UBUWeb Sound Artist

I chose the artist Dave Soldier on the website UBUwebsound, and a project he did in 1996 called The Peoples Choice Music



http://www.ubu.com/sound/soldier.html

The first track is the most "wanted" song in the human population, according to a survey Dave Soldier conducted. He had the participants choose their favorite instrument combinations. The most likeable song will be liked by 72% +/- 12% of the population. The track consists of guitar, piano, bass, male and female vocals,saxophone, drums, cello, violin and a synth. The voices are singing in rock/r&b style. Everything in the track is moderate ( volume, pitch, duration and tempo)

The second track is the most "unwanted" song. It has varying tempos, volumes and pitches and lasts almost 25 minutes long. The instruments in this track are the bagpipes, accordion, banjo, flute, tuba, harp, synth and organ. The themes in the song range from ad jingles, to christmas songs, to childrens songs. Cowboys were also a very unpopular theme. The vocals feature a soprano opera singer singing rap lyrics. Statistically less than 200 people in the world will like this track.

I chose this piece because I found it really interesting the statistics of sound. it seems almost biologically humans are drawn to some sounds more than others. However personally I really dislike the first track, and would almost rather listen to the second track as at least it is exciting. The first track sounds like the majority of music in the "soft rock" category.