Omega

it's about time

It's only the beginning. What it needs is a euphonium.

on being thankful for cold medication

verbiage

This is entirely Michael's fault.

falling deep into a trance another experiment in self-hypnosis music the notes are injected into the track echo at a slightly different rate to create arpeggiation a 33 minute version of this song is available here.

This was an experiment in multi-track poetry. You might want to read the poem first to get a sense of what I tried to do. See the poem here. Here, I attempt to interleave the dual parts.

strange how the cold steel digital domain can enable warm intuitive creativity The percussion here is made entirely of snippets of Vicki (the Mac voice) speaking a bit of source code. I also grabbed out a few interesting code words to sprinkle here and there.

lyrics:

Get Data / Create create() max_volume 44100 set channels 2 get_data() create() max_volume 44100 set channels 2 create! create! create! . . . (c) 2007 Bill Grundmann

no chords up my sleeve ~~~~~~~~ sound effects used in this song: 132_squirtyclickum.aif (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=26465) By ontology (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=191134) repeat.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=42358) By irrlicht (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=81909) yeah.mp3 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=19446) By totya (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=89453) morl.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=37437) By funkymuskrat (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=32926) 24550_FreqMan_car_chirp_edit.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=24585) By ericendres (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=39010) Clandon Chime.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=40561) By genghis attenborough (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=205108) Mobile 1.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20197) By stinkhorn (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=91556) light_crate_smash3.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=31624) By Srehpog (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=183263) zombieme2.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20343) By corpsehere (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=100044) indoindo.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=632) By memexikon (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=551) iowCarisbrooke020606.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=19563) By ashley75 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=53692) #3.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=22401) By colinbf423 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=102067) Basic saw wave 3 G#4.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=8204) By Jovica (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=2518) tibeten bell1.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=37676) By ivanbailey (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=381728)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-body_experience ~~~~~~~~ sound effects used in this song: Keys_Jangle_01.wav by Koops (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=29508) car door slam 35 A.wav by patchen (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=6997) car-start.mp3 by Erdie (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=118241)

Originally posted here as a poem, I've transformed it into an experimental piece. direct references "The Second Coming" William Butler Yeats Job 38:31 John 8:32 "No One At The Bridge" Rush "Lucid Dreaming FAQ" "Ergotism: The Satan Loosed in Salem?" indirect references Matthew 16:19 "What are you doing, VGER?" "Anarchy Is Loosed Upon The World" "An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages" "A Mind Loosed From Its Tether" "Who The Four Angels Loosed" "Morte D'Arthur" "Does The NSA Possess Divine Power?" "Soul Travel" ~~~~~~~~ sound effects used in this song: 59 the magics gone my special talent disappeared.mp3 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=35846) By anysounds (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=317782)

lyrics:

the darkness drops again but now you know if you are fairly certain you're awake ensnare sweet influence of pleiades or loose the bands orion if you dare things fall apart the center cannot hold recall and fear the salem witchcraft trials remembering when first you held the wheel a witch cake was prepared to find the truth you held the wheel and sailed for distant lands asleep were we and no one at the bridge you ask why must your crew desert you now when you've become aware you're in a dream you do believe the truth shall make you free as anarchy is loosed upon the world (c) 2004 by Bill Grundmann

dog The longest night of the year. ~~~~~~~~ sound effects used in this song: DogYelping-LokiEdit.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=41918) By duckboy80 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=346812)

After years of careful research and tireless investigation, uncovering and decoding, Rejewski knew it was there. It had to be: it simply made sense. It could be no other way. The thought increasingly haunted his dreams. The enciphered scripts unrolled before him. The maps and their Gnostic symbols were clear to him now. He knew their secrets. In his reveries he plotted how to gain access undetected to the undercroft. Although he had yet to set his eyes upon it, he knew exactly how the niche appeared. He could visualize the Coptic inscription just below the opening. This night was the time for action. He had rehearsed this in his mind dozens of times: each precise step to attain his goal. Soon, the artefact would be in his deserving hands.

Tomography is imaging by sections or sectioning. In this song, the piano is split into 3 tracks for the right hand, and 2 tracks for the left hand. The tracks are panned to spread them apart. Each track is faded in and out separately to combine them in different ways. The intent is to let the listener examine each piece by hearing what happens when a track is NOT there. The French horns are similarly split into 2 tracks. Nothing very fancy is done with these tracks, just some simple fading at the start and end. The drums are split into 3 tracks, but only the high hat is actually separated. The rest of the drums gradually fade in. Here I experimented a bit with sample delay, rather than panning, to avoid masking the other stuff that was going on. Finally at the end all the pieces are brought together to form the whole object.

this is based on the original sound bed by davisamerica called "rabitt hole" http://www.macjams.com/song/38162 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXiOQCRiSp0

lyrics:

Omega blue sparks fifty foot long blue sparks jumping like lightning from the high tension wires to the ground jumping between the wires slowly from one tower to the next the blue sparks multiply sailing to the North and to the South spreading through the grid dancing across the wires from the East to the West she looks at me with her steel blue eyes a hint of a smile but mostly concern in those eyes the lights have been out for days no word on when they might return... the world has stopped there's nowhere to go and no way to get there chat with the neighbors and check what's left in our fridge and when it gets dark... it gets dark. darker than i've ever seen before and the night sky is ablaze with planets, stars and galaxies it's all we have left (c)2008 Bill Grundmann