I Am Sitting In A Room Text

In i am sitting in a room several sentences of recorded speech are simultaneously played back into a room and re recorded there many times.

I am sitting in a room text.

The others are gradually eliminated. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice as described in the text his voice was recorded then played back into the room. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice and i am going to play it back into the room again and again until the resonant frequencies of the room reinforce themselves so that any semblance of my speech with perhaps the exception of rhythm is destroyed. And that goes on over and over again.

The phrases describing the action are recorded then played into a room and re recorded. From i am sitting in a room lovely music ltd 1981. Collage artist residuum takes the text by lucier and let the computer speak it. I am sitting in a room the same one you are in now.

Lucier read a text into a microphone. As the repetitive process continues those sounds common to the original spoken statement and those implied by the structural dimensions of the room are reinforced. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. I am sitting in a room is a psycho acoustic classic by alvin lucier for voice and tape.

I am recording the sound of my speaking voice and i am going to play it back into the room again and again until the resonant frequencies of the room reinforce themselves so that any semblance of my speech with perhaps the exception of rhythm is destroyed. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice and i am going to play it back into the room again and. I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now. I am sitting in a room is a piece of experimental music composed by alvin lucier in 1969.

Attempting to smooth out his stutter he began with the lines i am sitting in a room the same one you are in now. I am sitting in a room is a multi media piece created in 1969 1970 by mary and alvin lucier and in its solo sound version is one of composer alvin lucier s best known works. I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now. The audio section of the piece features alvin lucier recording himself narrating a text and then playing the tape recording back into the room re recording it.

What you will hear. The work is fascinating to me because the acoustic of the room is at the heart of how the music evolves during the work.