現代都市人生活緊張, 工作繁忙。要培養生活品味與文化談何容易 ? 假如你想變得與別不同卻又不知從何做起, 不妨參考本自學速成教程。創作屬作自己的生活品味 !
材料 :
空白 CD-R 一張 (不建議選用 CD-RW)
電腦一台 (必需安裝錄音程式)
彩色打印機
光碟套
白紙
作法 :
1. 打開電腦, 依以下方法開啟微軟視窗錄音機 :
開始 > 所有程式 > 附屬應用程式 > 娛樂 > 錄音機
2. 按下錄音鍵(紅色圓形)開始錄音, 再按停止鍵(黑色正方)停止錄音。錄音過程請確保沒有任何音訊檔案正在播放。
(小秘訣 : 儘量控制錄音時間為 4 分 33 秒, 過短必需重錄)
3. 你會於錄音機右邊看見錄音總長度, 完成錄音後, 按以下方法儲存 :
檔案 > 儲存檔案 > 將文件命名為 "4-33" > 儲存
程式會自動將文件儲存為 .WAV 格式
4. 假如錄音長過 4 分 33 秒, 可利用 Nero Wave Editor 等波形編輯軟件修改。但過短則必需重錄。完成為將錄音燒錄成音頻光碟。光碟部分完成。
5. 現在開始製作光碟包裝, 將本教程提供的圖片縮放為 12 x 12 (cm), 然後列印。作包裝封面。
6. 再將以下文字按光碟套尺寸列印於白紙上, 裁剪成包裝封底尺吋。
«The first performance of John Cage's 4'33" created a scandal. Written in 1952, it is Cage's most notorious composition, his so-called ‹silent piece›. The piece consists of four minutes and thirty-three seconds in which the performer plays nothing. At the premiere some listeners were unaware that they had heard anything at all. It was first performed by the young pianist David Tudor at Woodstock, New York, on August 29, 1952, for an audience supporting the Benefit Artists Welfare Fund – an audience that supported contemporary art.
Cage said, ‹People began whispering to one another, and some people began to walk out. They didn't laugh -- they were just irritated when they realized nothing was going to happen, and they haven't fogotten it 30 years later: they're still angry.›
To Cage, silence had to be redefined if the concept was to remain viable. He recognized that there was no objective dichotomy between sound and silence, but only between the intent of hearing and that of diverting one's attention to sounds. "The essential meaning of silence is the giving up of intention," he said. This idea marks the most important turning point in his compositional philosophy. He redefined silence as simply the absence of intended sounds, or the turning off of our awareness.»
(source: Cage conversation with Michael John White (1982), in Kostelanetz 1988, 66, in: Solomon, Larry J.: The Sounds of Silence, in: http://www.azstarnet.com/~solo/4min33se.htm)
7. 將制作好的封面及封底插入光碟套內, 然後小心將光碟放入。獨家時尚生活品味大功告成 !
你可以將親手制作的生活品味放於家中或辦公室當眼位置, 增添個人魅力。更可拍成照片上傳網上日記, 讓更多人瞭解你的生活品味及文化氣息。既實際, 且有型。
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