Pressure Project #

Posted: March 7, 2022 | Author: Patrick Park | Filed under: Uncategorized |1 Comment »

When I first heard audio project my brain started going in every direction of what to do. I could make a podcast, I could write music score, make a pop song, there were so many possibility. The only problem was telling a story that would make someone laugh. I’m not used to telling that kind of story in a song. I started to write the song but it just wasn’t coming off with the right vibe I wanted to give.

Later that day I was hanging out with my roommate in the balcony watching the neighbor take out their dog and not picking up after their dogs and we were commentating this entire situation from our open balcony (as in if they walked over to our direction 10 feet they could probably hear what we are saying. We were just being stupid, saying things that didn’t make sense like pocket poop that you would throw at people you didn’t like.

Then it struck me.

I didn’t know what to do with the topic of cultural heritage because I don’t have a “cultural heritage” other than my friends that I am closely connected to. After immigrating from Korea, I had to build my new home, a new culture and custom for myself. And I found that home in my friends that I grew up with.

So I started to dig through my collections of recordings I have on my phone to get some inspiration. Found some clips of recordings I got from different times. I wanted to make a sonic dialog that had a message if you dig through but on the surface it just seems like music happening with words. So I started sampling some beats I’ve made, and put the recordings on top of it and create a flow to the dialog that I wanted. Polished the recordings with EQ and other effects that made it sound hazy. Automation for progress of development of the effects.

Overall, I really enjoyed the creation process of the project and I had fun making art (which I have’t felt in a while so it felt good to make something and feel good about it).

Enjoy the recording 🙂

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