RESEARCH ON TIESTO

I am probably most excited about this blog entry. I love music and when I saw that Tiesto was listed under 'Electronic - Producer/DJ Culture' I was ecstatic. In 2016 I saw Tiesto and I continue to go to raves and DJ performances every summer. Up until half an hour ago, I was under the impression that these types of shows were newer. But I have now discovered that Tiesto had light shows to play his produced music over 10 years ago.

'Mixing' music and house/electronic dance music (EDM) was a shock to the music industry. Without the improving technology, there wouldn't have been such a drastic change in the music landscape that people had always been use to. In the 2000s there was a switch from turntables and vinyl records to compact-disc players. "FinalScratch, unveiled that year and on the market in early 2002, made it possible to play digital files on a traditional turntable through the use of a specially encoded record. In addition, 2001 saw the debut of Ableton Live, a computer software program that enabled users to compose, cue, and blend digital tracks by way of a waveform display—thus eliminating the motor skills previously necessary to perform an effective DJ set" (Brittanica). Thus, the start of EDM music festivals that are becoming more and more popular every year. 

In about 2007, Tiesto was attempting to create a new American mainstream of this type of music and performance. There was a decent amount of backlash; people did not understand what this new type of music was. Others were fascinated. He dabbled in 'experimental music' which is when an artist pushes boundaries of certain genres. Tiesto was essentially the beginning of electronic/dance music and made great efforts to popularize it. Without his music and publicity, the world of EDM wouldn't be the way it is today.  The rave and club mainstream may not be that new anymore, but it sure isn't going anywhere any time soon.

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My favorite Tiesto song recommendations: Red Lights, A Town Called Paradise, Wasted, BOOM

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Here are a few of Tiesto's albums:

          

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dialogue-dj-tiesto-flows-mainstream-148239

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C3%ABsto

https://www.britannica.com/art/electronic-dance-music

PERFORMANCE VIDEO

VIDEO LINK
Above is the link to my video for the Performance project. My video is a performance of a girl who is struggling in college to afford Taco Bell. She also struggles to start her car and park her car. There's a chain of events leading up to me eating the Taco Bell at the end of the video.
I used an app on my phone to put the video clips together called Cute CUT Pro. I also used that video for the into and outro. After that, I uploaded my video to GarageBand on my Mac and used many sound effects and short songs to bring the whole video together. The soundtrack was made entirely by me. I used different sounds for the suspenseful parts or the happy parts of my video to really bring it to life.

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https://youtu.be/2QRg_brRNf8

COLLAGE PROJECT

The collage I created was of a cat. I chose to create a cat because I have been missing my kitty at home. As you can see, I made certain parts of the kitty with collage photos of my body parts. All four paws were made of my fists; the front paws were my entire arm and the back paws were just the fists. I used photos of my hands as whiskers for the kitten and my eyes, nose, and mouth finished off the face. I wanted to incorporate painting as my second form of art within this project, so on a poster board I used black, gray, and white paints to create the rest of the cat. I chose to paint the background in vibrant fading colors so that the black and white cat would stand out as the main focus of this piece. 

There is something slightly disturbing about making a collage out of pictures of my own body. The weird proportions of body parts and odd placement of each print strangely pull together the entire piece. 

On the left I have a photo of the cat I attempted to mimic and on the right is my project. 

GRID PROJECT

For my Grid Project, I decided to do 18 by 19 pixels instead of 10 by 10. I wanted my picture to be of something. When a picture is only 10 by 10 pixels, you can hardly tell what it's of. My grid art was painted on a canvas. I took pictures of every step starting with the blank canvas and then my grid drawing with pencil and finally you will see the hamburger at the end.
In order to emphasize the authenticity of pixels and the grid, I did not erase the grid I originally drew out. It is somewhat visible through certain paints and visible around the burger on the white canvas.
I am very happy with how my grid art turned out. I attempted to do a classic grid picture and because I love to paint, used one of my canvases and acrylic paints to bring this grid to life. It was pretty cool to watch this blank canvas become funky, yet classic looking depiction of a hamburger.

If anyone is familiar with Spongebob, they'll get this... The final result kind of reminds me of a crabby patty that Karen (Plankton's old fashioned computer wife) would show plankton before he searches for the secret formula!! Haha I had to include that...

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Canvas before the art:

Drawing the 18 by 19 grid:

Painting black outline of burger:

Adding bun (orangey brown):

Adding tomato (red):

Adding patty (brown):

Adding lettuce (green):

My final result:

This was the photo I mimicked: