As a musician, I'm almost always thinking in sounds, pitches, music
notes, rhythms, etc. So usually this translates into turning almost any
pitch I hear in normal, everyday life into a song or pitch in my head. Seriously,
it can get annoying and overbearing, especially when trying to sleep. Remember that part in Shrek when Fiona outsings the bird and it explodes? That’s what it feels like sometimes, especially at bedtime, but you learn to cope and deal with it and move on with life.
This project is an attempt at explaining what it's like to be inside of my brain. I'm kind of obsessed with how other people think, especially when their train of thought isn't focused on anything specific and it's just jumbling around. To get into someone else's brain and have a lasting encounter (page 19) on it is extremely fascinating to me. Consequently, my video is also attempting to prompt the audience to think like me, in song and pitch. The conductor is a guide, much like a real musical situation, for the audience to sing the pitch either in their head or out loud. I'd actually prefer the latter, especially if it was an unexpected reaction and gut instinct to sing aloud. Due to my musical pursuits for the majority of my life, I don't know how to sit still still whenever a conductor gives a cue. It's a problem.
Ideally, this would be projected onto a much larger screen in a darker room, much like that of Christian Marclay's The Clock, to isolate the audience from their own thoughts and ease them into mine. This would also be much longer with more pitches and everyday sounds from my life, but I chose to only include the three sounds I hear most often for the purpose of saving class time.
I hope you enjoy! You can view the video here on my YouTube account if the embedded video doesn't work.
