the music of sound

just in case you havent seen it… made by same people as the Phil Collins/Gorrilla clip

This video reminds me of that saying about how despite all the resources being poured into creating interactive content, none tend to surpass the arts that have total interactivity through the audience having zero control. As with film, complete suspension of disbelief & fully engaging with a story is the ultimate interaction with media. Now put the remote down!

Ok, ok this is an ad… but apart from the cute furry animals it is the sound effects that adds the wry element…

Hate to think how much footage they had to wade through to cut it…

These are some little sparks of genius: New Math by Craig Damrauer. Heres a few (sound related) examples that made me smile….

Not sure which one I would associate with that dog next door sound effect in whichever commercial sound library that keeps appearing in Hollywood films that can surely afford something a tad more unique (hint: grab your sound kit & walk around the block, kicking the gate of any house with a dog)

Yesterday I went to the supermarket & on the way there, this drone started to blend with the music on my car stereo & it got stronger as I got closer to the supermarket… It was only when I parked & got out that I realised it was someones car horn that was stuck on. It kept droning the entire time I was in the supermarket & was still going when I drove off. I thought afterwards I should have driven over by it & tooted for a while, just to join in…..

audio NSFW…

It was reported in the media today that Blenheim, a small town down south, has an anonymous vigilante fighting against boy racers with loud exhausts. Quoting from stuff: In an anonymous letter sent to The Marlborough Express, the self-styled “Phantom Expander” said he or she was randomly targeting vehicles with wide exhausts and filling them with the expanding foam.
“I have taken it upon myself to respond to the socially maladjusted Blenheim pinheads that have chosen to have a wide-mouthed-boy-racer exhaust installed on their car,” the letter said.

Four cars that had fallen victim to foaming had so far been brought to his shop for repairs. The worst-hit car had its exhaust system removed and the foam burnt out. In the letter the phantom said the “public service” would continue until the “inadequate nobheads get the message”.
The writer advised owners of “wide-mouthed blower[s]” to ditch them otherwise their turn would come. “It may not happen tomorrow, next week, or next month, but it will happen. Enjoy!”, the letter said.

Brilliant!

Ok, can you guess who the actor is throwing the massive tantrum on set?

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thanks Matteo!

Check it out here

Funny! I used to use half empty packets of zigzags to achieve the same results ie jamming down keys for infinite sustain…