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prepared blank tape
source sound recorded june 7, 2001 carroll gardens, brooklyn, new york source sound - jason schoch and nathan bibb
Jason and I were drinking at our local pub, Sparky's, one night, and we were discussing the music of John Cage. Specifically his prepared piano. Then the idea struck us, between fits of laughter, to create a piece for "prepared blank tape" by gluing magnet filings to a cassette tape and playing it through an old tape deck belonging to Apryl Hand. Apryl was luckily out of town, so we vowed to follow through with our idea that weekend. The next morning, we went to a hardware story in Manhattan and bought a giant magnet and two metal files. We had no idea what to expect from our experiment, hoping somehow for some type of dissonant but musical sound to be created. Of course once we got the magnet filed, glued to a tape, and playing in the tape deck, we heard the most god-awful noise you've ever heard. We recorded 10 snippets of sound onto Jason's laptop, each 5-10 seconds each. From these snippets, we were each to create an 8 and a half minute piece, originally for release on a mini-cd. Eventually our friend Matt asked to join in , and three pieces of music were created from what must be considered aural garbage.
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