I will be walking Tragedy on the Catwalk NYC this year:



I still have a ton of things to circuit bend, so it looks like I am
taking the soldering iron with me to NYC. I hoped to have it all done
and tested by this point, but it seems like little things always get in
the way.

Well, at least I finished the track. I whipped it
out last night and did some light mastering this morning. I would still
say that this is at v1 stage, it isn't quite how I like it, but it will
suffice. Generally, I prefer 1.5-2 minute tracks with multiple
variations, but given its purpose, I had to make sure that it was
slightly consistent. As a result, the track is bit more repetitive and
drawn out than I usually prefer. I also wanted to make sure it was
around 5 minutes with some lead-in time because I am not sure when the
dj will cue it (assuming that there are no breaks in between
contestants and it is a mix straight from one song to the other.) Let
me tell you, because I work outside of standard song structure most of
the time, filling 5 whole minutes is like dental surgery. It just isn't
the way I think.

Here it is:
http://www.box.net/shared/frtno1a4l..r

I used a real recorded heartbeat and same of breathing through a SUBA
apparatus. I initially planned for the rate of both increase during the
song, but found it was too boring. Plus if my toys short out, it would
not be able to stand on its own. So I ended up making the heartbeat
more irregular.