DMA Week 3

For this week’s theme of boundary-dissolution I wanted to pick two songs that were in the same key but represented opposition like classical and contemporary music. It took me awhile to figure out what classical piece I wanted to work with because I had so many options from all the ballets I know. Also, by choosing a classical song from a ballet I would be going along with my ballet alignment theme from the first week. After deciding on a classical piece which is a Waltz from the ballet Swan Lake I was able to chose a contemporary song called Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics. However, looking for the right contemporary song I experienced many tried and failed attempts. Through many attempts to figuring out which songs would sound the best I realized that the songs needed to have greater “drops” or silences. This way, with the contrasting songs I could make transitions sound more exciting and surprising to the listener. Before I started to fiddle with and mash up both the classical and contemporary songs, I wanted to listen to both songs fully through so I could get a sense of how the rhythm went and figure out which sections of the songs I enjoyed listening to more. After a few times of listening to both songs I knew what and where I wanted to mix up the different parts of both songs. In the process of figuring out where to mix and add the two songs together I saw similarities in the sounds lines on Audacity which was a weird coincidence but in the end it worked out well and in my favor.

My piece is a mash-up between a classical waltz in Swan Lake by Tychovski and the contemporary song Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics. My piece symbolizes the major reduction of personal space and boundaries in new-media. My piece is combined with sections of each song playing alone and then a mash-up if the two songs playing at the same time. Normally, when two songs play at the same time they clash and do not create a pleasant sound for the listener to enjoy. However, I have carefully selected the two songs, Swan Lake and Sweet Dreams to be in the same key and additionally I have analyzed on Audacity where the pieces sound best together. Furthermore, boundary-dissolution and the new- media era allow people to instantly share ideas or personal information with friends and people around the world. My piece represents this idea for since I was so proud of my finished work on Audacity I was able to send the sound cloud link to all my friends and family through Facebook chats. This was a pleasant example of boundary-dissolution because I could share my creation and let other people listen to it. Technology continues to amaze me as I and many others are still learning and struggling with computers, phones, and new programs everyday; however, the dissolution of boundaries is a helpful and great advance to stay connected and share ideas.