Filed under: Duluth, Electronic, Evolution, Film & Video, Film Festival, Film Scoring, Men As Peacemakers, Minnesota, Music, Nature, Peace, Video, Video Editing, Video Scoring | Tags: Duluth, Electronic, Evolution, Film & Video, Film Festival, Film Scoring, Men As Peacemakers, Minnesota, Music, Nature, Peace, Video, Video Editing, Video Scoring
I created a video for the Men As Peacemakers first Video Festival. The entries can be viewed here: menaspeacemakers.org Video Festival Entries
My video can also be viewed on YouTube here: The Evolution of Peace
Be sure to visit http://www.menaspeacemakers.org.
Filed under: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Art Film, Avant-garde, Composition, Duluth, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film & Video, Huff & Rapsys, Improvisation, Moon, Moonrise, Music, Music Video, Nature, Pike Lake, Short Film, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Soundtrack, Sun, Sunrise, Time-Lapse, Video, Water, Weather | Tags: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Art Film, Avant-garde, Composition, Duluth, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film & Video, Huff & Rapsys, Improvisation, Moon, Moonrise, Music, Music Video, Nature, Pike Lake, Short Film, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Soundtrack, Sun, Sunrise, Time-Lapse, Video, Water, Weather
Huff & Rapsys have released a music video for their track Daylight Savings, which can be viewed on YouTube: Huff & Rapsys – Daylight Savings video
I shot and edited the video, Huff & Rapsys (consisting of Jesse Huff and myself) wrote/performed the music (Huff & Rapsys on MySpace).
Filed under: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Film & Video, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Minnesota, Music, Music Composition, Nature, News, On The Road, PBS, Short Film, SmartFilms, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Video, Video Editing, WDSE, YouTube | Tags: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Film & Video, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Minnesota, Music, Music Composition, Nature, News, On The Road, PBS, Short Film, SmartFilms, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Video, Video Editing, WDSE, YouTube
Short film called “Visual and Sonic Study of Plastic” will be airing on WDSE-PBS Channel 8 in the Duluth/Superior area. The program begins at 11pm Central Time. Be sure to watch it as well as the other films by local filmmakers in the show “Smart Films.” Hope you enjoy!
Also, be sure to check out: Ryan Rapsys YouTube Channel
And if you haven’t had the chance, I also appeared in a live interview on WDSE-PBS along with Craig Blacklock: Interview of Ryan Rapsys with Craig Blacklock
And one other show I appeared on: Ryan Rapsys on On The Road with Jason Davis
Thanks and enjoy!
Filed under: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Film & Video, Film Scoring, Improvisation, Minnesota, Mp3, Music, Nature, New Age, North Shore, Orchestra, Organic, Overtones, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Spiritual, Video, Water, Waves | Tags: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Film & Video, Film Scoring, Improvisation, LinkedIn, Minnesota, Mp3, Music, Nature, New Age, North Shore, Orchestra, Organic, Overtones, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Spiritual, Video, Water, Waves
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Minnesota’s North Shore Soundtrack Disc 1 || Ryan Rapsys (iTunes)
Disc 1 of the relaxing, ambient soundtrack to Craig Blacklock’s film Minnesota’s North Shore.
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Minnesota’s North Shore Soundtrack Disc 2 || Ryan Rapsys (iTunes)
Disc 2 of the relaxing, ambient soundtrack to Craig Blacklock’s film Minnesota’s North Shore.
Filed under: Abstract, Album, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, EQ, Electronic, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Lake Superior, Lift Bridge, Lisa McKhann, Local News, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Nature, News, On The Road, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Video | Tags: Abstract, Album, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, EQ, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Lake Superior, Lift Bridge, Lisa McKhann, Local News, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Nature, News, On The Road, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Video
Here is the schedule for the episode of “On The Road” with Jason Davis that includes a segment on some of my experimental music making:
Sunday, May 18th @ 10:35pm – KSTP Channel 5 (Minneaplis/St. Paul)
Saturday, May 24th @ 10:30pm – WDIO Channel 10 (Duluth)
More information: Coming Up Sunday: Duluth Harbor
Here is what I had written earlier about my part in this episode:
The show is centered on the Duluth harbor, and my segment focuses on my recording of sounds in Canal Park and then modifying and composing music with those sounds… I was video-taped and interviewed while playing with some sounds in my studio. The resulting music I used for one of my Sonic Sculptures:
Check it out if you can…and of course, feel free to let me know what you think! Thanks!
Also, if you enjoyed the story or enjoy some of this kind of music, you may be interested in this:
Antiquichrome || Ryan Rapsys
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience.
Free-form glitches, bleeps and distortions for the open-minded listener.
The-Novus-Arcadia || Ryan Rapsys
“Overall, [The-Novus-Arcadia's] an immensely enjoyable experience,
and it could well become a piece of electronic art that may
be a required listen in the near future.”
