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rachmiel - Mon May 07, 2012 10:50 am
the thrill (and risk) of creating pieces based on formal ideas is that you can end up in some very strange places. i used the fibonacci series to generate pretty much every aspect of this piece: rhythm, pitch, timbre, form. the result is ... odd. ;-) my friend robert says it sounds like the theme for Nickleodeon show on serial murderers:
Solid Gold
enjoy. ;-)
djOrloff - Mon May 07, 2012 11:52 am
Nice ringmodulator solo with orchestra
mrblitz - Mon May 07, 2012 2:12 pm
that's interesting.
so, is the timing 'non-fractional'?
how about the note values? are they actual hertz numbers, outside of the traditional 12-tone scale?
Bobbotov - Mon May 07, 2012 3:11 pm
Very cool, Rick.
seismic1 - Mon May 07, 2012 3:47 pm
My wife thought it was the doorbell, but who would have the nerve to ring like that at 00:40?
Oh wait........
This was a highly enjoyable ditty, if a little short. I think it's the second track in the Cafe that's given me a "Jazz From Hell" flashback in the last 24 hours. I particularly enjoyed the bass, and the drums, and the bells, the bells.
Math-rock lives
rachmiel - Mon May 07, 2012 4:01 pm
thanks for the listens, guys. :-)
yes, very short ... it's actually an example piece for an article i'm writing on using the Fibonacci Sequence to compose music. they don't pay me nearly enough for a full-length piece. ;-)
JJBiener - Mon May 07, 2012 4:34 pm
As a math geek, I am a big fan of the Fibonacci sequence. I have thought about applying it to music, but I have never really gotten very far with the idea. I have to say your take was not like anything I had considered. Nicely done.
BTW, I was reading a really good article the other day, and when I looked to see who had written it, it was you. You are a man of many talents.
rachmiel - Mon May 07, 2012 5:27 pm
JJBiener wrote:
As a math geek, I am a big fan of the Fibonacci sequence. I have thought about applying it to music, but I have never really gotten very far with the idea. I have to say your take was not like anything I had considered. Nicely done.
BTW, I was reading a really good article the other day, and when I looked to see who had written it, it was you. You are a man of many talents.
BTW, I was reading a really good article the other day, and when I looked to see who had written it, it was you. You are a man of many talents.
that's nice of you to say, JJ. thanks. :-) i always hope my CM articles inspire readers to try something new.
mikusan - Tue May 08, 2012 3:58 am
Strange places indeed...but strangely interesting too. Will this article be appearing in CM? Your recent piece on the sonata form was fascinating (and inspiring - watch this space
) rachmiel - Tue May 08, 2012 4:45 am
thanks, mikusan. :-) yep: should be up in a month or so.
is a mikusan sonata in the offing ... ?
vurt - Tue May 08, 2012 4:54 am
fun stuff
a bit "regular" for you though hehe
specially the percussion.
still good stuff, just not what i normally expect from yourself
rachmiel - Tue May 08, 2012 5:00 am
yeah, the beat is quite silly in'nt? reminds me of a cheap 60s organ with a broken percussion box. but i kinda like that ... especially in contrast with the ominous chords/melody.
rachmiel - Tue May 08, 2012 5:01 am
from the article:
The golden ratio has even been used in the field of psychology. Dr. John Waskom proposed that the stages of human development unfolded in a Fibonacci sequence, suggesting that a human life can be seen as the golden ratio made flesh.
the last bit is an homage to cronenberg. ;-)
mikusan - Tue May 08, 2012 6:41 am
rachmiel wrote:
is a mikusan sonata in the offing ... ?
Well I'm going to have a go...I've always been fascinated by the concept that a valid piece of art can be created even though the process of creation is deliberately constrained by some kind of 'rulebook'. And it just so happens that I have a couple of 'themes' from a very old-fashioned guitar instrumental(think Ventures/Shadows...) I recently started work on that just might work as a starting point melodically...
Anyway, thanks again for the thought-food
D.H. Miltz - Wed May 09, 2012 4:53 am
I enjoyed it. Thanks.
macmurphy - Wed May 09, 2012 5:41 am
interesting piece. it has a delightful wrongness to it that is oh so right. excellent.
neil.
Laguna Rising - Wed May 09, 2012 7:57 am
Woow. That's cool ! You put Math to a good use
Cheers
jancivil - Wed May 09, 2012 11:34 am
more compelling than I would have thought from that idea.
the result does kind of describe a psychological abberation to me. not that it's a bad thing,
I like that ending noise.
once I and the guy I was working with plotted the form of a longer thing, which had a lot of free improvisation, by golden section principle. as if we were going to consult our watches... I don't recall too much of that.
ntom - Wed May 09, 2012 12:19 pm
Theme for Nickleodeon's "Funny Farm",
and this is the content of every episode of the "Funny Farm" save maybe a setting change...from space it cotton candy dino-scapes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dys8KUnwGGg
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