Every so often I get into writing electronic music instead of orchestral or rock.
"Every so often would be like what, every day?"
"Maybe every other day."
Anyway, I was listening to some old Winston Churchill speeches that were archived in the 1930s and 1940s, having been recorded by the BBC for radio broadcast (in those days, speeches were often recorded and broadcast later using wax or tin masters, and please note the use of past pluperfect in that sentence!). I wasn't thinking about music; understanding the history of the interwar years between WWI and WWII is worth every moment of time spent on it.
One speech in particular from 1934 struck me.
The speech was one of Churchill's earliest warnings to Parliament about Nazism. In addition to the historical context, I was once again awed by Churchill's delivery, rhythm and pacing, and then thought...this is almost musical!
Naturally, I decided to mess with it electronically, and write an electronic music score for it. Because that's what anyone would do, right?
I dunno how sane this effort was.
"Not very."
"OK, but in any case I kinda-sorta like what I did. It's different."
Here's a link:
https://persistenceofmemory.band/single/36691/where-is-ours
PS, there's a lot of low end in this that won't show up on computer speakers. Might want to listen on headphones or hi fi speakers.
"Every so often would be like what, every day?"
"Maybe every other day."
Anyway, I was listening to some old Winston Churchill speeches that were archived in the 1930s and 1940s, having been recorded by the BBC for radio broadcast (in those days, speeches were often recorded and broadcast later using wax or tin masters, and please note the use of past pluperfect in that sentence!). I wasn't thinking about music; understanding the history of the interwar years between WWI and WWII is worth every moment of time spent on it.
One speech in particular from 1934 struck me.
The speech was one of Churchill's earliest warnings to Parliament about Nazism. In addition to the historical context, I was once again awed by Churchill's delivery, rhythm and pacing, and then thought...this is almost musical!
Naturally, I decided to mess with it electronically, and write an electronic music score for it. Because that's what anyone would do, right?
I dunno how sane this effort was.
"Not very."
"OK, but in any case I kinda-sorta like what I did. It's different."
Here's a link:
https://persistenceofmemory.band/single/36691/where-is-ours
PS, there's a lot of low end in this that won't show up on computer speakers. Might want to listen on headphones or hi fi speakers.
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