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overcast #036

posted by overman — Fri 5 Sep 2008 2:15 pm

 
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In this most unique of episodes, Ricky takes us on a sonic journey through SIGGRAPH 2008 in L.A. If you’re a fan of Ricky’s “Wonderful World of Sound” series, you’ll find this episode to be a treasure trove of field recording goodness. Serving as punctuation between the recordings are some short bits of experimental music, improvised and performed “live” by Phil, specifically for this episode. So kick back, don your best pair of headphones, close your eyes, and enjoy. For even more of the experience, check out the links to Ricky’s Renderosity.com SIGGRAPH journal.

We’re going to be trying something a little different. Right now we’ve been shooting for bi-weekly shows, every other Friday. In October, we’re going to try augmenting that schedule by adding what we’re calling “Sideshows” (and that only because “Snacks” is already in use by The Awful Show, my inspiration for trying this out). Basically, the idea is that we want to try to provide content Monday, Wednesday, and Friday… every week. We’ll continue to do the longer, produced podcasts every other Friday, but in between those episodes you’ll start seeing some other material, generally of shorter duration and more focused in nature. Interviews, spotlights, and so on. We’ll kick off the overcast “sideshows” starting October 6th, 2008.

Thank you for listening! What do you think of what we’re doing? We want to know.

This Week’s Itinerary:

12 Comments »

  1. Pingback by Overman’s Blog » Ricky goes to SIGGRAPH 2008 — September 5, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    […] The Overcast #036 is out at last. Unique among all the episodes ever released, this is a sonic journey. Loaded with L.A. field recordings, Ricky shares with us the experience of traveling to and experiencing SIGGRAPH while he was reporting for Renderosity.com. Relive the journey with him, and enjoy the wonderful soundscape. […]

  2. Comment by Ricky Grove — September 5, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    Oh, man, thank you so much for editing this huge mass of recordings into something creative, strange and fun. Sorry for not doing it myself, but I wanted to get an objective take on what was interesting sound-wise. The idea of using somewhat experimental music as bridges is a fantastic idea. A lot of good music there, Phil. Performing it live must have been a lot of fun (and challenging, too). I especially liked the music just before the Pantry sequence….mnn, dark and futuristic. You have so much talent as a composer.

    This collection of sounds is only a small fragment of everything I recorded there. The variety and mass of sound was phenomenal. I could have spent the entire Festival just recording sound. I hope that those who make it to the end of this Overcast will find it an interesting journey. Personally, I loved the Exhibition hall sequence and the Subway - On the Way sequence. Please, feel free to use any of these sound beds in your projects. Just remember they are Creative Commons and give us credit.

    Definitely follow the links if you want to learn more about Siggraph. It’s an extraordinary event that has given me great inspiration for the upcoming Machinima Expo in Montreal this fall. And thanks again, Phil, for putting this together.

  3. Comment by Kate — September 6, 2008 at 5:50 am

    This overcast is only 14 seconds long, wrong file or something I’m doing??

  4. Comment by Ricky Grove — September 6, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    Plays just fine for me, Kate. I’m using Google Chrome and Firefox.

  5. Comment by overman — September 6, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    Plays fine for me too, using the Flash player or downloading the file. Are you downloading it for offline listening, Kate? If so, perhaps it timed out on you?

  6. Comment by John Martin — September 7, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    A true audio odyssey. I was in LA for Siggraph and happened to pass Ricky here and there as we criss-crossed the show during that week. With his m-audio recorder held out Ricky moved through Siggraph like a man on a mission, inside a visual amusement park. Siggraph is a fantastic conference and you can see diehards walking about with words on their t-shirts that say things like, ‘Siggraph 80,’ as in 1980. Siggraph started in Boulder, Colorado and many people have attended every meeting since. I’m sure that they could not have imagined what an important event it would become way back when it was mainly scientists collaborating on the use of code to generate simple images and animation. The theme this year was ‘Evolve,’ and it could not have been more appropriate. The evolution of this industry is stunning.

    Thanks to Ricky for sharing his journey and to Phil for the music. Phil, I had no idea you played the digital didgeridoo. I had the pleasure to traverse this soundscape on a plane and it was a fitting soundtrack for the dark and roaring stillness through the night sky. You guys always keep it fresh and that rocks.

  7. Comment by Mu — September 10, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    So when are you guys gonna get some sponsorship and make some moolah doing this stuff. It’s not being done “for the money” is exactly why someone should pay you for it. I bet there’s even some government/art/etc. grants out there for you guys.

  8. Comment by damian — September 14, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    Hey yo! This great. Nice sonic excursion Ricky. Well conceived, well edited and some fine music there too Phil. Very enjoyable.

  9. Comment by James — September 18, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    Hi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James.

  10. Comment by BenZS — October 1, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    Note to Overman:

    See even Ricky can get thru a event, without getting himself a “blackeye” :-) from Security.

    Note to everybody else: it’s a inside joke from a previous episode of the overcast. (Episode 05)

  11. Pingback by the overcast » sideshow #003 — October 10, 2008 at 7:28 am

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  12. Pingback by the overcast » sideshow #004 — October 13, 2008 at 7:32 am

    […] Also: overcast #036 - Ricky Goes to SIGGRAPH addthis_url = ‘http://theovercast.com/sideshow-004/’; addthis_title = ’sideshow #004′; […]

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