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I just finished the song. My back and neck are killing me. But it's on a CD, and I think it's really cool that I was able to find and download a water splash effect, then download this program called Acid, upload the song to my computer and add the splash in. It's really a crucial part. I'll post the song soon. It's stuck in WMA format, and I can't figure out how to convert it, so I'll have to see if the site will let me upload WMA files or if I can convert it. I feel all technological too.
Here is an explanation for the thing that I plan on turning into my teacher:
This piece isn’t a song, but moreso using sounds created by a synthesizer to represent Quentin Compson’s struggle with time. To begin with, steady clicks representing a clock ticking lie under the whole project. A bell rings every twelve beats, to signify a return to the beginning, as a clock is cyclical and returns to its starting place after twelve steps. Notes accompany the beats, exactly twelve that repeat as the beats do. Although eight natural notes are in an octave, if you include the sharps, there are twelve, so the twelve notes are not random, they are part of their own unit, an octave. The volume slowly raises in the beginning, signifying Quentin’s waking up to time, assuming time does not exist in his sleep. Unpleasant or startling noises are cued, and the notes are jumbled, symbolizing that the forward motion of time is about to be disrupted, or representing “the long diminishing parade of time you didn’t hear” Quentin describes, after being “oblivious to the sound for a long while”. To create his flashbacks, the twelve notes symbolizing the progression of time reverse and play backwards. Other sounds are added to create a dreamlike mood, and inaudible pieces of Quentin’s memories are read. The reason they are so unclear is because memories are not clear themselves. The popping noises heard at the one minute mark are representative of the numerous clocks and watches that overwhelm Quentin as he is in the watch store and walking down the street. They are irritating and very numerous. The heavy, brassy beat ensures that although the popping noises are all over the place, they still follow a very strict and ordered pattern. At the end, the notes and beats suddenly cease, as a water splash is heard. This indicates that when Quentin jumps into the river to kill himself, his doing so ends time and it is a relief for him. The final noises are supposed to sound like time is “drowning”.
Here is an explanation for the thing that I plan on turning into my teacher:
This piece isn’t a song, but moreso using sounds created by a synthesizer to represent Quentin Compson’s struggle with time. To begin with, steady clicks representing a clock ticking lie under the whole project. A bell rings every twelve beats, to signify a return to the beginning, as a clock is cyclical and returns to its starting place after twelve steps. Notes accompany the beats, exactly twelve that repeat as the beats do. Although eight natural notes are in an octave, if you include the sharps, there are twelve, so the twelve notes are not random, they are part of their own unit, an octave. The volume slowly raises in the beginning, signifying Quentin’s waking up to time, assuming time does not exist in his sleep. Unpleasant or startling noises are cued, and the notes are jumbled, symbolizing that the forward motion of time is about to be disrupted, or representing “the long diminishing parade of time you didn’t hear” Quentin describes, after being “oblivious to the sound for a long while”. To create his flashbacks, the twelve notes symbolizing the progression of time reverse and play backwards. Other sounds are added to create a dreamlike mood, and inaudible pieces of Quentin’s memories are read. The reason they are so unclear is because memories are not clear themselves. The popping noises heard at the one minute mark are representative of the numerous clocks and watches that overwhelm Quentin as he is in the watch store and walking down the street. They are irritating and very numerous. The heavy, brassy beat ensures that although the popping noises are all over the place, they still follow a very strict and ordered pattern. At the end, the notes and beats suddenly cease, as a water splash is heard. This indicates that when Quentin jumps into the river to kill himself, his doing so ends time and it is a relief for him. The final noises are supposed to sound like time is “drowning”.