Category: introduction to sound arts

Bond Street Station. The first thing I hear is the presence of people. a lot of people. Something else that I hear frequently is the doors of the barriers opening and closing, hearing the beeps of accepted cards while people walk through to go complete or end an endeavor. The rhythm that I hear the…

Music within a TV show can allow the viewer to fall more into the immersion of the feeling you are trying to portray within that certain scene. Whether that be the addition of music or the subtraction. The movie scene I would like to use as an example is a scene in the movie Hancock.…

The historical context of John Cage, and especially this piece, derived from his experience within contemporary and his studies within Zen Buddhism. This piece became the most controversial musical piece of the 20th century. The reason for this is the controversial idea of having a piece of music without the idea of an instrument. Besides…

The Rite of Spring, according to Wikipedia, was regarded as one of the first examples of modernism within its time. Another thing that I researched about this piece was the impact that it had on this era. As it was also mentioned that when this piece was first played, it caused a sensation upon the…

My initial interest in sound art for me was never a question I had to ponder on for a long amount of time. The reason for this was that being from a music-oriented background, music was always something that I was interested in from when I was a child. This led me to question how…

For my 3 words related to sound arts, my chosen words I would like to go over are atmosphere, tone, and image. Atmosphere The definition of atmosphere is The pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or creative work. The reason why this word means a lot to me is because when it comes to sound,…