My wordscapes for each DM staff member
Joy
“ I Like the Sound of Rain "
Following them on facebook Books with faces on them Gold smiths Smiths sssfffffssss Sf s Finding out about them at goldsmiths Led by graham doddle Saw a job that suited me well Part time Ppppp apart. I went for it Is that enough? Ffffffffff f f f f f f f f f f f Cool. I do a few things few Recording engineer Freelance recording freelance In studios around London Studio Studio Studious Stooooo Studio Studio Recording studio Recording RecordingRecording studioRecordingRecording studioRecordingRecording studioRecordingRecording studio Make my music when I have time But I don’t have time Women in soundLive sound Omnii 1 minute – loop Im pa ti e nt Is that faster than what Tom said? Pourous Easily penetrated Things can pass in and out of it Laughing lots of laughing SweatMoisturiserSweatMoisturiserSweatMoisturiserSweatMoisturiser I really like that word, sounds like a band.Change, And fluidity -Contrast Fliiiiiidddd d d d I ttty Ditty Fluid ditty A little ditty Bother – loud eaters, breathers, snoring Velvet backwards – heebie jeebies siebeej iebeeh heebie jeebiessiebeej iebeeh
I like the sound of rain I like the sound of rain. I like no sound. I like hearing familiar accents I like sounds like quite chaotic Radical and out there Inviting and welcoming DDDDDDDDDDDDDiverse
I like the sound of rain I like the sound of rain. I like no sound. I like the sound of rain I like the sound of rain. I like no sound.
I like the sound of rain I like the sound of rain. I like no sound.
Louis
"It's like the wind, the way it moves"
Good question Good question Supporting disabled people in school settings Teaching assistant GCSE music Couldn't play a conventional music There’s gotta be other people doing this – after she finished her qualification which is quite frustration What do I do outside Drake A variety of different things 2 year old boy In a band Write short stories Like to keep my creative pursuits – taking a compromise It's not exclusive Prohibited Not discouraging Not stuck Not without potential EchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEcho Repeat a sound but has its own effect on it C o n cept ual A bit like the wind but it changes as it O s e around the environment I want something that acknowledges that I’m there Not patronising Acknowledges my presence Comforting A human condition Maybe God..... Maybe..... affirmation. Porrrrrrrrrrussssss Pour us
Miryam
"Textured Journeys"
Sent my CV to Tom Almost 3 years ago Do music as well My own project All female collective ….. choir I also teach Swedish. All female collective Deep Throat Choir – all female collective – we so some covers – second album – rehearse every week on RED days (mondays) Deeeeep Inside Bothers me Good questions Sound of cutlery Really really annoying Calms me Sound of the sea Sound of the sea
Sound of the sea
Sound of the sea
I grew up by the sea I really like the sound of the sea Sound of the sea
Hold music Something that changes so you don’t switch off. Pattern that doesn’t repeat but the loop changes after two bars – what's this twist and turn Something to throw you off keep you engaged REDDDDDDDD Red is in Drake Mellow yellow – then it’s like REEEEEEEED – I feel it between my shoulder blades and let nothing fall apart. Lunch break yellow or green RED is frequent colour. CAFÉ OTO – you don’t know what to expect it’s more like a soundscape Investigating sound taking you on a journey rather than production
Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like Exploring textures I like There's something about the everyday and the mundane and the city is always throwing in different elements It can be draining but it’s also what keeps me going It's the fire that fuels me but kills me a little bit. PourusssssssSSSSSSSSS Thank you that was so much fun.
Tom
"It's quiet, it's very very quiet" It’s quiet Can be very very quiet It’s quiet It’s like a nirvana The loud quiet thing It's very quiet And then it gets very loud Nothing in between Smells like teen spirit Pop Thumb pop Silence Cough Loop – demented I can tolerate a lot – 2 to 3 seconds If you can make it good it can be forever – if it’s the right thing Pitch it half way between Compress the hell out of itCompress the hell out of itCompress the hell out of it
C E Sssssss What brought you to join it Applied to a job 3.5 years ago Don't remember Job hunting
Wild card job - I came from a different sector – different part of the charity world Background in music Sister is disabled and she’s also a musician and she’s quite techie Relatable Relatable Relate. able. relate No relevant experience All I was doing all day was applying for jobs Be here now with you Pooooooooooorrrrrrrrrr us. Pour us. Poor us. Pouuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrr Russssssssss. Rrrrrrrrrrr RRRRRRRR Relateable.
Carien
"And Birdsong and forest and green"
It’s a long time ago Along time Along A long time I didn’t find Drake Music, I didn’t find D D d d d D d f d d somebody Somebody involved in Drake Music rung me and said there’s a job going - why don’t you apply?
Involved Involving Involve Evolve evolving Involved Evolving evolve wave Waving Evol Love Loving Lovingly lovely Enveloping Envelope Somebody involved in Drake Music rung me Rung Another rung WRUNG Up up the ladder up and up the ladder up and up the ladder and up the CEO the seeeee the seee what do you see up this rung? Rung up to see you See you up the rung Rung rung up
see I am in the sea Sea Waves And and said there’s a job going - why don’t you apply? The end of 2005 I’ve never heard of them why would I? Why would I Why would I would I wood be Wood trees wooden Wood would I don’t know I would never…. (Why would I apply? Why would I?) (Anyway) Talked to my then partner about her - (she names Drake - Drake is a woman - woman is a Drake - not Drake the rapper - Drake the wo -man. Wo-man Woooooah Wo,
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh See what your market value is. I went and applied… and I got it. En A A E D A I had no idea. I had no no idea, I had no idea. I had no no idea, I had no idea. I had no no idea, I had no idea. I had no no idea, I had no idea. I had no no idea, it was not an area I’d worked in before. Area and curves - circles round and round and round - area - circumference I was on a very very very steep learning curve. (or a hill? Up a mountain, huh?) It’s not what it was in 2005, 6, 7, 8 which was a very very dysfunctional and backward looking organisation.(5, 6, 7, 8)
5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8 A e i o A e i o A B D E It’s not an organisation that supports a medical model
It’s not an organisation that doesn’t support
It’s not a place that stands still.
Cacophony of sounds Phony - phony - fake - this furry phone. Most unusual beautiful subtle extraordinary sound Jarring harder on the ear. That’s probably not so good for holding music. Too much going on - too much sound - overload I think about Birdsong, hearing the trees Anything to do with trees Not voices - voices are not calming They’re really nice questions because they make you think - well me. (lots of laughing) - music to cheer up? - gleeful - Pourous Movement - coming and going space, but not stable - not necessarily stable It’s exciting - but the word itself is negative Could be good It’s something good. (she breathes) exhales - laughs laughs Anyway this is really interesting. Porous Pourus Porous Pore Pouring Pore Pour Poor Holding on Holding Hold Hold hold hold holding on and on and on and holding Being held. Holding on to Holding inside Holding tightly on and clutching and being warm and holding you inside my cupped cupped hands
And hold hold old old is outside out there it’s disappearing fast, it’s out in the air landscape Pour on us, pouring over us pouring pour Pouring out of us Pouring into and out of and being inside of and outside of and being inside and outside and pouring pour us the skies are opening pour opening the skies pouring onto us pour the faces us of on and ruspo pourus rusty tint of pouring under and on a