gwozdziec is a project i started working on after one of those facebook memes came around, which happened to coincide with when i was just finishing up my rpm09 project. the basic premise of the meme was to create a fake album using randomized methods to obtain album art, artist name, and album name, and the challenge was to combine all 3 to create a fake album cover. but, while fun, this didn't seem to me to take the concept to the full extent and logical conclusion, which is: why not make the whole album? the gwozdziec project is one in which i attempted to use randomized methods for acquiring and/or generating sound files or tracks. then i mixed the random results into individual compositions (using somewhat less random methods) and posted the entire process here so others could reproduce the same process if they wanted. the single, common theme of the project was to only use materials released under a creative commons liscense for everything, and release each track in kind. all the compositions in the gwozdziec project are composed entirely of CC-based work -- there was no original live performance or synthesized sounds that came as part of any pack or software -- every "instrument" is listed, accounted for, and credited to the original source.
gwoździec – more happiness
buy the album and get all the source files in one download, or just download everything for free from the bandcamp site. really happy to have this out there for people to enjoy as a full album as opposed to individual tracks.
i’ve decided to call the gwozdziec album done. it’s been almost a year since i first started the project, and it hasn’t moved an inch for several months. my goal was to produce 10-12 tracks for the album, but rather than trying to drag out a project i sort of lost interest in, i’m quitting [...]
i’ve discovered a new method to creating randomized, creative commons-based music. wolfram tones will generate an entire composition based on variables you define in probably every musical style known to man. wolfram has been essentially compiling a database of all knowledge, ever, and it is being used to power a variety of applications, of [...]
i realize that i have hit a stall on the gwozdziec project. part of that has been due to technical difficulties — a couple of the times i tried to do stuff my computer decided not to output any sound from those applications. but the main part is that i’ve gotten bored with the [...]
here are the 19 samples:
By Gmaleson
pen_hitting_bottle.wav
By smallsushi
breathehope – kitchen – 07.wav
By Matias.Reccius
snareD17.wav
By DOCSURREAL
massive_1.aif
By stackpool
river otter or weasel 2006-09-17.mp3
By absreports
timestamp.aiff
By MShades
Daihikaku Senkoji bell.mp3
By mw_1984
OceanGeorgetownm Penang.MP3
By Meutecee
Trumpethit04.wav
By rotcav
Fort-Myers-Beach.mp3
By huubjeroen
noise#01.aif
By dirkbag
soundeffectgoingup2.mp3
By Guitarz1970
OctoRhythm.mp3
By Scylla
rain.thunder.crickets-01.wav
By moffittmusic
indoor pooltime at summer camp.wav
By gussyrikh
Orangator-x.mp3
By tezzza
Cupsmash.wav
By Sumanguru Gyra Jones
Wade Laughing.wav
By lofabred
snare hit c.wav
i’m realizing that i could be saving the remixes i’m making of these samples, but i’m not. but i’m sort of doing that vaguely intentionally to keep the random/one-time-only sort of [...]
okay, on to track 2.
i rolled 0, 5. i’m calling that a 5.
here are the samples:
By 110110010 (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=711997) wood_knock.wav (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=66397)
By kyles (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=612689) airport waiting area busy1.aiff (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=51736)
By irad (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=21115) inflames01.aif (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=17484)
By james11111 [...]
so track 1 is done. now i have to name it.
i pulled up my random quotes page from the album cover thingie. there are 10 quotes per page, so i rolled 1d10 and got an 8. the 8th quote on the page is:
You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather [...]
i threatened when i made my random album cover that i would do a full on music project based on the fake album i created. well, i’ve decided it’s time. get ready bitches, it’s time for gwozdziec! in keeping with the creative commons-ness of the whole thing, i’m going to blog the progress and make [...]
i’ve been waiting for someone to tag me on that 25 things meme, mostly because it’s come across a couple of the blogs i read, but i guess i either have no friends or everyone knows everything there is to know about me. either way poor, poor, pitiful me. anyway, i’m getting my revenge by [...]
