reneorth's video: DreamSequence: Helpless

When beginning this work, I wanted to see if I could create a picture, a story -- an experience -- without the use of a visual component and with only the use of sound. Dreams, I felt, were a perfect subject to recreate. Each movement represents a common dream that most of us have experienced at one time or another -- or if not, are at least aware of them. These dreams do not reflect my own; they are, rather, the culmination of a wide variety of dreams of people who have patiently answered my strange questions and vividly described what happens in their head as they sleep. No two dreamers share the same exact dream, but common threads do exist, and these are what I have sought to recreate and expand upon. The work is not to be played through in one sweep. Instead, the movements ought to be presented in random order throughout the concert, rarely -- if never -- back to back, and without indication as to which might arrive next. For when we sleep, we do not know what dreams may await us. In the case of YouTube, however, I've explicitly stated which dream is which. The featured voice talent in this movement is Bethany Stiles. Most of the original samples were recorded with a Yamaha Pocketrak CX in Louisville, Dallas, the Grand Canyon, LA, and London. Originally mixed for 5.1 surround, but I'm offering a stereo mix here. -Rene Orth- www.reneorth.com