Soundscapes
Mount Pleasant MI
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Original Concept:
Multilayered sonic environments, some probably musical, others maybe not so much.
Artist Post-Game:
I included a pretty exhaustive writeup on the website with the music, so I encourage you to take a look at that there. From the challenge point of view, here are my results of the 'rules':
The Rule of 40
Yup- I missed this one. My album runs about 34 minutes, which is 40 if you round up to the nearest 40. At this writing, I have a couple days left in the challenge, and could conceivably add a couple tracks to get closer, but I'm really happy with the flow right now, and don't want to mess with it more.
The Rule of 30
Exactly 0% of this album was 'written' before March 1, so I think I can confidently say that I hit this benchmark. I set down the first track in Audition on March 1, 2021
The Rule of 20
The math is hard here. Portions of "Time", "Move", and "Water" were recorded last March when I was going to take my first stab at this challenge. Then everything closed, and we all had to rewrite how our entire lives were organized, and I stopped. The pre-recorded material landed in the final compositions as overlaid tracks, and I have no idea how to put a percentage on that. I'm going to declare that I think I met the spirit of this rule.
The Rule of 10
Again, I'm not sure how to quantify this. Many of the samples that I used existed in some form elsewhere: BBC's Sound Effects Library was immensely valuable to the project, and as soon as the Mars Rover sent back actual sound from the 4th planet, I knew I wanted to use it. That being said, I electronically manipulated almost everything, and remixed the existing sounds into an original composition, so I'm declaring the Rule of 10 a success as well.
The Rule of 0
This is my favorite rule. Thank you, Joe, for putting together this challenge. I would not have made this record without it.