Music Concrete Creation for MUE332-01

The title of my musique concrete creation is "Be a Good Girl, Sheba". She's my dog and we have back and forth exchanges, she likes to be vocal! In this selection, I start off the conversation and Sheba's barks begin at :10. I recorded myself saying "hey, you be a good girl Sheba" and I slowed down the speed of that track to 60% and used the reverse option. I also sampled the first 1.5 seconds of this to track to close the piece, after the dog barks end. 

For Sheba's bark, I turned up all of the reverb settings to their highest, used soft distortion, slowed the sample to 10% speed, and brought the pitch down by a perfect fifth. When I first tried reversing it (the first effect I tried) it still sounded distinctly like a dog bark, just of a different breed. I chose to bring this element in after a few seconds to reflect me engaging her, and finally getting a response. The speeding up that occurs in the barking :18 - :28 reflects her increasing enthusiasm, followed by me interjecting with "hey" (the 1.5 second sample that opens the piece) through the end.

The music has a decidedly eerie, creepy atmosphere. I was inspired by the Halloween season and might play it on loop Sunday evening when handing out candy to the kids!