k. a. bloom

color squares ＞ music

a grid of color squares. each color is pre-assigned a note value, octave and duration. the grid is laser-scanned several times using selective sets of compatible tunings. the output generates 6 voices each scan for which the sound is also set, but can be varied. these audio tracks are treated and mixed - le voila' - btw, the grid is 3D, what you see here is one flat view, 3D images showing depths and angles coming soon - 

to be continued w's.i.p. 

inside the box

Inside the Box could be characterized as "outside the box", a short video animation done frame by frame the old fashioned way using vector drawings, photoshop in movie mode, very basic. The idea was imaginary holographic boxes and artworks in a museum setting. The art, the animation, the sound and production by K.A. Bloom.

 

   

SCARLET RIBBONS

This is my attempt at a more polished version of Scarlet Ribbons.

 

The music of Scarlet Ribbons was written by Evelyn Danzig Levine (January 16, 1902 – July 26, 1996) and the words by her collaborator, Jack Segal (October 19, 1918 – February 10, 2005). Evelyn Danzig and I share the same birthdate, which I did not know when first inspired to do an electronic arrangement of Scarlet Ribbons.  

My A&R company sends daily listings of new calls-and often-times, there are calls for an original arrangement of some classical or public domain music. This was a great exercise in composition, because I didn’t write it- I had to treat it like my baby, working out the “meaning” of the melody. The experience gave great insights for original compositions.

meditation

composition and recording by kathi bloom

Bruno Oscar Klein ”Prelude to the Italian Suite”

Bruno Oscar Klein (6 June 1858 — 22 June 1911) was American composer and organist of German origin. He wrote a number of works for orchestra, some chamber music, church music, and a large number of songs.

transcribed, arranged, recorded by Kathi Bloom

chaosarabande

visual music based on a graphic score of 3x3 tiled squares and circles three times with 3 visually related 3-color spectrum(rgb) score base images, these image files were also used to compose the visual. experimenting at creating scores specifically for audio interpretation of visual signals or vice versa, finding that i can be very specific regarding the colors and shapes used to score the sound, and researching the various types of visual scores made and used by contemporary composers more info on this later....sit back, enjoy 3:02

white noise pattern music

the varieties of tones and timbres of 'white noise' composed in a musical score, with animated 'rorschach' imagery

juxtapose pattern

juxtapose pattern attempts to synthesize two pattern types, the symmetrical and the random

oh leander (2)

a most wonderful reading by sir paul squires with faint trails of some jazz in the background ambiance an infused with spellbinding interpretation the text can be seen in the previous post 'oh leander' by tipota with gratitude immensely honored to Paul (gingatao.com)

fair wind

she’ll be wind wind wind she’ll be wind songwind she’ll be wind she’ll be wind she’ll be wind wind house she’ll be wind involved she’ll be wind fair wind she’ll be wind wind queen queen some some song some fair we involve and demon fell fair w'evolved fell fair w'evolved with wind with wind fair wind fair wind in fair wind wind in fair we involve un wind in fair most fair with wind ah wind fair wind wind been fair window fair window oh see me instant calls me instant calls when he can hotel hotel going calls oh hope very politics oh fair rainbow ah cream in fair wiindow going faerie hole ah demon fell fair ah we felt fair ah we we scream for windy fair window fair wing in fair going in fair window when we wing oh la la we wing we wing fair window wing in fair windowing going fared