Ave Maria by C. Gounod, J.S. Bach
Eileen Z.
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In my artwork, I performed Ave Maria on the cello and Ave Maria on the piano as accompaniment. Because I played both the cello and piano myself, it was difficult to coordinate a way to put the two sounds together. My two options were: 1. record the piano part first and play it in headphone while recording the cello part and then editing/stacking the two soundtracks on top of each other using editing software. I eventually went with my second option, where I played and recorded the Prelude on a self-playing piano. Then, the piano played itself while I played the cello part simultaneously. While recording, I used two microphones. One picked up the sound from the piano, and the other one picked up sound from the cello. It was a very interesting experience, adjusting the mic placement to get the balance of both instruments as best as I could. I also played around with the camera settings and lighting to aid the video. In the end, this whole process allowed me to creatively play around with both music and technology, expanding my capacity and pushing my own "limits" in a multitude of fields.
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Creativity, to me, means creating the extraordinary with the ordinary. It is playing around with the tools that I have in fun ways that creates something different, exciting, weird... It allows me to explore and expand in unusual ways that pushes my own limits and leads to new growth and knowledge.
