Lee Barry Composition (And Photo) Diary

The rhythmic seed for this was something I heard on TV while watching the inauguration of the Pope last May. There was an interesting juxtaposition of bell ringing and a brass ensemble (Bb). It's polytonal with the low strings playing a 3-bar repeating phrase of E-naturals and B-naturals with oscillating G minor and E major triads.  For the video, somehow I was thinking of Ben Hur.It's ironic to squeeze a cinemascope aspect ratio into a Short. *** Curio No. 36 by meta4s

  A section of Bosch's The Last Judgment   Seed is the rhythm for "We are the 99%" (played by timpani) but it's not about OWS.   

The relevance of Robert Ager's analysis of the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and his conclusion that the mono­lith is a metaphor for the cinema screen, seems inescapable in light of research into cognition in media and memory. 

This perhaps sounds a bit too Beethoven but the extended versions will mask it. The seed is from a diary entry in January that had a staccato feel.              My process at the moment is to sample phrases from texts and reduce them to riffs as an "A" idea then extrapolate them--both as an instrumental and with different lyrics. There could be an AI version titled "Docking Station", but the phrase could also be swapped out with other lyrics and have nothing to do with that theme. This could easily be for full orchestra, but the other parts would essentially be doublings. What this is is starting with an orchestral arrangement then building a song around it. I have others that have been extended out and they have turned into prog instrumentals, and could have vocals over the top of them.  

  Seed rhythm 2/17/2025   Curio No. 73 by meta4s

  Marimba, Gamelan and Taiko are muted but will be in the final recordings.

 

  Piranesi/Panopticon Curio No. 41 (2) by meta4s

  Art by Hugh Ferriss Version 2: Version 1:

From a noodling around on the bass in Eb Lydian, then transcribed. Begins in D Phyrigian and ends in Eb Lydian.  Curio No. 67 by meta4s  

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 Based on a field recording (Smartphone audio) on 11/4/2023  ***

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  Nosferatu Seed:  

A noir-ish vibe on this Curio, but might not be in the final mix and video. Footage I used: "Un Chien Andalou" (Bunuel), A Maya Deren clip, clip from "Kansas City Confidential", clip montage from Lost Highway. Is also the "pilot" for how the scored music is contrasted with more electronic treatments. ***

  Something kind of "Jan6", but the seed is in September 2024. If there were a final chord, it would be a free note played triple-F.      

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    An idea heard in a dream--an oom-pah thing with embellishment (confabulation). This may or may not be on Sum V --perhaps too early 20th century.

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   Scale:   Go ahead, forget me, I’ll survive-- but will the gods forget the vow you made and let you off so easily? *** wasuraruru mi wo ba omowazu chikaite shi hito no inochi no oshiku mo aru kana    AI-generated using the Japanese verse: