self-portrait

I was so excited when I read the syllabus for this class and saw that there was a self-portrait assignment.  I’ve been wanting to make one for a long time but never thought I had an excuse to I guess.  Music and sound design is my life, so I definitely want to make an experimental soundscape, but I’m worried that it may not turn out exactly how I’m envisioning it.  I’m also a bit concerned about the no music rule, because there is a lot of music (traditional and contemporary) that I was thinking about using for this project all semester.  I’m hoping I can appropriate pieces of the music in such a way that makes it not seem like a music video or whatever, but I’m scared that the music clips not being recognizable defeats the purpose of having them.  I definitely don’t want to include any video or film in my project, except for maybe a still image, but I haven’t decided yet.  But if I feel like I’m not using the songs correctly and I have to change course on the project I don’t know what the hell I’m going to do.  I’m sure it will all work out but the more I think about it, the more intimidated I am by the whole idea of this.  I know what I like but thinking about the essence of ~me~ is kind of daunting.  I think I’m going to have a really difficult time separating what I enjoy objectively from who I am, which I guess is the whole point of this project.