Fear of music : sounded poetry and the poetry soundtrack
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01/03/2012
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Resumo |
This essay proposes the term ‘poetry soundtrack’ for a form of sounded poetry that I have been practising for some years (examples of which can be found in this issue of Axon). The poetry soundtrack is a sonic object made up of original poetry, music, and sound design. Such a form is now being produced—under various names—by numerous poets, thanks to the development of the Digital Audio Workstation (or DAW). In my essay, I argue that the poetry soundtrack has occupied an aesthetic no man’s land between avant-garde ‘sound poetry’ and documentary-style recordings of poetry readings. I propose that a general ‘fear of music’ has led critics to favour such forms, and concomitantly to ignore musico-poetic forms of sounded poetry. In addition, I analyse the ‘digital poetics’ that can be found in producing sounded poetry with a DAW, especially with regard to the ‘vocal staging’ that such technology can produce in the poetry soundtrack. |
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eng |
Publicador |
University of Canberra |
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http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30049985/mccooey-fearof-2012.pdf http://axonjournal.com.au/issue-2/fear-music-sounded-poetry-and-âpoetry-soundtrackâ |
Palavras-Chave | #sounded poetry #digital audio production #adaptation #literature and music #sound poetry #poetry soundtrack |
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Journal Article |