ELWOOD HERRING'S MUSIC CATALOGUE

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Play Size Mins Rhapsody for Electronic sounds op.4 (1979)

Complete recording   9Mb 18:55 A wierd experimental work, in which I attempted integrating synths and sound effects for the first time. The mood gradually gets darker, like a black cloud looming in a clear blue sky. I never planned it, it just turned out like that. The piece is in six short sections but meant to be played in one continuous piece. The only keyboards I used were the Korg micro and a cheap Woolworths reed organ, but I attempted to extend their rather limited sounds by means of lots of experimentation with tape manipulation and recorded sound effects.

Yellow   1Mb 02:19 Lots of warbling whistling sounds start the piece off. I was intrigued to hear the interference "beats" that create a phantom third note between two others, especially in high pitched sounds such as this. Unfortunately the effect isn't really noticeable here due to the low quality of the cassettes I was using. The section ends with some low bonging noises; a foretaste of what's to come.

Orange   4Mb 05:21 This is the longest of the six sections, and adds some more voices from the Korg. It sounds a bit like the children's TV characters The Clangers having an argument, with the Soup Dragon in there somewhere too. I was basically just having fun with the Korg sounds, and not too bothered about where it was all leading.

Blue   2Mb 02:42 This section adds some bubbly sound effects, courtesy of a BBC Sound Effects record! Then after a bit more larking about, there are more external sounds such as marbles being rolled around a bath-tub and a radio being tuned (This starts to sound a bit like The Beatles' "Revolution 9" in places.) One spoken word can be just made out - "Destruction". See if you can spot it. The section ends with a dramatic glass smash, again courtesy of the BBC.

Brown   1Mb 01:27 Back to the opening whistles, which fade away to leave just one playing the tune from my guitar piece "Charmaine". (My prediliction for self-plagiarism runs deep.)

Deep red   2Mb 02:48 More whistles, but now rising in steps instead of swooping in curves. The peace is suddenly shattered by the sound of a thunderbolt mixed in with phased white noise. The mood is now definitely darker. A sinister sounding tune is played on a cheap Woolworth's toy organ overlaid with the Korg, recorded with a live microphone instead of directly into the recorder.

Black   3Mb 04:20 Footsteps? No, just the Korg again sounding an unaccompanied beat. Then a pre-recorded ten second tape loop of a piano solo is heard repeating over and over while the Korg keeps up the relentless beat. The loop sticks; the footsteps speed up to become a barrage, then slow to a stop. Finally we hear a kind of shoot-out with white noise, and the piece ends with the Korg hammering out a solo monophonic coda. I remember I wanted to continue with this, but I had reached the end of the tape so the piece ends with a bit of an anticlimax. Still, it's all very strange. John Cage would have approved.

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	*Play*	*Size*	*Mins*	Rhapsody for Electronic sounds op.4 (1979)
Complete recording		9Mb	18:55	A wierd experimental work, in which I attempted integrating synths and sound effects for the first time. The mood gradually gets darker, like a black cloud looming in a clear blue sky. I never planned it, it just turned out like that. The piece is in six short sections but meant to be played in one continuous piece. The only keyboards I used were the Korg micro and a cheap Woolworths reed organ, but I attempted to extend their rather limited sounds by means of lots of experimentation with tape manipulation and recorded sound effects.
Yellow		1Mb	02:19	Lots of warbling whistling sounds start the piece off. I was intrigued to hear the interference "beats" that create a phantom third note between two others, especially in high pitched sounds such as this. Unfortunately the effect isn't really noticeable here due to the low quality of the cassettes I was using. The section ends with some low bonging noises; a foretaste of what's to come.
Orange		4Mb	05:21	This is the longest of the six sections, and adds some more voices from the Korg. It sounds a bit like the children's TV characters The Clangers having an argument, with the Soup Dragon in there somewhere too. I was basically just having fun with the Korg sounds, and not too bothered about where it was all leading.
Blue		2Mb	02:42	This section adds some bubbly sound effects, courtesy of a BBC Sound Effects record! Then after a bit more larking about, there are more external sounds such as marbles being rolled around a bath-tub and a radio being tuned (This starts to sound a bit like The Beatles' "Revolution 9" in places.) One spoken word can be just made out - "Destruction". See if you can spot it. The section ends with a dramatic glass smash, again courtesy of the BBC.
Brown		1Mb	01:27	Back to the opening whistles, which fade away to leave just one playing the tune from my guitar piece "Charmaine". (My prediliction for self-plagiarism runs deep.)
Deep red		2Mb	02:48	More whistles, but now rising in steps instead of swooping in curves. The peace is suddenly shattered by the sound of a thunderbolt mixed in with phased white noise. The mood is now definitely darker. A sinister sounding tune is played on a cheap Woolworth's toy organ overlaid with the Korg, recorded with a live microphone instead of directly into the recorder.
Black		3Mb	04:20	Footsteps? No, just the Korg again sounding an unaccompanied beat. Then a pre-recorded ten second tape loop of a piano solo is heard repeating over and over while the Korg keeps up the relentless beat. The loop sticks; the footsteps speed up to become a barrage, then slow to a stop. Finally we hear a kind of shoot-out with white noise, and the piece ends with the Korg hammering out a solo monophonic coda. I remember I wanted to continue with this, but I had reached the end of the tape so the piece ends with a bit of an anticlimax. Still, it's all very strange. John Cage would have approved.