ryan rapsys :: composer, producer, musician, filmmaker

Beginning with the first week of 2008, I will be composing a series of electronic sound sculptures, one composed for approximately every week of the entire year and uploaded to be listened to for free. The first week of 2008 is quickly approaching, so I thought I would explain my ideas behind this. Part of this is experimental, but not so much musically. By composing a short electronic sound scultpure each week and because of the intuitive, improvisatory nature of composing such music, a unique pattern of works directly reflecting my sound world at the time will be layed out over the course of a year. I think it could be interesting to note differences between works and the reason behind such differences as the year goes on. For example, what differences would there be in works that are written shortly after some kind of major event, either personally or internationally?

To be perfectly honest though, the initial idea in this was to force myself to consistently write and explore further electronic music textures and techniques. Either way, it should be interesting, and will certainly add considerable new content to this site throughout the year. Be sure to check back and comment on the project’s progress. It should be of unique interest in particular to enthusiasts of avant-garde or experimental music as well as composers of contemporary music, electronic or not.

This will also serve another purpose of being a type of teaching tool. I intend on explaining my techniques, source sounds and ideas for each work. I imagine they will average anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes, depending on how much time I have that week and the nature of the work. Again, comments would be appreciated as I begin posting these mp3s!