Music Derived from Sarah Palin's Speech

Post by **Dale** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:05 pm

This is cool. No political comments are needed here. I'd rather leave this in the Pub.

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/10/23

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:55 pm

that was brilliant

ah, good luck with the pub thing

Post by **Dale** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:09 pm

Denny wrote: that was brilliant

ah, good luck with the pub thing

Yeah, I know. A long shot. I figure somewhere early on page 2 I'll have to move it. It's not like we a shortage of Palin threads over there.

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:22 pm

Brilliant.
T

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:46 pm

Wow, jazzy! She almost had a theme going at 0:36 with:
"So, health care reform, and reducing taxes, and reigning in spending..."
I almost expect her to finish that with "and sending faxes"

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:53 pm

(I like your avatar, Alan. Is it your new carpet?)
I thought the clip was amusing. It could have been done to anybody talking about anything and been funny.

Susan

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:55 pm

Different Trains has always sort of creeped me out.

Post by **Dale** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:56 pm

Some posts split off to create a thread in the PROCT forum where people are free to discuss whether the OP was too political for the Pub.

(Sigh.)

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=64186

Coffee · Post by **Coffee** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:02 pm

Was that piano piece an original composition for the video?

Post by **Dale** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:12 pm

Cofaidh wrote:Was that piano piece an original composition for the video?

Yes. Someone is improvising based on the inflections in her speech. It's an interesting thing I've heard a couple of musicians do. Maybe the most famous example is Steve Reich's beautiful piece that I mentioned above. He has recordings of Jews talking about riding on trains to the Nazi camps. He picks up on the rhythm and "melody" elements in the their speeches and uses that as the basis of the composition.

BoneQuint · Post by **BoneQuint** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:02 pm

Dale wrote:Someone is improvising based on the inflections in her speech.

It's very well done. I was wondering if it was maybe programmed. But it does sound "live" to me. I love the little "uh" at 30 seconds in. I'd also like to hear the piano without the words behind it, that'd be interesting.

I've also heard Steve Vai do this on guitar, matching even little inflections with slides and bends.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:06 pm

Brilliant and fascinating. I've got a good ear for both music and language. But whenever I try this sort of spoken pitch-matching by ear, I fail. It's as if my two different mental subsystems aren't communicating, and they process pitch in very different ways. I do suppose it is something that can be improved by deliberate training.

Dale wrote:whether the OP was too political for the Pub.

Nope. So sayeth your Immoderator.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:18 am

Loved it.

fyffer · Post by **fyffer** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:14 am

That was freakin' BRILLIANT! I especially love the end with "Job- Cree- Ay- Shun" emphasis with the jazz chords on each syll-a-ble ...
I cried!

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:08 am

Very well done.

Somehow I was expecting scat singing, or rather, scat talking. We now have a new genre: word salad vocalese.