C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N

In thinking about the piece I was writing about in my previous post - I have decided that the best way to keep with my thinking is to actually WRITE (with my hand on paper) about it, rather than type. So, as long as I can keep from being lazy about it, I will upload scans or photographs of my thoughts for that particular piece.

I will continue to express ideas in a variety of forms for this piece, but I will be contributing thoughts like these via handwritten forms.

I met with the dancers for the first time on Friday for this piece, and though we didn't actually dance this week, we did talk a good bit and I shared my thoughts, inspirations, and ideas about this piece with them for discussion.

Some sounds ideas I have are thinking about sound and music as more of a collage of representative sounds and songs, rather than there being something cohesive for this piece. Some things I'm currently finding interesting:
The Beatles - "When I'm Sixty-Four"
Spandau Ballet - "Communication"
G. Love & Special Sauce - "Communication"
Samples of popular technology sounds ("You've got mail!", ring tones, etc.)
Samples of other sounds pertinent to communication (scratching of writing on paper, crumpling paper, printing press)
....and I'm still looking. These are just some preliminary interesting things I am starting with.

I'm also thinking about images of communication - seeing people seemingly talking to themselves, though they are actually wearing a bluetooth.... receiving a handwritten letter.... tweeting.... etc.