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06 Dec 99 - 05:52 PM (#145649) Subject: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Áine The latest Mars probe seems doomed to permanent silence. The day it was to land, I heard on the radio that a publicly funded organization had raised money for an experiment to 'piggyback' on the probe. This experiment was to see if there was any 'ambient' sound on the planet and was equipped with two high-powered hearing aids that were to send back the 'natural' sounds, if there were any. Now that it seems the world will have to wait for the 'real' thing, what do you Mudcatters think the planet of Mars sounds like? And how would you translate that sound into music? What instruments would you use for what kind of effect? If you were to write a song, would you use words, chants, or what? Talk amongst yourselves and let's create the First Mudcat Cafe Mars Symphony! -- Áine |
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06 Dec 99 - 06:49 PM (#145684) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: marcelloblues Once I started writing a song about this but then i dropped it, it was something like: If the aliens ever come, Just let them know the Blues, If them aliens ever come, You let them know the Blues, They're gonna give Peace on Earth, And Blues all over the Universe. Cheers from Mars
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06 Dec 99 - 07:14 PM (#145703) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Liz the Squeak All that way, just to hear the wind..... I've eaten baked beans, they could send it here for that!! LTS (whoisratherpissedandinastrangeandsarcasticmood,havingbeendrinkingwiththecurate....)
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06 Dec 99 - 07:23 PM (#145709) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Áine Ah come on Liz! Play the game!! What you would reproduce *your* wind with? An oboe? A Low D flute? What?? -- Áine |
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06 Dec 99 - 07:55 PM (#145728) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Liz the Squeak Probably a crumhorn..... LTS |
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06 Dec 99 - 09:09 PM (#145771) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Bill D for a wonderful song about Mars, which captures the spirit and 'mystique' ...get Jon Eberhart's tape/album from Sandy Paton...(lots of other great music on it too!)..Jon was a science writer for many years, and a fine musician, and used to cover the space missions at JPL....the liner notes are worth the price of admission.... |
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06 Dec 99 - 09:20 PM (#145776) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Mbo I think Gustav Holst does an excellent job of it. But, I would probably represent the sound of Mars with some Irish low pipes, maybe an Uillean pipe drone, a digeridoo, and those neat swirly noises you can make on a cymbal with a wire brush. --Mbo |
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06 Dec 99 - 09:40 PM (#145780) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: catspaw49 Ya know why I luvya Aine? 'Cause you're completely off the friggin' wall. ....and don't worry about Squeaks. She has a chest hair problem (me). Spaw |
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06 Dec 99 - 09:50 PM (#145784) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Jeri I'll bet the Martians sing some sort of probe dismantling shanties. |
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06 Dec 99 - 09:58 PM (#145787) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Áine Good one there Birthday Girl!! Let's see, I'll start and y'all join in: Yo ho, tip over the rover, Yo ho, and over it goes Yo ho, tip over the rover, And watch all the little nodes close! NEXT???? |
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06 Dec 99 - 10:02 PM (#145790) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: MMario obviously the martians are so much more advanced then we that they are overiding the signals from our probes in an effort to convince the primitive earthlings that mars is uninhabited. Luckily E.R. Burroughs discovered the scheme and tipped people off in a cleverly disguised documentary series. |
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06 Dec 99 - 11:42 PM (#145844) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: JedMarum I think ... sounds of silence |
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07 Dec 99 - 05:39 AM (#145919) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Penny S. Knowing a demented terraformer, my friend and I would suggest "We'll build a world of our own" Penny |
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07 Dec 99 - 07:56 AM (#145938) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: danleighton A little ditty for the Martian Probe
To the tune of my Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
dan
my Probie lies in martian swamp land my Probie aint listening to me my Probie lies in martian swamp land oh send back a signal to me! send back, send back, oh send back a signal to me, to me! send back, send back, oh send back a signal to me, to me!
my Probie has bent its antenna my Probie seems awfully dead my Probie has had a malfunction it landed upside on its head landed, landed, it landed upside on its head, its head landed, landed, it landed upside on its head
my Probie cost 200 million and this is what causes me pain i think that another small error has just flushed my cash down the drain millions, millions, 200 million in flames, in flames millions, millions, 200 million in flames
my next Probies just being built now we've got it in parts in the shed i'll just go and stick it together this one better work or we're dead! we're dead, we're dead, if we lose another in outer space we're dead, we're dead if we lose another in space
my Probie is all built in metric not inches, feet, yards or furlong so entering imperial distance will make its re-entry all wrong burnt up, burnt up, on entering atmosphere far too quick burnt up, burnt up, i think i am going to be sick
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07 Dec 99 - 07:59 AM (#145939) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Áine That's Great Dan! I think you oughta send that in to NASA -- wouldn't it just *make* their day! -- Áine |
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07 Dec 99 - 08:58 AM (#145959) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: danleighton I thought I might just do that... I wonder if they have a discussion forum? I shall try it. Dan |
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07 Dec 99 - 09:05 AM (#145963) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: danleighton pity - I couldn't find anywhere to send it... oh well...
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07 Dec 99 - 09:08 AM (#145964) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Áine Dan, You could always mail it to them. Funny that, having to go 'low tech' to send something to NASA? -- Áine |
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07 Dec 99 - 09:34 AM (#145969) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: danleighton I feel perhaps the low tech approach is what landed them in trouble with their Probe this time - poor little thing! dan |
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07 Dec 99 - 11:47 AM (#146009) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Penny S. Try this one http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/ask/question.html |
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26 Nov 24 - 11:38 AM (#4212402) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: danleighton Ha. This was prescient. Never did submit it to NASA! |
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27 Nov 24 - 04:54 PM (#4212465) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Pappy Fiddle Lament for a Red Planet Jonathan Eberhart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0WiSV7L5Q Ten thousand times a hundred thousand dusty years ago Where now extends the plain of gold did once my river flow It stroked the stones and spoke in tongues and splashed against my face Till ages rolled - the sun shown cold on this unholy place So many stars bedeck my skies when once there were but few But oh, to know again the clouds that hid them from my view My ocre cliffs and rusted sands stand regal and serene But oh my wan and wasted world I miss your blue and green But it's just the weight of waiting not a death watch [f?]or a friend Tomorrow has a starting as does yesterday an end For the water of my river and the air that was my wind Though bound in rocks and wintry wastes I pray ??? again My ocre cliffs and rusted sands stand regal and serene But oh my one and wasted world I miss your blue and green |
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27 Nov 24 - 05:06 PM (#4212467) Subject: RE: Music from Mars-How Would You Do It? From: Pappy Fiddle Photos showed these wierd tracks in the Martian surface. A mystery. Finally, one of the landers captured a picture of a dust devil, mystery explained. So there is wind. The atmosphere is mostly CO2, and thin, but enough to have some wind. So you need some whooshy whirly wind sounds. Also there are Marsquakes. Rocks are the same density as the sand, but when things shake a little, some sand slips down from above a rock to underneath. This has the effect that rocks buried in sand gradually rise to the surface. So you need some sandy streamy sounds, with occasional somethings as a rock comes to the surface. Also the sand gets ripples and trails as the wind swirls around rock formations. In my opinion, Mars has never had life. It was created bare, and will have life at some point. Right now it's in a holding orbit while God works with the earth. So your composition should look to the exciting future... |