My first week in my very own studio is
almost up. I am in love with this space: physical, mental and
metaphysical. For the first time in years I have a place where I can
keep my “crazy” :) So far there is only a desk two chairs and a
lot of stuff that needs shelves and filing cabinet but I am happy
because I can finally see what I am doing. I had not even realised
how stifled I'd felt working from home. Now I come to work and go
home to rest. Happy.
It is 30C outside for the third day
running and I am sweating, drinking cold coffee (I haven't got a
kettle yet) and eating warm bananas to keep myself from keeling over
in hunger. Eating warm bananas in this kind of heat really does make
you feel like a monkey. A happy monkey !
I am working on my sound piece for
Performing Paper that will be taking place from June 22nd to August 3rd.
The preview is on thursday june 20th 6-8pm.
The sound work is coming along well
and will be finished, packaged and posted to Manchester on Monday.
The work is quite different from previous ones I've made and as a
result is taking longer then I anticipated. There is a lot to learn
and so far I feel proud of what I've managed to do. There is a clear
shift from atmospherical sound stories to a more lyrical and complex
form of sound, sound that also incorporates a lot more music than
before. I am using an African thumb piano called a Kalimba in Alto, a Kantele which is a type of traditional Finnish harp as well as the guitar and
piano. I am still using sounds from the forest and city that I
combine together with melodies i've created and song.
There I much to do still so I will get
back to it...
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