Steve says 14/09/2015

Dylan Roys / / Steve Says

Hi! It’s a shame I can’t be with you physically for the start (and probably all) of this semester. Due to an accident involving a hoover and a hard stone floor I am stuck at home with a bionic foot for company. My broken ribs are 100% analog, so have been left to heal themselves :)

However,, I am with you in spirit – and as mentioned by Dylan in his foreword, I will be listening to your input and attempting to weave everything into a unified audio collage. Perhaps it will be ‘musical’, perhaps it will be atonal… who knows! Personally, I hope we can make it sonically scary.

I am working in Cubase 8 mainly, however, as far as software goes… well, I use whatever I need, including the editor you will be introduced to over semester 1; ” Audition” by Adobe.
Hardware wise, I have a very large modular synthesis system which features digital and analog modules. So, I can process sounds and create timbres that are literally out of this world. Those expecting a wholly commercial result had best retire now ;)

I look forward to getting your recordings and receiving your comments.

Here though are my top tips:
1/ Record quality.
2/ Use your ears.
3/ Be super selective.
4/ Let your sound create a vibe / feeling / tell a mini-story.
5/ Follow the brief.
6/ Record more than you think I will use.
7/ Listen for the following, they will be useful to me:
a/ Texture
b/ Pitch
c/ Rhythm
d/ the absurd, the unidentifiable, the space, especially the space!
8/ Enjoy trying to find novel audio. You may find it unexpectedly addictive.

Thanks guys, here’s hoping for an interesting collaboration. Over and Out

Rose Braisby

Dylan Roys / / What and who?

Since graduating from the University of Lincoln 2 years ago Rose has worked for a community radio station, Take Over Radio, and practiced as a freelance sound artist working on productions around the UK. She has also produced and presented her own folk music show – Thank Folk It’s Friday.

At the moment she is employed by Rampton Hospital working alongside therapists to introduce radio production into a teaching environment and is also working on a master degree by research.

Her work includes drama and illustrated factual pieces such as her documentary about allotments which involved lying in the grass trying to record the sounds of frogs.

Rose has some of her Folk programmes on Mixcloud

 

 

Steve Kirkby

Dylan Roys / / What and who?

Steve Kirkby is a sound artist with many years of experience in the music and audio business. Initially working in his own recording studio in the past few years he has practiced almost exclusively on the digital platform producing music inspired sound art including pieces to illustrate visual genres.09c7c9cb0cd6225bc0b666de47ae00bc

Over the next 12 weeks Steve will be working with students to produce a 30 minute soundscape as an artistic and organic collaboration. This is the first time he has worked in this way although individual  collaborations are nothing new to him as in this piece with Romanian artist  Cristiana Cott or with this, at times disturbing, work The Spasmodic Embryo by the same artist.

Experimenting using Cubase coupled with an impressive array of analogue modules his work has a range of formalist influences offering a psychedelic depth and otherworldliness which is bound to tie in well with the edgy impressions of “The New” coupled with claustrophobic hints in this latest work.

 

Emma & Phil

Philippa Revitt / / What and who?

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Instagram- @philippakr      @emmamarieheaps

 

Emma and Phil are third year radio students who work on radio shows and radio dramas together. They are a dynamic duo who have worked together in a number of different projects, within and outside of university. They will be involved with sounddogg and will be aiming to help in any way possible with the events for the day. Don’t fear them, they are here to help!

They have worked on many different projects that are available here:

https://www.facebook.com/philontherocks   – Project ended.

https://www.facebook.com/headspacelincoln?fref=ts – Project Ended.

http://mosquito.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk – Radio Drama.

http://becauseitcouldhappentoanyone.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk – Radio Documentary.

These girls are the future double act to hit the nation. Move over Ant and Dec, forget Fearne and Holly. You haven’t seen anything yet.

 

What is Sound.ogg 2015?

Dylan Roys / / What and who?

Sound.ogg 2015 is a collaborative experimental soundscape reflecting impressions of Lincoln with the theme Open Places, Inside Spaces.

Working on the same day 200 people will be invited to record and then edit short soundscapes of their first impression  on visiting the city using mobile phones and open source software. These creations will then be used to inform a larger composition by a sound artist in collaboration with the original producers.ldmap

The piece is organic in its nature but may be about 30 minutes long and may be a combination of music and the  collected sounds. Over about 12 weeks the artist will develop the work but will use this blog to communicate ideas to the original producers and invite collaboration and comments to shape the piece.