[Art Application] Symphony of Angry (Mini-Concept Paper)

Andrew John C. Apostol Professor Nerissa Guevarra Art Application 23 July 2013 “Symphony of Angry” There are just so many things to get angry about nowadays, which is one of the many reasons why bad decisions are being made. When it comes to myself, I need a vent to release my own personal “anger to the world” or else I’d lash out rebelliously and sometimes violently. I’m basically angry about my shit life which comprises of a shit family, shit relationship, and shit prejudices against me. Ever since I heard about the “Self-Portrait” project, this is what filled my head. With the way I will artistically express myself would be the not so usual musical presentation students would create, which is dubstep, an electro-dance music genre that features syncopated drum and percussion patterns with bass lines that contain prominent sub bass frequencies also known as wobbles (Dubstep). Because of its unusual progression of bass lines/wobbles, the sound of a dubstep “drop” would sound like two angry aliens or robots arguing with each other, hence myself using this kind of music to express my anger, and with it, my interest for music. The tool that I will be using to create such music would be FL Studio 10 (Cannie and Van Biesen) which is a powerful audio studio program for the computer which is used to create all sorts of sounds, rhythms, melodies, percussions, and so on so forth. My inspiration for this would obviously be dubstep producers such as Sonny Moore (Moore) for his very aggressive bass lines and drops and is also known for his “brostep”, Troy Beetles (Datsik) for his insane drops that bound to make listeners rave in a crazy-like manner, and other dubstep artists and producers or even Electronic Dance Music (EDM) producers out there from Sound Cloud to YouTube. Other influences would be the guys from Jackass (MTV) and Blink-182 for not being afraid to express themselves and try new things which I have lived by.

Cannie, Jean-Marie and Frank Van Biesen.