More Or Less — a personal diary slideshow movie

1/10/2020

More Or Less is a 15-minute personal diary slideshow movie with dictaphone assemblage soundtrack by Hal McGee. Recorded January 2-9, 2020, in Gainesville, Florida. Contributions by Rafael González, Leslie Singer, Chris Phinney, Dylan Houser, and Stanley. Some photos by JoAn McGee. Audio photographic folk art. High Definition picture and sound.

Hello Friends, my new slideshow movie, More Or Less, consists of 650 iPhone photographs paired with dictaphone recordings of four Sony ICD PX-470 stereo digital dictaphones. I think it looks and sounds great! The 17-gigabyte video file took about three hours to upload to YouTube. Please, if possible, watch the movie in Full Screen viewing mode, and headphones are recommended.

I play Monotron synthesizers and 2-string pink dumpster guitar in the soundtrack, plus you will hear me interacting with co-workers and neighbors, traffic sounds, emergency vehicles, birds and aircraft, machines, and spoken word cut-up type stuff.

Below I will show you a selection of stills from the movie.

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Hal McGee

I have been making my own homemade experimental music since 1981.

I was an active participant in the 1980s Cassette Culture scene, and I operated the Cause And Effect Cassette Distribution Service and label, and recorded solo as Dog As Master, and in a duo as Viscera.

From 1989 to 1991 I published six issues of the original Electronic Cottage print magazine.

In the last 40 years I have recorded, produced and released more than 300 solo audio works, collaborations and compilations.

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Chris Phinney

1/10/2020 13:52:41

Hal, twas wunderbar!

Hal McGee

1/10/2020 18:07:28

Chris, thank you for your comment. I am happy that you like it!

C and K Goff

1/11/2020 17:20:16

Snowed in in in in Kansas: opportunity provided for a C and K viewing on our living room TV. I'm guessing you got some new sort of tech to make super HD video? We (the Luddite Family) still have DSL service, but the HD did NOT buffer the video into frustrating stop and go oblivion, HOORAY! Worked smooth and thus provided the genesis for a family discussion that ranged far and wide here -- a well-spent 15 minutes. Thanks for sharing, and happy 62 old man!

1/12/2020 15:28:34

C and K, so glad that the video worked for you! I have an iPhone and a desktop Mac computer with high speed Internet.

Leslie Singer

1/12/2020 14:43:38

More or Less is more awesome with each viewing and I’m Les!

1/12/2020 15:29:14

Glad you like More Or Less. Les, you are More.

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