For Interactive Music, we have been asked to make a score and perform it. I will be updating this space later on to document the performance. For now, this will be a space where performers can get the appropriate links.
The Score: All of Us, Together
The instrument: https://alpha.editor.p5js.org/full/rJ_CJB8Kx
This is my simplistic take on granular sampling. I’m viewing the concept of “grains” of sound rapidly playing over and into one another as a kind of examination of individual vs. group qualities and characteristics.
The score is pretty simple, as it is ultimately telling you to press a few buttons and make a couple noises with your voice, then letting you sit back and relax. Currently the composition is set at 2 minutes long. While it plays out to completion, perhaps meditate on the following ideas:
Can you hear your own voice in the mix of sound sources?
Can you make out other people’s voices in the mix?
Would you notice if your voice was gone?
Would you notice if your voice was the only one?
When does it sound like many things individually, and when does it sound like a single source of noise?
How many people are you performing with?
How well do you know them?
Do we have to choose between the individual and the social?