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It’s that time of the week! This week in composition has been extremely busy for me and has mostly consisted of me constantly trying to get stuff done to make time for me to compose, but constantly getting stuck with more and more things to do. That doesn’t mean that I didn’t taste any progressContinue reading “Composition Blog #4”

This week’s study was of Dhomont’s Forêt profonde and a reading from Francisco Lopez “Blind Listening”. The CD for Foret profonde that I listened to was split into 13 different tracks. Unlike some of the previous pieces, this one had a much more abstract or elusive context. For example, the previous listening, El Tren Fantasma,Continue reading “Listening Blog #3”

This week I worked on some projects for the class as well as continuing work on my personal Gameboy project, which hopefully, will find a way to intersect with my composition classwork. Few major developments have been made with my Gameboy, besides the fact that I got a second working GBA. All it really tookContinue reading “Composition Blog #3”

Welcome back. In last week’s listening blog I responded to Alvin Lucier and Hildegard Westerkamp, and this week my subject is Chris Watson’s El Tren Fantasma. Doing (minimal) research after my initial listen of the album revealed to me that Watson is primarily a field recording artist who typically releases his works as raw sounds,Continue reading “Listening Blog #2: Chris Watson’s “El Tren Fantasma””

This week I added a couple sounds to my sound bank, created a new etude, and was working on a side project of my own, but I am happy to say that these three things are held strung together by the same line: I’ve begun work on incorporating my Gameboy Advance (GBA) into my compositionContinue reading “Composition Blog #2”

This week we were assigned two listenings: I am sitting in a room (1969) by Alvin Lucier and Kits Beach Sound Walk (1996) Hildegard Westerkamp. I will start with I am sitting in a room. This Alvin Lucier piece is a very straight-forward piece that is very clear about its very own conception. The pieceContinue reading “Listening Blog #1”

Hi, I am Ben and this is my first real blog post on this site. Most if not all posts here will be related to the Electro-Acoustic Music class. This weekend, I was assigned to work with a partner to collect various sounds. I worked with Julia and we walked around campus collecting sounds ofContinue reading “Composition Blog #1”