The Ymphonic! Idea

[LORD HASENPFEFFER <MYKEC@delphi.com>]

> Lord Hasenpfeffer is right (even though s/he has a funny name)



Hey now!  What's so funny about it?!  :-)



> The point is that if you build a narrative into your movie then you have

> 2 NARRATIVES. The one you supplied (the sub-narrative) and the one the

> viewer imposes (the main narrative).



This sounds like film class philosophy to me.  Um, I've generally, 

deliberately avoided such classes in my life but I would agree with you.



The most frequent response I've had from those so far who've seen my work

is, "That's neat but I don't understand what I'm supposed to get from it."

I completely understand their confusion because I'm sometimes that way

with what I create as well, but I've learned that regardless of the

"structure" of the material (or lack of it), at the most basic level, all 

of it can serve to "break people of tired thinking."



I find it quite difficult to actually sit down and create something 

completely serious.  There is always a degree of wackiness or humour in 

my work whether I want it there or not.  What I like about my style is that 

most people who use the same tools that I use, if they were to create 

something like what I create, would never consider allowing it to see the 

light of day.  People can be so judgemental of what they make that they 

end up releasing an incredibly small amount of what they actually create

instead of really exposing their true, natural creative side to the world.

They're afraid of being criticized.



My only concern at this point is to simply express myself artistically 

to the world without using profanity (which I consider to be a crutch) 

and without fear of being attacked for what I submit to it for the purpose

of entertainment.



This is a big part of why it doesn't bother me in the least to make videos

with PXL-2000 cameras even when I'm outdoors in bright sunlight and the 

batteries are running 

low.  Instead of trying to run from and/or correct for such conditions, 

I use them for effect.



My earliest Ymphony!s were recorded with extremely crude equipment and very

low grade cassettes.  The newly edited CD versions of them have been only

slightly enhanced in order to protect the original personality of the work

while simultaneously improving their listenability a bit.  I was a poor

kid in the early-mid 80s and that condition in my life at that time is

*documented* by the works I created then.  Because the actual materials 

I used to create them often speak louder to me that the sounds they produced 

and/or captured, I view the majority of all I did then to be equally viable 

as anything I'm doing today with my Ensoniq EPS-16Plus, my four-track, my

Alesis MidiVerb III, my Commodore 128D, et al.  In essence, by not discarding any

substantial body of work I've ever created, and keeping them arranged in

chronological order, I'm really documenting myself, my financial situations,

and my general progress as an artist through time - which might sound 

incredibly egocentric, but self-expression is what artists are generally 

all about anyway, right?  So...



I'm really looking forward to finally having my first official product

available for sale to the world even if does contain material which sounds

nothing at all like what I'm creating now nor like anything I've done in 

years.



To those who posted info to me regarding a December 30th deadline for a

filmmaking competition, thanks!  It's been noted!



L8r T8rs!



Myke