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Four Mile Cove (youth collaboration 3)
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This piece grew out of a project in my digital music class at Oasis Charter Middle School (Cape Coral, FL) back in Fall 2006. I recorded some environmental sounds at night in the Four Mile Cove nature preserve in Cape Coral (the only bit of natural environment left in the community). I gave the students a collection of samples from my field recording and asked the beatmakers in the class to construct patterns based on the samples. Other students were asked to write stories that took place in Four Mile Cove, and then to record themselves narrating their stories. All the stories taking place in this natural environment inevitably fell into the horror genre. This piece is a condensation of some of the highlights from this project, which I mixed and transformed on turntables and Korg KP3. In addition to the actual sounds that I recorded, I incorporate some bird calls from an old ornithologist LP (such as the Anhinga) that could possibly be heard in this environment, but were not actually present when I did my field recording.
Erik Spangler
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This project was done using a minidisc recorder and Sony stereo condenser mic (if it was done today I would probably use a solid state recorder like the Zoom H4), Audacity free software for editing the samples, and Reason software for assembling the field recording samples into beats (if done today I would use Ableton Live for both these steps). Finally I used Traktor DJ software to mix together the various beats that my students made, and their spoken narratives, plus a wildlife LP record to scratch in various bird calls.
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Hello Erik - I have been enjoying the soundscapes you created with your students. I am going to do a soundscape project with some students at Pros Arts Studio in Chicago. What sound recording equipment and computer programs did you use to create the pieces? Meaghan
makemusic
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This one is amazing as well!. Are you still working with kids? Check out http://www.redgage.com/#rf:/videos/makemusic/welcome-to-the-underground-experimental.html:innercontainer:pageForwarder This is my first attempt at merging the children's beats and rhythms with my son working the turntable. The youth bring an entirely different perspective into the mix! Make Music! Be Happy
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