Most of what I've been listening to is a piece I'm doing for this year's Aliquippa Embraces Art festival. It's called "Surrounded by Memory," and consists of 45 minutes of music and segments of interviews with Aliquippa residents. It'll be installed in the second floor of the former G.C. Murphy building (now the Broadcast Café) on Franklin Avenue in Aliquippa. The festival opens to the public on Saturday, July 25.
I'm in final editing stages now, using the (free) version 3.4 of ProTools. Considering the amount of work it's been using the digital system, I'd probably be gnawing my own leg off by this point if I was editing analog like I did last year. The music and interviews were initially recorded on analog tape, and the final presentation will be analog, too. So this is a rare case of an A | D | A recording.
The sound source for the music is all guitar. The tempo is very slow, and notes are held for a long time, with an Ebow. My plan for the final piece is to separate interviews and the four voices of the music on four different tape players--that's right, quadrophonic sound. With the '70s revival active for a couple years, it's inevitable that quad would make a comeback, but this time with a difference: it's completely wildtracked. And you don't have to wear petroleum byproducts while you're listening to it, unless you really want to.
