http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition Composition and Music Technology students at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:18:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can here a soft hum coming from across the room, and a frustrated clicking sound coming from the same direction. A high pitch collection of sounds is filling the room and its drowning out everything else. something is making a popping sound behind me but it is almost rhythmic ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/lounge-room-at-830/ An echoed decrescendo fills the space with the feeling of oncoming force. The smooth transition from one note down to another, the sound getting lower and lower, slower and slower... A final high-pitched, echoed screech, thinning the texture of the sound to an eventual inexistant noise. The passing and fading of mixed vibrations ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/train-arrivaldeparture-in-perth-underground/ A low drone is heard nearby. It’s volume rises and falls as it gets closer, then moves away. It’s pitch rises and falls as it eats more or less grass. Pitched plosives are coming from all around; filled with excitement, anticipation, sadness, or just the monotony of everyday life.  Some ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/the-waapa-courtyard/ http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/sean-tinnion-composer/     Hey, I'm Sean Tinnion. I'm a Certificate IV in Composition student, first year. I was born in Liverpool, England in 1992 and moved to Perth, Australia in 2004. I attended Safety Bay Senior High School in Rockingham and graduated Year 12 in 2009. I love listening to quite a ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/sean-tinnion/ High pitch jingling waves at me in an intensifying rhythm, clockwork deadens the sound. Another transient disturbance that then shrieks oddly. Its call is inviting at first but I can tell it has little patience, so it fights ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/books-and-wind/ Droning noises of different pitches pan from left to right and right to left. The amplitude of each drone reaches its maximum when the sound is directly in front of me. The drones arrive in front of me at different speeds and intervals which sometimes overlap or pass in unison. ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/stirling-hwy/ ..........far in the distance i hear a low rumble. Gradually it grows louder until i hear the wind move through and between it making a chorus, rising in pitch and falling, cutting in and out.  For a moment they arrive, spitting and rolling, dun dun on uneven parts. Leaving, falling ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/over-and-over/ There's a soft tick. It's keeping beat. A slow, yet unrelenting "tick, tick, tick".And behind it, a wall of song. Perhaps a thousand different noises, yet just one sound.Shrill whistles, sparsely spaced. Occasionally interrupded by a sporadic "coo".An intense, unwavering tremelo - a high-pitched, rolling call. Increasing exponentially in volume ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/night/ There is a constant rhythmic pattern that is weaving in and out of focus as the slight banging sound becomes more and more prominent from behind me. The air is filled with an all round soft murmur which is accompanied by a clicking sound coming from beside me. There is ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/perth-to-warwick/ Disorganized thuds, ranging from the lightest thumps through to deep thuds, crescendo up to me, and pass with various timing and speeds.  Whilst predictable, organized chords float down and I attempt to ignore their sickly, boring words, organized into unadventurous forms. In the background, I can hear a soft whirring ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/hillarys-boat-harbour-sorrento-quay-boardwalk/ A steady meter captures my attention first. Its distant clicks ensure some form of unity over the frivolous rhythmical popping/churning sound most prominent. It is this sound in comparison to its surroundings that i find most interesting due to its polyrhythmic interplay with the unrelenting clicks. A warm static texture crescendos and decrescendos through out the recording reminiscent ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/magic-potions-on-a-time-limit/ the quiet humming infiltrates what is, in all else, a quiet night. I hear the far off cries of progress. the two waltz together, lovers of the same collective. My ears perk at the slowing of the humming as a crackle and sizzle interrupt the duo. Suddenly, a piercing screech ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/the-courtyard-at-2am/ There is a low crescendo and a decrescendo; they come close then pass me by, continuing on their journey over the horizon. Each is irregular and different; changing the time signature and rhythm. Flapping in the wind provides a percussive background support that is both gentle and relaxing. It's increase and decrease in volume is different ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/waiting/ As I sit on the floor in our lounge room, sounds can be heard from all directions. A banging noise; high pitched clanking sounds, and low pitched thuds resonate from one side of the house. Rhythmic noise filled with harmony and beats can also be heard from another. On the ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/lounging-in-the-lounge-room/ Distant echoes. Muffled thumping. A space filled with low, hollow noises. Everything is as if it's imaginary; as if the noise is not there at all - merely surrounding me from all angles, vibrating from inside my thoughts. An empty state of mind where the sound can wonder in and out ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/ear-held-to-wooden-floor/ A mind numbing dry whir fills the background of a scenic soundscape underlying the everpresent metronomical faint squeaks from the opposite direction. A computerized spasmodic beeping interjects in short excited bursts disturbing the pre-existing hum. Multi-pitched interludes of rumbles and roars fade in and out of the mix. An incessant screech ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/1510/ Quiet, broad echoes are coming at me from all angles. Rustling and the general sound of undefined  noise in the distance echoes through the open space, filling the air. There are short, sharp ascending tones occasionally emitted from down the hill below me. They seem amplified as they travel towards ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/on-my-back-deck-at-night/ There is a constant rumble that comes from the distance, it's not deep or overpowering, its not intensely light or barely audible, it's a presence that is just... there.  Now and again, this rumble rises and falls in pitch and volume ever so slightly and then returns to a rumbly ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/sounds-from-out-and-beyond-my-window-at-10pm/ As I attempt to sit and listen to the more distant subtle sounds around me, my concentration is broken. Gone are the sweet, ever present staccato vibrations of the night. There are these interludes of irritating, questioning low frequency which are responded to with a mellow yet higher frequency. When ... http://sandbox.ea.ecu.edu.au/projects/waapa/composition/archive/1507/