[15.2.07] Rocks audio problems fixed

The hosting problems regarding the pebble music audio has been temporarily fixed. The main problem is with Geocities in general, whom I've received free hosting from for the past five years. However, as this blog and the external pages are extending into the breach of (shock horror) 21st century media such as downloadable audio, I will have to purchase a sizable domain before too long.

Rocks, Mouth and Delay #1 > all files are roughly 1MB in size.-*

To read a brief description about the piece scroll down to the Rocks, Mouth and Delay post, or click here.

• Part one audio
  
• Part two audio
  
• Part three audio
  

Also, regarding the Milkcrate audio (see previous post), these audio files may have now been moved by the the site administrator and may be unavailable at present. When I find some time over the next couple of days I will attempt to post these on the Geocities server, though due to space constraints these audio files will have to be kept to 30 second excerpts.

[2.2.07] Rocks, Mouth and Delay #1 mp3

Here's the first of my little forays into rock music :). I have recorded myself playing rocks by cupping a flat one in my palm and striking in with another. I can control the resonance of the struck rock by putting my cupped hand up to my mouth, by opening and closing my mouth I can control the resonance and respective pitch of the sound. On this recording I have recorded two tracks of myself playing the rocks to my Tascam 424, then upon playback I routed a digital delay effect send and altered the delay time and feedback settings in realtime. It does sound a little bit clunky, but should give a fair representation of this technique, the delay is used to make the process a bit more interesting.

Rocks, Mouth, Delay #1.mp3

[30.1.07] Rock, stone, pebble, etc.

Over the past month or so I've taught myself how to 'play' rocks, stones and pebbles. Inspired by the activities of the acoustic shaman Akio Suzuki, I've found that these materials can create some very interesting sonic results when the right discipline and focus of listening is applied in conjunction with a resonant space. I've made some audio recordings over the past couple of weeks, but my server is giving me grief - hopefully the situation will be rectified in the next couple of days, with some description of my playing techniques. Stay posted.