Sound Installation: Nature of Sound

Nature of Sound is a multi-channel sound installation that utilizes motion detection technology to trigger sounds in a room. I was inspired to create an installation that could change the soundscape, similar to works by Max Neuhaus and Christopher Janney. The work I envisioned would be unobtrusive and encourage the audience to interact and aim to figure out how the sounds are created. Through the use of spatialization and audio processing, I want to fill the space with sound in a disorienting manner. I've written a Max/MSP Jitter patch that uses a web camera to detect motion in different areas of the room, and trigger sound and audio processing functions to play back through corresponding speakers. The audience is an essential component of this installation as they have the power to trigger the sounds simply by moving around in the space, and their interaction with the work shapes the overall presentation.

Electronic Music

Feel free to listen or download any of my mp3 files, these are works that I wrote and recorded at home on my laptop. To save files to your computer, right click on the link and select "Save Link As..."

Mellow Drive

This piece was a way for me to learn how to build upon a drum loop. I used Reason and Logic for this recording.

Night

Composed for Advanced Computer Composition at NYU. A 5 minute piece using music technology including synthesis, audio effects processing, sampling, etc. Using the Yamaha MIDI grand piano I was able to compose a piano part that would be impossible to perform by a human. I also wanted to interplay synthetic instrumental sounds with the familiar tone of the piano.

Steel Slacks Practice

Three People
Monroe
March
Fantastic Fight
Song For Artie
Day Like This
Red Devil