record a song using only your voice transformed beyond recognition) — at: https://disquiet.com/0503/
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~Marc Weidenbaum
