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Visualizations: Phase 1.

September 25, 2016 / / 0 Comments

 

There are many sounds that I hear through the song middle. Its starts very slow with the piano and then that starts to repeat the same piano beat being very smooth. Then the sounds of the guy singing with the sound of snapping go into the repeating piano beat starts to flow very well together.The flow of the beginning part of the song makes it feel like the song is a sad song. louder vibration beat also starts to join all of the other musical instruments and sounds that repeat besides the guys voice singing start to get louder, but continues to flow together with a very rough loud sound. The vibe of song doesn’t change and the flow of the song changes a little with the beat by the lyrics having a deeper meaning when the beat drops.

Later on in the song when the beat starts to drop everything starts to change. The beat and vibration increase with a weird voice that sounds pleasing and catchy and makes everything very rough, but not to rough yet well enough to notice it. The Flow of the song changed from being Loving into a forgiving loving song. After that section of the part ends it goes straight to being a smooth rough sound with the other instruments and the guy singing. The song then repeats itself even when it drops the second time.

My Song that I chose 

Sound Visualizations: Phase 1

September 25, 2016 / / 3 Comments

The begining of the song Broken Record by Krewella, starts with a soft voice that slowly turns into an echo. Then the sound  begins to increase as the vocalist starts to sing. The sound of the song is very electronic but if you listen to the lyrics, the song is a little sad which makes the song interesting to listen to. Then after the chorus you hear the beat increase and turns into a five to six second electronic sound. As I did some reasearch on electronic music while listening to the song, I came to the conclusion that the sounds were produced by the combination of the following instruments : synthesizers,  drum machines and samplers. This instrumenst produce the amazing EDM (electro dance music) we hear and can create thousands of different sounds.

As I listen to the song I imagine a heart beat machine. At first since the song is soft, i see in my head a line barely moving at a slope. Then as the songs beat scalates, the line also scalated to the point where it detaches and it’s not just one line but many lines just flying across my head and eventually the black line that I started to see changed to thousands of lines that changed to thousands of colors like blue and red and all the shades that blue and red come in. It turns into a chaos. Then as the bridge pops up all those lines start to join together into one black line and slowly detaches and the cycle continues until the last verse and then all I see is the black line slowly becoing thin to the point where it desapears.

Hours worked on this project: 2hrs

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn66Sosc6ds

Sound Visualization:Phase 1

September 25, 2016 / / 1 Comment

While listening to  “Formation- Beyonce “, the sound was repetitive and then it  switched to a different beat automatically. Afterwards, the  sound went back to original beat. The beginning sound was sharp and straight forward , it reminds me of squares because  the geometric form and the sharp edges represent the  sound . The second sound had a smooth  sound and it reminds me of ocean waves. The shapes also represent the beat and the chronological order of the song itself.

In addition to listening to that  song, I was listening to “Fade-Kanye West” and “Work-Rihanna”. When switching between these two songs, it was quite difficult since they both give off different emotions and I was able to fill in the previous shapes with different colors based on the emotions that the beat was giving off at that specific moment

Work Time : 30 minutes

 

Formation-Beyonce 

Fade-Kanye 

Work-Rihanna

Urban Artifacts: Phase 4

September 25, 2016 / / 0 Comments

At first I must say i was a bit annoyed and confused about this project. We were basically taking pictures of garbage and stuff.  Now I know that it’s because, I didn’t understand a thing and the concept of ambigus and obvious just gave me a headache. However as I started listening and paying more attention to the lesson i got it. And I started enjoying this project when we were making the six compositions because you got to be creative and make basically anything because therw are so many things that a person can see from a single picture. If I had to change something would be add more to my obvious pictures because, I do feel like they are just to simple. I wanted them to be minimal but minimal isn’t always good. I would add more to the pictures or change the position of my obvious objects.

Phase 1: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/schmerlerspevackfylcfa16/2016/08/31/urban-artifacts-phase-1/

Phase 2: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/schmerlerspevackfylcfa16/2016/09/17/urban-artifacts-phase-2-12/

Phase 3: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/schmerlerspevackfylcfa16/2016/09/18/urban-artifacts-phase-3/

Sound Visualization : Phase 1

September 25, 2016 / / 0 Comments

The song starts of with faint drum sounds and a muffled guitar. It slowly starts getting louder and then he starts singing. To me it sounds like a kind of raspy rough voice. It continues for a while until it starts sounding muffled or as if it’s underwater and then you can only hear the beat of the song. The way I imagined this if they were lines or shapes would be with a kind of rough thump that continuously occurs. The thump would be a rectangle shape the increases and decreases in size.

I also see a very sharp line increasing and decreasing in size as the clapping or drum sounds occur. I continue to imagine this as he starts singing but later on when the song sounds muffled, I picture the thumps and sharp lines starting to get very wavy but still preserving their rough texture. The song is very repetitive and I picture that throughout the song. I would also picture the lines and shapes moving up and down to the rhythm of the song.

Milky Chance – Stolen Dance Edit

Work time: 30 minutes

Sound Visualization: Phase 1

September 25, 2016 / / 0 Comments

The sounds from the song “I’ll Show You” by Justin Bieber starts off as constant and extremely soft. I visualize the song starting in a circular pattern, and then exceedingly increasing in rhythm. The variety throughout the song appears to be repeating, but it also has a specific flow. In the song some sounds go sharp, following a flowing type of sound. I greatly understand the meaning of the song when I actually listen to the beat/flow. The intention of the artist is to get people to understand how he feels, and he surely does deliver the message. The songwriter had a goal of creating a raw beat, that allows the artist to express different emotions. People are extremely critical when it comes to Bieber himself, but without a question he made this song special.

