Resonant Observation #1: Derek Bailey inside a glass head

Exploring interesting music in interesting spaces.

I've had an idea for a small video series for a number of years now, which would feature me playing back some wonderful music and placing them in odd and unfamiliar spaces, observing the resonant characteristics and listening to how it interacts with that space.
Re-amping through rooms, containers, objects and the likes.

As a sound designer I often find myself reaching for re-amping to explore new colours, so while this is related in workflow and approach, it differs in that it is wholly self-indulgent; this is not for a project, not for a library, the recordings are not to be further processed or altered. They are just what happened in the given scenario I set up. It's everything it's ever going to be.

"What if Derek Bailey's guitar playing came from inside a glass head?".
Only one way to find out. Set it up myself, record it and listen back.

The very transient plucks of his playing excites the glass while the little, shoddy speaker unit can't handle the volume. It's a lovely interaction.

The video series could be a reference for further ideas and choices for sound design, but for now, this is just an observation I want to share with you all.

I've got a good handful of observations I want to try and document when there is time.

Cheers. Go ahead and play your favourite music in resonant spaces.