Gabe Does Music
Meet the Team
Through a hybrid work model, the team was able to divvy up the main components of the project into three main sections for execution.
Dylan Martin
Dylan was in charge of writing the dialogue.
Elijah Diaz
Elijah was in charge of mixing and distorting all the final audio components.
Gabriel Byrd
Gabriel was in charge of composing the music.
Planning
Project planning began in October 2024.
A creative brief was made during the very beginning ofthe ideation process.
A formal project proposal was made to outline the intricacies of the project.
Funding Request
Tentative production schedule
Audience expectation
A final preliminary project pitch was given at the beginning of December to summarize the goals and projected execution of the project.
Many mockup sketches and designs were made.
Max MSP Mock Patches
Experience Progression
Speaker Routing Mockup
Set Design Diagrams Draft 2
Measured Set Sketch
Lots of logistical docs too!
Links Doc
Main Logistics Doc
ToDos Doc
Production
Production consisted of some music making sessions,
along with coding,
Max MSP Patch Draft 1
audio tests,
and set buidling.
Feedback on music demos was crucial to narrowing down our options.
Snippet from "Vocode DEMO 1"
Snippet from "Something's Off DEMO 1"
Snippet from "Warm Vibes DEMO 1"
And finally, advertising.
Premiere
The Echo Chamber is a 25 minute auditory experience in where you, the audience, enters a bedroom to find two of your closest friends holding an intervention for your recent actions. Throughout your time in the chamber, music and ambient drones alternate with speech as your friends express their concern for your mental health and wellbeing.
You can listen to the individual tracks here.
You can listen to the whole experience here.
You can experience the project in 360 here.
Post
After the chamber
The goal of "The Echo Chamber" was to place listeners in a bit of discomfort. We wanted to tell a story many could probably relate to, specifically those within our overlapping demographics. We wanted to tell a story more realistic to struggles with mental health based on our own experiences. We also didn't want to wrap everything up in a bow at the end and give a perfect, "they all lived happily ever after" ending, but reflect of a more bittersweet section of an ongoing journey.
We determined our exhibition to be successful based on feedback from the audience. Feedback was received in class, at an opening event, and throughout the week both verbally and written on boards within the exhibit.
Most feedback commended the immersion of installation attributing it to set design and the physical size of the space. Music was well enjoyed and helped relieve intentional tension from the dialogue. Overall, there were approximately 50 visitors throughout the week spanning from many different ages, majors, and backgrounds.
Special Thanks
This project could not have been completed without the following people and facilities:
The MADD and Logan Center Staff
Kent Lambert
Nick Briz
Jon Satrom
Crystina Windham
Spencer O'Brien
Ally Allbritton
Zach B.
Palmer B.
Kiran D.
Emory M.
Itzel GB.
Sam G.