An unlikely collaboration

Recently found this article  and interview on Pitchfork about a collabortaion between Bon Iver front man Justin Vernon, and none other than………… Kanye West.  After reading the title “Justin Vernon talks Kanye Collaboration….” I simply thought Why? Justin’s music, particularly as Bon Iver is bare, stripped back and seemingly organic which is in contrast to Kanye’s output. While Justin does veer from this path on the song Woods where he uses auto-tune (as a vocal effect i must stress- NOT a correction tool), there initially seems to be no link, no reason and no sense to be drawn from a Vernon – West collaboration.

You should not  judge a book by it’s cover, and perhaps you should not judge a collaboration by it’s members. The interview with Justin all but removes my scepticism about the unlikely combo. Whilst final judgements will be reserved for the day i hear the track (funnilly enough which will sample Vernons vocals from Woods), I am hopefull and somewhat optimistic that track will surpass initial expectaions.

Have a read!

Beach House Soundscape

Here is my Beach House Soundscape

Beach-House Soundscape by tysonyeo

See the attached essay

You can also view this at my ABC Pool page .

Finally i would like to thank and credit the following authors for allowing use of their material via Creative Commons licensing:

The Cockatoo sounds sourced from Snow_Petrel ‘s ABC Pool account: ‘A Vandal of Cockatoo’s’  .

The Cicada sounds are sourced from Euroblues’ ‘Cicadas’

The barbecue sounds are sourced from Sonsdebarcelona’s ‘barbacoa_electrica1’

The chimes sounds are sourced from DJ Chronos’ ‘Chimes’

The table tennis sounds are sourced from Justkiddink’s ‘ Ping-Pong2′

The children laughing sounds are sourced from: (all of which are licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 License)

Shades’ Laugh-child 
Morgantj’s fouryearoldchild_laughing
FannyLH’s FH Fanny Risa2

Digital Storytelling

I’ve borrowed  this somewhat triangular image from MaddG’s Blog. In my first edit I’ve added the text as a speech bubble. This could be categorised as additive (a combination where words amplify or elaborate on an image) as it adds a context to the image that is otherwise unexplained, and left open to the viewer.

My second edit uses text in the form of a Montage – The text is as integral part of the picture. In this case, the text forms the roadblock that the subjects are approaching.

3 Example images

The above picture belongs to Jeremy Little and can be found at: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3561847949_9edac707f2.jpg

The  photographer has have adopted the ‘Rule of Thirds’

by his horizontal layering of the sand, water and sky. As you can see they are not exact thirds. The photographer may have wanted to highlight the suns reflection off the water by giving it more space in the photo. I do however think that the central location of the person somewhat detracts from the overall effect of the photo.

Above is Nico Nelson’s photo of Bells beach 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/4836461021_477976687b.jpg

The way the image appears to be taken from above one cliff face, and captures another cliff face (mid right) gives the viewer an enhanced sense of depth. The picture would lose this quality if the shrub and cliff at the bottom of the photo was not present. 

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/617908611_334396f55a.jpg

The explicit lines of Ryan Dickey’s photo draw the viewers focus to the orange stained region where the beach house is discolored. Lines can also be implicit in a picture to draw attention to a specific region.

Adopt-A-Blog

Howdy,

I think it was a natural choice for me to search the vast blogosphere for a ‘music’ blog to adopt. The one I have settled on is Who The Bloody Hell Are They? This is an Australian music blog created by Jerry Soer and Dom Allessio in 2006.

As well as promoting Australian music through embedded mp3’s, the site has a link to the latest Industry news and information.

Finally, for any budding musicians/bands, they feature a Soundcloud dropbox so send them your stuff and check out their home page rugularly to see if its up.

Ill keep you up to date with the blog over the semester.

Geting to Know CC

Sean prefaced yesterday’s class on ‘Copyright’ (AKA ‘The Big C’) with a warning that it’s content could be a little dry/boring. Looking at RMIT’s copyright policies for half an hour (whilst of the utmost importance to the class) did not fall short of the mark.

I must admit, The Big C was struggling to hold my attention. He was strict, conservative and as stubborn as a mule. Oh, and get this. In 1989 the US* implemented a Convention that meant the Big C didn’t even have to tell you he was around…..that’s right…..the Big C now had invisibility at his disposal……Harry Potter styles!

Enter The Double C –  and things begin to get interesting! The Double C was more my kind of guy. He was flexible, he was multi dimensional and he explained himself very clearly. Most importantly, The Double C was all about sharing.

After getting to know The Double C a little better, I decided the people who brought him into the world must also be worth getting to know. So I checked out this TED presentation by Founding member Lawrence Lessig. You should too!

Now don’t get me wrong…. I’m sure The Big C can be useful from time to time and that some people get along really well with him, but maybe it’s time for The Big C to step aside and let The Double C run the show for awhile.

Anyway, that’ll do from me for now

CCatch you later!

* Many other countries are currently signatories to the Berne Convention