Day 222: Taking a chance
03/11/08 07:50 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 222 — Taking a chance
11-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
A brand
new idea comes to me. Turning radio recordings into
compositions. I talk a bit about John Cage and his
influence on the genre of “chance” music and
“happenings.”
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11-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
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Day 208: Teaching with sound
02/26/08 09:51 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 208 — Teaching with sound
26-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
Music is
sound. Sound is music. Later in life, as a teacher, I
teach musical concepts and creativity through
sound—musique concrète and electronic music. Add the
ability to make student films—the young students
loved it all.
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26-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
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Day 207: Sound as music
02/25/08 08:30 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 207 — Sound as music
25-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
Prof.
Kaufmann helps me to move towards the completion of
my educational electronic music book project with
both music and score. I am doing an extensive amount
of work in the electronic lab on this music. I talk a
bit about sound as music.
I may have discovered a long lost Viennese friend, Mike, on the Internet.
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25-February-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)
I may have discovered a long lost Viennese friend, Mike, on the Internet.
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Day 205: Musique concrète—from Vienna to teaching
Day 205 — Musique concrète—from Vienna to teaching
23-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I talk about some of the techniques used to create music/sound in the musique concrète genre and how they can be used to teach musical concepts to young students, exploring musical creativity through electronic music and filmmaking. The students, grades 7–9, presented a full program of their creative work in a special Bicentennial program to the school. They were wonderful. Read More...
23-February-1972 (Mittwoch–Wed.)
Today, I talk about some of the techniques used to create music/sound in the musique concrète genre and how they can be used to teach musical concepts to young students, exploring musical creativity through electronic music and filmmaking. The students, grades 7–9, presented a full program of their creative work in a special Bicentennial program to the school. They were wonderful. Read More...
Day 190: The Sound of Breaking Glass
02/08/08 09:05 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 190 — The Sound of Breaking Glass
08-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
Today, I
record the sound of a breaking glass in electronic
music class and begin a satisfying journey of
manipulating sound with musique
concrète techniques.
I find a small excerpt of this lost music on the
Internet, over 36 years later.
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08-February-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
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Day 089: If a tree falls in a forest
10/30/07 08:55 PM Filed in: Vienna
Day 89 — If a tree falls in a forest...
30-October-1971 (Sat.)
An easy day today. I’m trying to record sounds for my electronic project. Again, I speak a bit about the learning process. Read More...
30-October-1971 (Sat.)
An easy day today. I’m trying to record sounds for my electronic project. Again, I speak a bit about the learning process. Read More...
