{"id":2357,"date":"2011-10-13T08:35:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T15:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2011-10-13T08:35:27","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T15:35:27","slug":"thrift-store-sounds-grillage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/thrift-store-sounds-grillage\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrift Store Sounds: Grillage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My mecca on a foggy morning: Urban Ore!<\/p><\/div>\n

I went to the granddaddy of thrift stores recently, so much so that it’s more of a glorified junk store…but oh, what glorious junk<\/em>. I’m talking about Urban Ore<\/a> in Berkeley, California. Sometimes I’m self-conscious shopping for things by ear, picking up random things and just listening to them, but at Urban Ore – heck, Berkeley in general – I can ear-shop in peace.<\/p>\n

I was in a metallic mood, so I filled a bag with things that squeak, resonate, creak, clank, and sproing. Based on the dronetastic results of striking wire shelving last year<\/a>, I picked up a few thin-wire metal grills that had sonic promise, among other things that will surely find their way to this blog later this fall and winter.<\/p>\n

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For the grills, I decided to trot out my much-neglected piezo contact microphones. The resonant notes were so subtle that it seemed like the best way to capture the sound at a reasonable volume. I plucked them, struck them, and played them with a cello bow. The magic happened, though, when I realized one was easily played with a bow and the other was not, so I stuck the bowable one inside of the other, and played away, causing both of them to resonate when played appropriately.<\/p>\n

The results were like ultra-low-fi bastardizations of stringed instruments played in horror movies, and I just loved the character. The rawness of hearing the actual hairs of the bow on the metal, in my opinion, lends to the eerie charm.<\/p>\n

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\n[Contact microphone into Sound Devices 702 recorder]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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