Part I:

While reading “The Art of Noises” by Luigi Russolo, I realized that music can come from anywhere. I feel that when you restrict art to a limited amount of material, it blocks the expansion of creativity. Inspiration for art can come from a variety of sources, whether in music, paintings, sculptures, etc. In terms of music, the sounds can be a variety of things. For example, you can use the sound of a glass breaking as an element to your music. Today, we see musicians grab audios from tv shows, movies, nature, and everyday things. As long as you have a creative mind for combining different sounds, that’s all that matters. 

Part II:

The artist I chose is Joan La Barbara and everything I heard was her making sounds from her mouth. For example, she creates hissing noises or says words/phrases like “holy.” The sounds are usually random and sometimes she would just repeat things such as “dadada.” I find this intriguing because, from what I learned in “The Art of Noises” by Luigi Russolo, the elements of sounds in music can come from anywhere. It’s how you structure all those elements together to create music. That being said, this artist has an interesting way of creating these different noises to form her music. Additionally, I have thought about sound as art before because of music. I love listening to music and try my best to hear the details because I love the process of making music. While I have never made music myself, I have always wanted to try and even played around with GarageBand in the past, though I am no expert. All in all, understanding that sound can be art truly expands the range of creativity you can explore.

Is it a growl? Is it a roar? What could it possibly be? Humans weren’t even alive to hear this. I assume it’s loud and causes ringing in the ear. They could for sure eat us! I have never seen these creatures before. In fact, none of us have, but only in museums. The flying ones probably screech as loud as they can. The ones on the ground probably have a deep, scary growl. Jurassic Park had a good interpretation of their voices, but I wonder how their real voices were like.

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I was really drawn into this documentary and found it quite interesting how copyright laws have become such a strong restriction in creativity. Humans take inspiration from everywhere! We find something and make it better or put our own twist on it, which is what makes us creative. Having our own ideas and transforming something from the past showcases our creativity. It feels like many of these big corporations are very money hungry. If they think you’ve taken something from them, even if it’s the tiniest detail, you can face a lawsuit immediately. While I believe you should always credit the original creator, copying their work and putting your own spin on it is still creative. You’re seeing something different from what the original creator saw, which illustrates the versatility of art. The director of this documentary, Brett Gaylor, made some points that I thought were spot on. Not only do we take inspiration from the past in music, but we also do this with technology and other inventions–like computers, cars, water bottles, lamps, etc. Everything has been created based on the past, which is one of the documentary’s main points. Bringing the focus back to music, when someone samples something from the past, they can manipulate it into something completely different. The gears are always running in an artists’ head, whether it’s something new or something they saw while walking down the street. That being said, art can be anything, and as mentioned earlier, it can come from anywhere.