Improvization On A Drop in the Bucket

Excerpt from Improvisation on A Drop in the Bucket, Dancer Aaron Draper
Composer Gary DiBenedetto
The electroacoustic composition A Drop in the Bucket originated with the sound of a single drop of liquid. A day was spent recording drops derived from various sources. One of them was selected and then manipulated, using various computer software, to create an assortment of percussive and sustained sounds. Percussive sounds were amplified to a tone row and contrasted by elongated sustained lines. This piece took approximately 40 hours per minute to record. Most of the 3.5 months of work was spent on creating the sound banks.