Tag: sound-text

a sound-text is language written or collected, not be meaning but by sound. you may ask, “how is that different from verse?.” one difference may be metrics—the formal norms followed in poetry usually measured in syllable count. sound-texts are only concerned with the inclusion of certain sounds. Kenneth Goldsmith uses this techniques in creating text pieces and even entire books

  • Black-and-white photograph of Jan Williams leaning toward a tilted snare drum during a rehearsal, with microphones positioned around the instrument.

    Williams Tells of Rights

    A piece for voice and solo snare drum—without sticks—in which an exaggerated rolled rr causes the instrument’s snares to resonate as language pivots repeatedly around the sound of right.