Up Close

02004-12-30 | Uncategorized | 7 comments

Woke up at 3AM last night and was wide awake. Decided to play with my OKM binaural microphones and recorded the sound of the iPod click-wheel clicking, then the pages of a book turning. Wrote some notes for the next album (2006):
Change title from Close Up to Up Close.
Record turning pages of a book with the Neumann mike in the studio – better, i.e. quieter, pre-amp. Found the perfect hardcover book for that.
Record dry leaves crumbling.
Record the even breathing of a person sleeping – myself?

7 Comments

  1. Matt Callahan

    And so it begins. I think I may save these comments on the creation process and read them again once the CD is released. I think I like the title Up Close better than Close Up. It has a more intimate feel.

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  2. Adam Solomon

    I’ve got to agree with Matt, both parts. Better, more personal name, and these are things we have to save until 2006! COOL ideas, btw ;)

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  3. Carol

    Nothing like insomnia to create a wonderful new concept in music. But sleep well tonight..okay?

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  4. Borya

    For a couple of days I was thinking if a simple CLOSE would suit me more a title for your album than CLOSE-UP because it indicates your intensity and your emotional abilities that you express thru your music more IMO. But then I thought, the idea of CLOSE-UP is a very good one and the associations of CLOSE are in there too. Somehow CLOSE-UP spunds more technical than CLOSE. As for your idea of turning it around, speaking of UP CLOSE, you become two words and a reader automatically starts thinking about the two words individually than in the case of CLOSE-UP. UP indicates something new, new energy, a new morning, energetic music, makes me think of the underlying motivation of INNAMORARE you were writing about. And CLOSE is a very intimate thing that represents the melodic, emotional, passionate side of your music.
    I like CLOSE-UP and the idea behind it but on a first thought I’d tend to UP CLOSE as well.

    The sounds you want to record and maybe put on the album a wonderful ideas. Are you snorring, by the way? Just kidding. You can try recording yourself – would you have to let a mic run the whole night then next to your bed?
    But what about recording the even breathing of a sleeping child and the peace, the openness and new energy collecting curiosity that lies within?

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  5. Carol

    I really like that title to describe your music that is always personal and has an intimacies like no other. And the coming one sounds even more-so. it’s exciting to think about. And I like “Up Close”(lovely) much better than just “Close” or “Close-Up” because it won’t be confused with the ‘Close’ that means ‘shut’which would seem like the album had a completely opposite tone.

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  6. Carol

    I may wake up at midnight tonight to wish every one of you a Happy New Year, but in case I snore right through, I’ll say it now.Happy New Year!! What a great bunch of Bloggers! I look forward to our 2005 together.

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  7. Borya

    Good point, Carol. In my language, we use different words. No danger of confusing.

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