Muse’s Muse, 7/31/2007
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Bird Chirping, Birds, Classical, Composition, Contemporary Classical, EQ, Electronic, Electronica, Filter, Frequency, Hz, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Nature, Organic, Overtones, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Spectrum | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Bird Chirping, Birds, Classical, Composition, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, Electronica, EQ, Filter, Frequency, Hz, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Nature, Organic, Overtones, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Spectrum
Here’s the final Sonic Scultpure of April, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 19. May II [1 min 10 sec, 1.07mb mp3]
I decided to really try and capture this exact moment. About forty-five minutes ago, I set my mini-disc recorder on my windowsill, opened the window, and hit record. I recorded about 6 minutes of the sounds going on outside.
Using Adobe Audition, I broke the segment of audio I had recorded into 5 sections of about one minute and ten seconds long, and layered them one atop another. Next, I did what many purest musicians and music fans would normally be appalled by – I compressed it considerably (using mostly Hard Limiting in Audition).
With a very dense sounding texture of hissy wind and birds chirping, I began sculpting. Next I EQed the sound several times to thin it slightly. Then I proceed to use various Noise Reduction techniques to further thin out the sound, leaving behind only the most interesting of the sounds (mostly the bird chirping). By this point, however, through this process of scultping, the bird chirps of course became a bit distorted and such, but that is the idea of sculpting sound. To finish it off, I reversed the sample, then added a fade in and fade out at the beginning and end.
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Lake Superior, Lift Bridge, Lisa McKhann, Local News, Minnesota, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Nature, News, On The Road, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Water, Waves | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, Lake Superior, Lift Bridge, Lisa McKhann, Local News, Minnesota, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Nature, News, On The Road, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Water, Waves
I will be appearing on a segment of the show “On The Road” with Jason Davis. It airs on KSTP in Minneapolis, MN and WDIO in Duluth, MN. Here’s some details about the show: KSTP: On The Road
The show is centered on the Duluth harbor, and my segment focuses on my recording of sounds in Canal Park and then modifying and composing music with those sounds… I was video-taped and interviewed while playing with some sounds in my studio. The resulting music I used for one of my Sonic Sculptures:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 10 – March III
It will air on May 18th on KSTP and on May 24th on WDIO in Duluth. Should be interesting…
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Crickets, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Structure, Nature, Night, Organic, Railroad, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Train, Tricks | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Crickets, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Structure, Nature, Night, Organic, Railroad, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Train, Tricks
Here’s the second Sonic Scultpure of April, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 14. April II [0 min 59 sec, 0.94mb mp3]
So as you may notice, this sculpture is rather short. I really just wanted to hone in on a particular mood. The source material primarily consisted of a recording I had done outside my home several years ago late at night. The short ambient loop has crickets chirping and what sounds like a distant horn. The horn is coming from a train several miles away passing through in the night. I looped this little piece and gradually introduced a contrasting element–a higher-pitched clicking sound. This was derived from rocks and pebbles glancing off of metal that I had recorded some years ago. These were put together using Sonar Producer.
Enjoy, and certainly feel free to comment…
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Classical, Composition, Craig Blacklock, Electronic, Experimental, Lake Superior, Minnesota, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Nature, Organic, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Water, Waves | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Classical, Composition, Craig Blacklock, Electronic, Experimental, Lake Superior, Minnesota, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Nature, Organic, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Water, Waves
Sonic Scultpure number 5 of the Month of March, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 12. March V [1 min 39 sec, 1.52mb mp3]
First I created an ambient loop out of a little chunk of music from my scoring of Minnesota’s North Shore by Craig Blacklock in Sonar Producer. I looped this fragment, then added a very subtle, higher pitched melodic ambient loop partially into the composition. Then, naturally, I added a small bassline of a sort to enhance the harmonic movement of the music.
The main thing I was going for with this sculpture was mood. The sonic quality of the music seems to effect the mood more than even the melodies and harmonies. Of course, the rhythm has much to do with it as well – slow and gentle, like small ripples rolling up a lake shore at night under campfire light…
Filed under: Ambient, Art, Classical, Composition, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Electronic, Film & Video Creation, Film Scoring, Interview, Lake Superior, Minnesota, Music, Music Composition, Nature, North Shore, Organic, PBS, Public Television, Sound, Soundscape, Television, YouTube | Tags: Ambient, Art, Classical, Composition, Craig Blacklock, Duluth, Electronic, Film & Video Creation, Film Scoring, Interview, Lake Superior, Minnesota, Music, Music Composition, Nature, North Shore, Organic, PBS, Public Television, Sound, Soundscape, Television, YouTube
Here is an interview of Craig Blacklock and myself that was conducted live on Sunday, December 1st, 2007 on Channel 8 PBS-WDSE in Duluth, Minnesota: Interview – Craig Blacklock and Ryan Rapsys on PBS-WDSE
We are discussing are processes in the creation of the video and music for the film Minnesota’s North Shore by Craig Blacklock.
