Disquiet Junto Project 0210: Ice Coda
Ice storm [disquiet0210-icecoda]
I revisited the original sample I recorded years ago, as well as a few of the tracks that had subsequently been made from it.
These were subjected to random indignities in my demo version of The Mangle, then mixed and further processed in Audacity.
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The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something of it.
Happy new year! This week’s project is as follows. It’s the same project we’ve begun each year with since the very first Junto project, back in January 2012.
Step 1: Please record the sound of an ice cube rattling in a glass, and make something of it.
Background: Longtime participants in, and observers of, the Disquiet Junto series will recognize this single-sentence assignment — “Please record the sound of an ice cube rattling in a glass, and make something of it” — as the very first Disquiet Junto project, the same one that launched the series back on the first Thursday of January 2012. Revisiting it at the start of each year since has provided a fitting way to begin the new year. At the start of the fifth (!) year of the Disquiet Junto, it is a tradition. A weekly project series can come to overemphasize novelty, and it’s helpful to revisit old projects as much as it is to engage with new ones. Also, by its very nature, the Disquiet Junto suggests itself as a fast pace: a four-day production window, a regular if not weekly habit. It can be beneficial to step back and see things from a longer perspective.
More on this 210th weekly Disquiet Junto project (“The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something of it”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2016/01/07/disquiet0210-icecoda/
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
