Notes on sounds

070515 Wakow Listening Notes

New processing of some old Tulsita sounds, from Tulsa movie. Nathan feels strong about using this. (Flatlander high)

One track he played while we were writing, Nathan produced from an acoustic guitar (canal’s rending)

Nathan suggested that each chapter have a real broad conception of how we are using sound, not just as soundtrack or layers or background music.

Original key of Tulsita chords in original key (contrails)

Acoustic guitar, sounds at first like violin picsicado (Rabelais guitar); vaguely religious sounding,

Nathan suggested giving us each homework, a 3-5 min sound that we have to put image and text to.

Fluid sounds, low register morphs into high metallic sounds (overload guitars)

Sound of water (trickle)

Oil pump (oil pump)

Nathan reading and grant over embers sound (after fires)

sermon in downtown Tulsa, culled references to books ie OK divers manual (more light or not)
Tulsa clips interspersed in Presby sermon (canal rendered)

long track, beginning with metallic buzz then fading into filtered oil pump sounds (slow pump fizzy)

salt water sound with some other old Tulsita sounds and Presby sermon

“sermonicity” –Nathan

The part with David reading on several tracks is already what I imagine the sound track to this movie to be.

The tryptich is very enticing to me because of the long religious history to the form.