Slipping

31 Aug 2009, Music for the Blind, track 35

My request is a little bit different from normal, but something I hope fits your style. I'd like this song to be made nearly entirely of 'found sound' from your area- anything from creaking doors to engines to halogen lights to wind. The theme is up to you, but to get you started I might suggest day/night cycles. Lyrics as necessary.

-PTTG

The sounds are, in order of appearance:

0'00" - a small mechanical clock

0'00" - a hand drill

0'06" - a cordless electric screwdriver

0'06" - water being poured onto an extremely hot metal surface

0'24" - kick - a big cardboard box open at one end being hit

0'24" - bass - a lathe motor running with the mechanics detached

0'40" - arp - the same lathe running with the drive belt tightened

0'40" - a bicycle bell

0'40" - snare - a carrot being cut on a wooden chopping board

0'48" - pad - more lathe

0'48" - a boatswain's call

1'10" - cymbals/open hi-hat - the trailing edge of the water onto hot metal sample

1'11" - closed hi-hat - a low-decay section of the water sample

1'44" - bell arp - a double-edged hand saw