The steps for this week’s project are as follows:
Step
A: Choose a number from 1 through 6. You can roll a die or use an
online number generator, or come to a decision on your own.
Step
B: Write a 100-word text beginning with one of the following phrases,
depending on the number you selected. Where there are brackets fill them
in with the appropriate information.
“I was born in [ ] and I like …”
“My name is [ ] and I was thinking …”
“This morning I had a sense that …”
“Try as I might, the same thing …”
“The last book I read was and …”
“On a Sunday morning I usually …”
Step C: Write a 90-word text beginning with the same phrase.
Step D: Write an 80-word text beginning with the same phrase.
Step
E: Record yourself reading the three texts as three separate tracks.
Record each at the same pace. Speak slowly and take an extended pause
after any period.
Step
F: Layer the three tracks into one track. They should all begin at the
same point and the first few words should, more or less, overlap to the
point of being indistinguishable.
Step
G: Take a couple passed through audio, lightly balancing relative
volume levels to emphasize key phrases or, for that matter, to enhance
the low-key cacophony.
Step H: If you desire to, weave in one tonal element, though not so loud as to overpower the speaking.
Deadline: Monday, November 18, 2013, at 11:59pm wherever you are.
Length: Your track’s length will be determined by the longest of your three recordings.
Background:
This week’s project originated as part of the Oulipo Sound Workshop
that was included in the Subtle Channels series of events held in San
Francisco earlier this month (November 2013). The three-hour workshop
provided an opportunity to explore the role that Oulipo literary
constraints play in the restricted rules of the weekly Disquiet Junto
projects. There were four projects that day, including a listening
exercise, a word-based one based similar to last week’s Junto project,
and a subtractive one along the lines of the 7th Disquiet Junto project
from back in February 2012. The fourth was a simpler version of this
week’s Junto.
Information:
Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, include a description of
your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description
is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the
Disquiet Junto.
Title/Tag: Include the term “disquiet0098-wovenaudiobio” in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.
Download:
Please consider employing a license that allows for attributed,
commerce-free remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting
non-commercial sharing with attribution).
Linking: When posting the track, be sure to include this information:
More on this 98th Disquiet Junto project, in which three original spoken texts are combined into one track, at:
More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
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