Homework #5 - Music 220a
Kunal Datta
Final Project: The Sounds of Chilling
Audio files:
Final Track
Mono Track 1
Mono Track 2
Mono Track 3
Mono Track 4
Original files:
Laughter
Laughter 2
Conversation 1
Lighter
Lighter 2
Talking
Whistling
Parallel Instrument to Whistling
Smoking
Chuck Files
Score for Presentation
Score for Stereo
Parallel Instrument to Whistling
Binaural4
DBAP4
DBAP4e
StereoRecorder
Description:
Lyrics
The time we spent sleeping
The time we spent with friends
The time we spent rolling, smoking, rolling up again
The time we spent thinking
Thinking where and when
We spent the time to learn all of the numbers one through ten
Fourteen lovers in fifteen years
Sixteen smiles for a thousand tears
One, three, five, eight and nine,
Ten times over I sang this song
I thought I knew it but I was wrong
Watch this song count us through our lives
Smoke this joint get high
Meaning
This song is about the monotony of life. It is about how life is predictable, just like numbers, like counting. It is about how we spend time doing various things-sleeping, chilling with friends, smoking, thinking-that fill up our lives. The song reminds us, though, that even though we have sung this same song ten times over, even though we think we know it, there is a level of unpredictability that comes along every now and then. The song tells us to enjoy life regardless of its monotony. While we're stuck in the cycle, we might as well sit back and enjoy it as much as we can.
Throughout the song there are the "Sounds of Chilling". One night, I called a few of my friends over, and recorded the entire night through audio. Just sitting around and talking provided some excellent sound clips which are used throughout the song. We hear an "unpredicted" computer generated instrument in the middle as well, playing on the meaning of the song. Further, we hear sounds like conversation, laughter, lighters, and guitars, all blending into what is this piece of music.