Socioacoustic by Jeremy Muller
"Socioacoustic" is a term I use to describe music that was created by sonifying unsuspecting social-media users. For this album I tracked tweets from Twitter that used a particular hashtag, then mapped specific parameters of each tweet to correspond with pitch, duration, and loudness. Each track is named for the hashtag that I followed, which I sound designed a soundscape for the hashtag. The tweets were streamed in real-time and I recorded the result.
Part of this project was to document the public response to specific events that occurred during the end of 2014. The results are sonified, which offer a unique way of articulating ideas and emotions where words fall short. Curiously, retweets tend to create a unique tonal center for each soundscape. "Socioacoustic" was inspired by Jon Bellona's fascinating work, "#Carbonfeed."
Tracklist
| 1. | #Ferguson | 6:44 |
| 2. | #BlackLivesMatter | 10:25 |
| 3. | #CIA #TortureReport | 10:31 |
| 4. | #ICantBreathe | 5:51 |
| 5. | #Cuba | 6:37 |
| 6. | #NorthKorea | 11:12 |
| 7. | #Pakistan | 9:23 |
| 8. | #Ferguson #BlackLivesMatter #CIA #TortureReport #ICantBreathe #Cuba #NorthKorea #Pakistan | 12:29 |
Credits
Jeremy Muller, composer/programmer/sound designer
Public, performer
License
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I am a percussionist, composer, and multimedia artist. My interests are electroacoustics, computer music, and web audio.