Monday, November 29, 2010

Sounds like..

When discussing my project with my tutor I have been asked whether I want the project to deal with Sound or Music? I immediately answered Music- without even taking a minute to think about it.
Exploring music and sound as concepts made me wonder what makes the sound become music, or perhaps I should be asking when is that happening. There are certain combinations of different sounds we automatically identify as music, but what about those sounds which are not that simple to read as music. Can we train our mind to 'read' music within the different noises around us?
In the next song from the film "Dancer in the dark" Bjork is using the industrial noises to create an exiting musical experience.



This is not the first time Bjork is using 'everyday sounds' for her music, in her song 'in the musicals' she is using sounds from a basketball court to create music. I'm wondering whether she was looking for those sounds while writing songs, or was she inspired to write the song when she herd the random sounds.

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