Filed under: Acting, Celebrities, Comedy, Film & Video, Film Festival, Hip-hop, Music Video, Narrative, Paris Hilton, Parody, Pop Culture, Reality, Reality Television, Satire, Short Film, Short Shorts, Sound Effects, Soundtrack, YouTube | Tags: Acting, Celebrities, Comedy, Film & Video, Film Festival, Hip-hop, Music Video, Narrative, Paris Hilton, Parody, Pop Culture, Reality, Reality Television, Satire, Short Film, Short Shorts, Sound Effects, Soundtrack, YouTube
A new short film by Christine Latvala and myself will be playing at the Duluth Playground’s Short Shorts Film Festival. Here is some more info about the film:
A short film satirizing reality television, celebrities and pop culture through parody on several different levels. Written by Christine Latvala & Ryan Rapsys. Music and Sound Design by Ryan Rapsys.
Try to come by and check it out! Here’s a little secret…it’s on YouTube now, but I’m not going to put the link to it quite yet…you should try to see it at the festival if you can!
Filed under: Abstract, Acquire Goods, Ambient, Art, Art Film, Avant-garde, Classical, Commercial, Composition, Concert, Contemporary Classical, Coprorate Videos, Documentary, Duluth, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film & Video, Film & Video Creation, Film Scoring, Hip-hop, IDM, Industrial Show, Jingles, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Music Video, Remix, Rescoring, Short Film, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Soundtrack, Television, Theatre, Theatrical Score, Training Video, Video, Video Editing, Video Scoring, Web Videos | Tags: Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Sonar, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Abstract, Concert, Duluth, Electroacoustic, Film & Video Creation, Film Scoring, Television, Music Structure, Electronica, IDM, Film & Video, Music Video, Video, Video Editing, Acquire Goods, Hip-hop, Short Film, Sound Effects, Rescoring, Soundtrack, Theatre, Theatrical Score, Commercial, Jingles, Video Scoring, Web Videos, Remix, Art Film, Coprorate Videos, Documentary, Industrial Show, Training Video
The Erratik Music Solutions page has been updated/redesigned. Here’s a little bit more about it:
Offering cutting edge music and sound solutions for your cutting edge product or service. Commercial or creative. Radio, television, theater or web. Discuss total audio solutions for your project with us today.
If you’re looking for music for any kind of project, feel free to contact me through that site! Be sure to look through the examples – I’ve worked on a variety of projects, including commercials, web videos, corporate videos, training videos, industrial show videos, theatre, film (documentaries, short films, feature films, art films), etc. Samples of nearly all of these are included at: http://www.erratikmusicsolutions.com
Filed under: Advertising, Classical, Commercial, Composition, Electronic, Electronica, Film & Video, Film Scoring, Jingles, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Radio, Sound, Sound Effects, Soundtrack, Theatre, Theatrical Score, Video, Video Scoring, Web Videos | Tags: Advertising, Classical, Commercial, Composition, Electronic, Electronica, Film & Video, Film Scoring, Jingles, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Radio, Sound, Sound Effects, Soundtrack, Theatre, Theatrical Score, Video, Video Scoring, Web Videos
The new Erratik Music Solutions web site is now up. From the site:
Offering cutting edge music and sound solutions for your cutting edge product or service. Commercial or creative. Radio, television, theater or web. Discuss total audio solutions for your project with us today.
Check it out here: www.erratikmusicsolutions.com
Filed under: Abstract, Alternate Soundtrack, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, DVD, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film Scoring, IDM, Improvisation, Music, Music Composition, Rescoring, Silent Films, Sound Effects, Soundscape, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Video | Tags: Abstract, Alternate Soundtrack, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, DVD, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Film Scoring, IDM, Improvisation, LinkedIn, Music, Music Composition, Rescoring, Silent Films, Sound Effects, Soundscape, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Video
I have a new project that I have been working on for some time that is beginning to get close to release….perhaps even this upcoming Spring… It will be the first full DVD release from Erratik Productions.
