ɔᴉsnm☺uɐᴉd

(2020)

For solo acting Pianist & Percussion instruments

Steven Whiteley
ɔᴉsnm☺uɐᴉd is an ode to sublime insanity, a vibrational
occurrence celebrating the absurdity of cultural artifact,
resonant clichés, forgotten passwords, and the anti-corporeal
labyrinths of the mind’s becoming, imbuement, and friction
with cybernetic logics.

Duration:
Approximately 7:00

Percussion set up:

Piano
2 floor toms
At least 2 almglocken
1 medium-sized gong
2 medium soft mallets
1 toy megaphone with voice modification capability
1 white noise machine that produces a constant loop of bird
sounds

Composed between October 1st, 2020 and January 18th, 2021 for Lei Liang
and Susan Narucki’s Advanced Projects in Composition MUS 203A course at
UC San Diego.
 Set up diagram

 For Mitchell Carlstrom

 ɔᴉsnɯ☺ uɐᴉd
For solo acting Pianist & Percussion instruments
for
piano
&
percussion
instruments

S
Whiteley
(2020)
Performer:
Mitchell
Carlstrom

*Turn
on
bird
sounds*
*Turn
on
stopwatch*
0:00

Stand
up
and
pretend
to
be
fighting
someone,
jump
back
and
forth
being
one
person
then

the
opponent,
childishly.
Fall
on
ground,
Movement
U do
swirly
punches,
etc.
4
speech
&
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percussion
instruments

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0:17
5 begin
speaking (while
still
fighting) 1:00
8
/ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
Speak:
The
easiest
way
to
make
payments
is
to
set
up
recurring
payment
plans
a
recurring
payment
plan
is
an
electronically
processed
automatic

payment
that
repeats
according
to
a
preset
schedule.
Customers
enjoy
the
convenience
of
a
set-it-and-forget-it
payment
option.
We
use
the
information

you
provide
to
deliver
our
products,
including
personalized
features
and
content
that
make
suggestions
for
you,
on
and
off
our
products.
To
create

personalized
products
that
are
unique
and
relavent
to
you,
we
use
your
connections,
preferences,
interests
and
activities
based
on
the
data
we

collect
and
learn
from
you
and
others.

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*Turn
off
bird

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at
1:00*
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q
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silently
with
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*turn
on
bird
sounds* (Hit
the
almglocken/gong
pretending
like
you're
playing
baseball.

Wait
in
anticipation
for
the
ball
to
be
thrown,
and
at
each
hit

45 speak
a
new
sentence.
Spoken
quickly.)
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(Ding)
We
use
location-related
information
such
as
your

current
location,
where
you
live,
and
the
places
you
like
to

go
and
the
businesses
and
people
you' re
near...
(pause)

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/ ‘ ‘
(Ding)
we
use
the
information
we
have,
(Ding)
the
effectiveness
and
distribution
of

their
ads
and

including
your
activity
off
of
our
products, servies,
and
understand
the
types
of
people
who
use
their
to
help
advertisers
and
other
partners services
and
how
people
interact
with
their
websites,
apps,

measure...
(pause) and
services.
(pause)

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down
stick)
50

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(Ding)
By
using
our
products,
you
agree
that
we
can
show

activation
code: Q

you
ads
that
we
think
will
be
relevant
to
you
and
your

interests.
We
use
your
personal
data
to
help
determine
which
ads
to
show
you.

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off
bird
sounds**

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with
fingers
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tender,
gentle.
Like
a
teenager
playing
pop
ballads

alone
in
their
bedroom
at
night.
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=
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be
the
day
gonna
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some

that
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back
to
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sticks,
face
percussion

setup,
and
stare
at
it

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for

5
seconds
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M. 90 – Maniacal & with fury
Explosively wail on the toms, almglocken, gong and banging on piano while yelling into megaphone.

Improvise around passages like this

Yell: DO NOT CLICK LINKS OR OPEN ATTACHMENTS UNLESS YOU RECOGNIZE THE SENDER AND
KNOW THE CONTENT IS SAFE


FORGOT PASSWORD ENTER SECURITY QUESTION WHAT CITY WERE YOU BORN WHAT IS YOUR
MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME

WHERE DID YOU ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD PET WHO IS
YOUR FAVORITE SINGER

Sing: ♫ LIFE IS A HIGHWAY, I WANNA RIDE IT ALL NIGHT LONG ♫

RECAPTCHA SELECT ALL IMAGES WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS

 Improvise around passages like this

Yell: SELECT ALL IMAGES WITH VEHICLES, SELECT ALL IMAGES WITH STREET NUMBERS

Sing: ♫ IF YOU’RE GOIN’ MY WAY, I WANNA DRIVE IT ALL NIGHT LONG ♫

Yell: SELECT ALL IMAGES WITH STREET SIGNS, SELECT ALL IMAGES WITH CROSSWALKS,
SELECT ALL IMAGES WITH AN INDOOR POOL

Sing: ♫ I LIVE MY LIFE LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW ♫

Yell: SEARCH SETTINGS, LANGUAGE SET, DATA AND PERSONALIZATION.

LEARN HOW TO CHOOSE WHAT ACTIVITY GETS SAVED. MANAGE YOUR INTERACTIONS AND
THE INFO YOU SHOW ON GOOGLE SERVICES. USE SETTINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP
KEEP YOUR ACCOUNT SECURE.

IMAGES, NEWS, VIDEOS, SHOPPING, HOME, PERSONAL INFO

 Improvise around passages like this

Yell: DESKTOP, DOCUMENTS, DOWNLOADS, TURNADO, GARAGEBAND, RIVER.MP4, CREATIVE

CLOUD FILES, AIRDROP, DELETED USERS, MOONPHASE.MP4

HOW DOES CONDENSATION WORK? DID YOU SEE THE– 14 HOURS OF SLEEP IN ONE NIGHT IS
JUST NOT HEALTHY FOR YA! DID YOU SET THE ALARM FOR–

TRYING TRYING TRYING TRYING!

DON’T JUST STAND THERE! IS ANYONE A DOCTOR?

CLOUD.PNG, RESUME FINAL.JPEG, INDEX.HTML, RENDERED IMAGE.JPEG, 16.OBJ, BEACH.MP4.

CHECK THE BOX THAT SAYS I AM NOT A RO BOT (abrupt stop with perc. accents on “ro”&“bot”)