Homework #8

So, the above is my sound collage where I used Audacity to layer the sounds I collected, including door slams, piano keys, nature ambiance, and wood pecks. I am not really interested in making sounds for the purpose of making sounds. I like sounds because they are a part of our lives. I don't like John Cage although I respect him. Music is sound, and sound is music; however, I very much prefer listening to music. Perhaps the sound collage I made is a reflection of my dislike for collecting everyday sounds. It's kind of discordant and asynchronous. Paradoxically, discordant asynchronous sounds can be beautiful ironically. Like all medium, sound is one outlet of expression that could express what it means to be human in its own unique way. The speed of sound is much slower than the speed of light, but sound affects the brain as much as does the visible things in life.

Kafari is one musician who I admire very much. He is a sound artist as well as a jazz pianist. His music has the power to transport listeners into another world. The below are some of his tracks that I love. Kafari creatively uses the sound by manipulating, exaggerating, dragging, cutting, swiping, and blurring them with the melodies he creates using keyboard.



I have use the following image as the cover for my sound collage assignment, but it is the digital sound collage painting I made using Photoshop based on the sound I created. I love translating things into visuals, so I decided to work on digital painting again.