chuck homebrew.ck in a command line or open homebrew.ck in miniAudicleThe goal of this assignment was to transform everyday recorded sounds into a musical statement as defined by the artist's "personal musical filter." It was good fun!
When this was first assigned, I began recording random noises around my house in hopes that somehow eventually something would arise out of the process.
A couple days later, I went on a rainy mountain hike with some friends and gathered the first sample I would use in the final product: rain hitting the trees interspersed with distant labored exhales.
It was this sense of calm catharsis that would drive the entire vision from the beginning, and I scrapped everything else I had recorded.
My goal would be to record my day from start to finish, making sure each sound was rhythmically viable, because this time I had music on my mind.
I also wanted to express a sense of narrative, in which the subject is burned out and overworked, and needs to step outside to gather themselves.
I eventually developed two disjoint musical sections, one involving samples recorded in my bathroom, and the other's mostly gathered from macOS Big Sur layered on top of a clock and frantic typing noises.
At this point, I had a strong narrative with no DSP, and it was only after the milestone feedback session that I learned how to turn it into a real musical statement.
I went back and retimed the burner click to act as hi-hats, turned the early sample of the shower into a chord progression through aggressive comb filtering, and made a lead out of a light switch flick.
That is where the real fun began. Give it a listen!