Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Making connections

Recently I watched this video which is mostly uneventful but you can see the excitement of the artist when he listens to "some random guy"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFjc1nOHwlc 

what interests me the most about this is the randomness of the connection made between two artists (deadmau5) and (Chris James).

Here is the sound cloud link that Chris James Sent to deadmau5 http://soundcloud.com/chrisjamesofficial/deadmau5-theveldt-vocal-mix

Alone the instrumental track is somewhat interesting, it's calm, kind of sad or melancholic in nature, but also repetitive.  The vocals compliment the instrumental track so much it evokes emotional feelings in me.  Maybe it's because I also read the short story by Ray Bradbury (which can be found here http://www.veddma.com/veddma/Veldt.htm) and that as a parent I can relate to the story.


Monday, March 19, 2012

The Veldt

A Short story by Ray Bradbury.

A musical interest I have composed a piece of music inspired by this short story, it's an interesting story and if you've never heard of it you should google it and do some more reading.  To me music is about creating an emotion, a feeling that the audience might get while listening, or it can be about conveying an idea or thought

Happy life, full of machines all around the room.
look what they made, they made it for me, happy technology.
So in love with the way we are, here.