For more information, go here: Iragilac
Filed under: Abstract, Amazon.com, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, IDM, Improvisation, Mp3, Music, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static, Synthesizer | Tags: Abstract, Amazon.com, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, IDM, Improvisation, Mp3, Music, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static, Synthesizer
Click on the link below to purchase Antiquichrome on Amazon.com as an mp3 album (immediate download). If you’re a fan of Steve Roach, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Biosphere, LaMonte Young, etc…definately check this out: Antiquichrome
Filed under: Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, MPR, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, News, North Shore, On The Road, PBS, Radio, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Water, Waves, YouTube | Tags: Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Duluth, Duluth Harbor, Electronic, Experimental, Interview, Jason Davis, KSTP, LinkedIn, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, Mp3, MPR, Music, Music Composition, News, North Shore, On The Road, PBS, Radio, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Television, Water, Waves, YouTube
Here is the link the story I was featured in on On The Road with Jason Davis: Harbor Sounds. You can view the entire video story at that link. I certainly was happy it turned out how it did…it’s a unique topic to cover with video.
And here is an older, related radio story about some of the same things I have been experimenting with (on Minnesota Public Radio – text and streaming audio): Dancing to the sounds of the Duluth harbor
And since I’m putting links to horrible interviews of myself, here’s another one where I talk about some of my compositional techniques: YouTube: Interview – Craig Blacklock and Ryan Rapsys on PBS-WDSE
If you enjoyed these stories and the music you heard, you may enjoy this album I recently released (available digitally and on CD):
Antiquichrome || Ryan Rapsys
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience.
Free-form glitches, bleeps and distortions for the open-minded listener.
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Composition, Concrete, EQ, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Filter, Frequency, Hertz, Hz, Improvisation, Keyboard, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Composition, Concrete, Electroacoustic, Electronic, EQ, Experimental, Filter, Frequency, Hertz, Hz, Improvisation, Keyboard, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape
And number 5 for the May of the series of Sonic Scultpure, 2008 (okay, I cheated a little and did three today…):
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 22. May V [1 min 50 sec, 1.68mb mp3]
For this sculpture, I improvised on my keyboard with a simple piano patch, recording the audio material. I added a delay, reverb, and I EQed the piano material to give it a certain quality, also cloning the track and transposing it up (the higher frequency qualities of the piano tones). This was done in Sonar Producer. When the piano material hits the low frequencies, I enhanced them and added reverb, and then sneaked in some synth bass material that continues on. I also slowed the tempo gradually toward the end, occasionally sitting at near 0 tempo to stretch some of the sounds.
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, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, EQ, Electronic, Filter, Frequency, Hertz, Hz, MIDI, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Trip-hop | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Electronic, EQ, Filter, Frequency, Hertz, Hz, MIDI, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Trip-hop
The fourth Sonic Scultpure of the Month of May, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 21. May IV [1 min 19 sec, 1.21mb mp3]
This one just spilled out of me rather quickly. I took a sort of hip-hop loop and wah-wahed it, synchronized to the tempo. Next I added a bit of reverb to it in order to give the bass swoosh a little extra staying time (and create a unique low-end sound). This was mostly done in Sonar Producer.
Next I created a sort of bell texture with a MIDI glockenspiel sound, which I then mixed down to audio and gradually changed its EQ properties. This texture gradually moves up to the higher frequencies, where the piece ends.
Thoughts?
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, EQ, Electronic, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Synthesizer, Trip-hop | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, EQ, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Synthesizer, Trip-hop
Sonic Scultpure number 3 of the Month of May, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 20. May III [1 min 9 sec, 1.06mb mp3]
For this sculpture, I began with a little loop created out of the first Sonic Sculpture (I reversed it then sped it up to a couple seconds long). I looped this in Sonar Producer, adding a reversed hip-hop loop of a sort, as well as an odd ambient synth loop. I worked with these loops, shifting between layers, occasionally shifting their pitch, etc. Thus, the creation of this sculpture, which is one of the first with a more distinct drum-loop quality (must be the coming summer…).
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