The combination of the beat and the consistency went together well in the process. When creating rhythm and music in general, its important for their to be emotion. When creating the sketch I noticed the beginning of the song, had a clear visual. I sat and listened to the song atleast 3 times and this helped out a lot, The artist creates a sense of vulnerability, which also helps to make a song song better. This songs sticks out to me because I feel it shows how open and honest, someone can get, even when it isn’t easy to be.

Work Time: 1 Hour

 

 

 

Sound Visualization: Phase 1

September 25, 2016 / / 0 Comments

The song “Here Comes the Night” by Dj Snake and Mr. Hudson is a repetitive beats with mellow melody.  It talks about how an individual becomes really emotional, upset, and maybe a wreck when they’re partner leaves them. The person that left the individual brought joy them, however since they left, it feels as if there was nothing left for the individual and faces dark days. In the beginning of the song, the mood is relaxing and it feels as if your entering in another void. The individual is feeling a lot of pain and is in another world. It would sound like background music for a maze or a national geographic video for astronomy.

Throughout the chorus of this song, it has an uplifting moment, the rhythm get faster and has little changes ever second that comes on. This part relates to how the individual needs to uplift themselves and not look down.Then towards the end it slowly dies down and you could hear how it was being energetic to mellow. Each rhythm stops for a short mili-second, then picks up quickly. Towards the end, the rhythm slowly fades and echo out quietly, the individual faces the fact that they’re partner has left and need to move on.

“Here Comes the Night” -(Link)

Time Taken: One Hour

Sound Visualization : Phase 1

September 25, 2016 / / 2 Comments

Right My Wrongs by Bryson Tiller contains a smooth, floetic melody along with an upbeat tempo.  Due to this rhythm, most of the sketch contains a variety of curves that flow amongst the page.  However, most of the lines were not always repeated as the song continued. As the rhythm became more upbeat, I began to form very close aligned lines that moved up and down to portray the beat of the song.

The artist, Bryson Tiller, describes his recognition of his faults in the relationship with a girl. He explains throughout the song that he never meant to put the girl in all the positions she was in. He basically is asking for a second chance and for forgiveness to gain another chance to prove himself to her.  The melody and lyrics of the song can influence the feeling of the artist onto you. This helps gain a better understanding of what is occurring.

 

Time : 2 hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lQDPOfMUIA

COMD Class 8 | Line, Rhythm & Pattern

September 25, 2016 / / 0 Comments

September 26, 2016

Materials Need for This Class:

  • Sketchbook
  • Pencils (wide range from 4h to 4B)
  • Inking pens
  • 9×12″ Bristol

Due this class:

  • Post your Phase 1 of Project #2 writing to the class blog. Comment on at least 3 other students posts. See Guidelines for specifics.

Review / Share

  • Review Elements & Principles for this project
  • Do you have anything to Share?

Demo

  • Thumbnail sketches How to / Why Video
  • Thumbnail sketching is important, because it’s a beginning place for brainstorming ideas. It allows you to quickly get your ideas down on paper. This should happen before you jump on the computer and go with the first concept that comes to mind. Thumbnail sketches are part of the Design Process, Phase 1: Discover. You can then refine your best sketches in Phase 2: Define. If an idea or message doesn’t work well in a sketch then it’s unlikely to work in a final design.

Lab

Staccato / Legato Pattern Mashup PREP

  • Take out a soft pencil #3B and your sketchbook.
  • Rhythmic Line Test 1: Listen to this song: Another One Bites the Dust and draw a line representing its rhythm across your first sheet of paper. Repeat and refine until you get a variety of interesting lines. How would you describe these lines?
  • Rhythmic Line Test 2: Listen to this song: Summertime and draw a line representing its rhythm across your second sheet paper.Repeat and refine until you get a variety of interesting lines. How would you describe these lines?
  • Patterns: Now create at least 12 thumbnails: 6 for Staccato and 6 for Legato. Using your rhythmic line tests as a guide, create 6 patterns that represents STACCATO and 6 patterns that represents LEGATO.  Continue to refine these patterns. Try varying the line weight (thick and thin) and the spacing (tight and wide) between the lines. Let the rhythm of the music dictate the look and feel of your patterns.

Homework

  1. Complete Staccato / Legato Pattern Mashup PREP (See Lab above).
  2. Materials needed next class: Sketchbook and variety of pencils — plus inking pens, 9×12″ bristol.

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Sound Visualization: Phase 1

September 25, 2016 / / 1 Comment

Time Taken: 1hour

Satellite -Guster

Satellite by Guster, has like a very soothing and flowing melody. Thats why most of what i sketched is curvy. The lines that are repeated the most are the beats that were most familiar to me. There were some lines that were not curvy at all and that was towards the middle of the song, where i heard this one single beat that stuck out to me.

I tried my best too just feel the music and go with its flow. The artist is describing a girl as a work of art. She’s his “satellite”. On the final product of my sketch I’ve realized that it looks like the sky. which relates to what the artist is communicating, the girl is his all. She’s always the first star that he finds. It’s a love song. The soothing and flowing melody makes you fell and understand his drive towards her.

 

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