As a creative what inspires, motivates & intrigues you?
As a creative sound production student, I draw inspiration from a wide variety of different and sometimes unusual sources. However, in relation to my course, and in particular relation to my project, I am heavily inspired by talented bands, singers and songwriters, and in fact, music as a whole.
The inspiration for my project stemmed from two separate conversations. The first with the guitarist/singer/song writer of an unsigned Manchester band, From Embers. We were discussing the recording of the debut track from the bands EP "I've Never Been Better", and it was revealed to me that the main guitar part during the chorus of the song was quantised (recorded note by note then pieced together).
This in turn sparked a conversation between myself and fellow creative sound production students, Brian Diamond and Daryl Robertson. During this conversation, we discussed how few bands reproduced the sound from their albums live, and how in many cases, over production and engineering makes it physically impossible for them to do so.
These conversations brought me to the possibility of creating a track which was more focussed on the musical performance, with limited production and editing added to the track, to see if it possible to create a recording in this way which will still be perceived by others as a conventionally produced track.
How do you research / explore ideas? Words, sounds, images, style & observations.
I research by first looking online for specific phrases or terminology relevant to my topic of study in order to find topical works which I can use to further my knowledge.
In the case of my honours project, I have decided to break my research area down into key components, as I feel “Recording of a live band within a studio environment” is overly specific, regardless of how it is phrased. Instead I have decided to look for information on Musical Performance, Studio Recording, Live Sound, Live Recording and Perception of Music.
I also intend to look a recording carried out in a similar manner or involving similar aspects to my recording, of which there are various examples. I will also look at example of conventionally produced work in order to allow me to outline what is meant by “conventional” thus allowing me to put my own project into context.
How do you communicate, interpret, define, story & experience ideas
I can most simply communicate my ideas by carrying out rough test recordings which will be coupled with short explanations within my blog or blogs. I may also show examples of previous work which have relevance to my project. Eg. Live or studio recordings with which I have been involved in in the past.
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