Feeling For Sound- Matthew Herbert

Moving on from graphical scores, I have come back round to an artist I already know and admire, Matthew Herbert. He's well known for his album 'One Pig' which explores the life of a pig from birth to plate, and much of his work focuses on attacks on the food industry, health and the problems we face in the UK with regards to that.

When looking at graphical scores I saw alot of potential there, but also see it as quite random. I also then looking at my project so far, saw it as too broad. I've decided that instead of trying to tackle multiple points in my life which changed me greatly, I'm going to focus on the one. The divorce of my parents, as it's the one that I feel changed me most in terms of my direction, my focus and my attitudes in life. It's also the one I remember most vividly. That period of my life spans a good year or so while I coped with that as well as doing my GCSE's and such.

Back to Matthew Herbert. I really admire how he incorporates foley into his music and tries to say something, or tell a story with that. I would prefer to do something like that, whilst still keeping with the binaural beats and other devices to make the audience feel emotion directly, more scientifically through sound as well as have emotion inferred through music.

Here is some of Matthew Herbert's work which gives an idea of the work I am trying to make:

I feel as if this approach will help my piece remain more focused in terms of message, and also help tell a story as it is much more easily structured, especially if I try to stick to the general rules of thumb when it comes to constructing music.