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CT-GREAT SPEECHES IS OUT !
Hi people, I' m proud to announce that the CT-GREAT SPEECHES project is
now
online and free to download.
Thanks to all members, for theyr creativity, patience and ispiration.
Here's is the link:
http://www.ct-collective.com/index.cfm?page=music&albumid=24
and - for those of you who are interested - a "Listening guide" to the
project.
As usual, comments are welcome.
Fabio
http://xoomer.alice.it/eterogeneo/
www.myspace.com/eterogeneo
Listening guide to the CT-Great Speech project
The aim of this project is to compose a music to "furnish" a famous
speech.
A "great speech" is a speech that has a relevant historical, religious,
political, or social content.
First time I started to think at this project was when I worked on a film
about the Apollo 11 moon landing. The interesting part of that work was to
think to the speech as a part of the music, the leading part. Nothing new
compared to My life in a bush of ghost (Brian Eno - David Byrne, 1981),
but it was new for me experimenting the Eno-Byrne creative process.
I started to work on other speeches and when I realized that it would take
most part of the time i’ve to spend in music, I open it to the
CT-Collective.
I'm now proud to announce the publishing of the CT-Great Speeches project,
my first experience as a CT-Collective project coordinator.
This was an amazing experience for many reasons: different musical
approaches and speeches choosen by the members, different ways of working
on the samples and many contacts with skilled musicians, from all around
the world.
It's interesting notate that some members have choosen speeches regarding
similar events or content: 2nd world war, missions in space and
spirituality are three recourring themes in this CD.
That inspired me to create a playlist accordingly to these three themes
and
here's how it works.
The CD starts with a great dense, obscure and emotional atmosphere, where
you can hear the famous W. Churchill’s one-line quote, "we'll fight 'em
on
the beaches" (1). Next songs contain the tone colored declaration of war
(2) by the italian dictator B. Mussolini, in a crescendo rock track. It's
interesting notice that both songs end with a sample (birds in the 1st, a
child crying in th 2nd) that introduce a reality context.
The third song contains a Michael Moore speech, about the U.S. President
G.
Bush feeling like God (3); M. Frank had built a very rithmic and
straordinarly accessible track.
The Meaning of God is the original title of the speech held by M. Gandhi
that appears, after an ethereal looping textures, in Misterious Power (4),
the song i composed for this project.
As it was the dark side compared to the Gandhi message, follows the
intense
composition by Mike Fazio, about the The Jim Jones Jonestown Cult Suicide
Speech (5).
Moon 1969 (6) opens the edge of space missions. Just announced, like in
the
JFK speech, altered by Michael Peters in an onomatopoeic way, as it seems
that you’re starting to fly ; or followed step by step, with an ear to
the
President R. Reagan announcing the mission and an ear to a radio station
that was broadcasting in real time the Challenger Tragedy (7), like in the
obscure ambient song composed by Milco Montagna.
Spirit and science converge in a unique element in the A. Hofman speech
choosen by Anders Ostberg for his drone track, about a new natural wiev of
life (8).
Artificious is the starting point for the (impossible) 17 U.S. Presidents
conference (9) Norelpref created. As an answer to all that politics
talking, i’ve put Now is the time (10) contains a part of the famous
I’ve a
dream speech held by M. L. King in Washington in 1963 (10). I compose it
before starting the CT project, and even if i’ve encouraged the members
to
take in account this speech, noone used it. So i put it here, thinking it
could be a good final song.
At the end, i feel it was an interesting experience where all members work
hard to get the best idea, or musical and technical approach and
inspiration.
Thanks to you all for your work, collaboration and patience, i’ll hope
it
will be a second CT-Great Speeches project to follow.
Fabio Anile