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I Am Sitting In A Room


I’m an audio production student at AILA, and in my listening and analysis class our teacher had us listen to the entire 45 minute piece titled “I Am Sitting In A Room” by Alvin Lucier. I was one of the few kids who didn’t fall asleep. I was completely blown away, so I had to try it too. What he he did, and what I did to a much less fancy extent, was record a speech, the play it back into a room and re-record it. I believe he did his 32 times, mine was only done 15 times, and due to youtube time …

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13 Responses to “I Am Sitting In A Room”

  1. freudastaire Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 7:06 am

    you are as beautiful as the music, and i love Alvin Lucier’s piece

  2. Sabley Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 7:11 am

    ooh good idea. i need to rent a microphone and try this in my apartments stairwell, concrete and cinderblock. the echo reverb would be overwhelming ahah

  3. TPDR08 Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 7:22 am

    I just did this in my basement with subwoofers (I have a low voice) and the whole house shook. If you want to make it interesting do the same thing with some a Capella music. I used the national anthem by En Vogue. It resonated so nicely with the concrete walls

  4. Sabley Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 8:07 am

    this has nothing to do with any sort of personal belief or anything….this is an example of psychoacoustics and physics….

  5. ottopasquier Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 8:14 am

    People are so empty and so scared to die one day that they imagine that there is something bigger than them ….. THERE IS NOTHING OUT THERE PEOPLE … GET OVER IT

  6. because88 Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 9:03 am

    The short version’s way different. It’s the 1969 original. I’ll put the url in – just swap-out the stuff in brackets. — ubu(dot)com(slash)sound(slash)lucier(dot)html

  7. Sabley Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 9:25 am

    i’m not even sure.
    i guess i was fascinated by how his speech turned into a melody with a very unique rhythm.

  8. because88 Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 10:21 am

    I’ve only just listened to a thirteen minute version online and I thought it was incredible. I love the crackles and scratches of the analog drone. What about it blew you away? I’m not sure if I could explain it.

  9. Sabley Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 10:30 am

    thanks :D

  10. Dannyboy6492 Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 10:39 am

    you have really pretty hair:))

  11. nateislegend Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 11:15 am

    oh not at all.

  12. Sabley Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 11:23 am

    sarcasm?

  13. nateislegend Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 11:34 am

    Now you sound really smart lol

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