Presentatition Slides

Water Therapy

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Functional Specification Sheet

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#Flowchart

This is my flowchart for my FYP project.

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#Floor Plan 2

This are the additional floor plan,the side view and the top view..I did this using Google SketchUp because i'm not good at all with 3dmax,maya or whatsoever..Heheeee.. :">

Side view

Top view

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#Teaser

Actually i want to shoot some video for this teaser,but thinking that i'm not good enough in video editing,so i just use Adobe Flash..I've created some vector graphics objects in Adobe Illustrator,edit some of them in Adobe Photoshop,put some typography and done! :D

Water Therapy from AliaIbrahim on Vimeo.

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#Poster

Just a simple poster for my FYP..More blue color because my FYP has something to do with water..Heheheee..

Final A3 poster.

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#Floor Plan

Basically,this is how my FYP going to be display during the exhibition (for now,this might change next sem,maybe..hehehe)..

So,each pillow produce different sound (most probably nature sound)..

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#Random 1

Just did some random rough vector items to put in my floor plan and poster..I'm quite lazy to do a proper vector,just a simple one..Hehehee..Just a rough oneeee laaa,should be okay..Later i'll update the final floor plan and poster..


Ohh just realize that i forgot to include the sensor..Aaaaaaaa so lazy to change it,later! :D

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Another interview

Actually this was an online interview..I did sent an e-mail to this one Malaysia local artist name Atilia Haron..She is quite popular now in Malaysia as a Jazz Artist..I never thought that she will reply my e-mail after a few days sending it..I think i'm lucky enough to get some feedback from someone who's already has lots of experience in music industry..I went to see her performed at Sepang Circuit during Jamiroquai concert and her performance was absolutely great on that night.Below are her answer for the interview.

*picture from Google*

1. Can you describe briefly about yourself and your experience in music industry?
My name is Atilia and I produce, sing and act. I have been surrounded by music ever since I can remember.

My grandmother sang when she was younger but never had the opportunity to pursue her dreams. I guess it was not the era where a lady was to be seen exposing her talents in public.

My mother, Salamiah Hassan, was a strong influence in my musical life. I used to observe her rehearsing at home and tagged along to watch her perform when I was little. That was first real exposure on how it was like to be a performer. An artist. Someone who was passionate and certain of what she wanted. My mother was my drive that created my ambition to become a performer.

After completing my education I worked with several sound and music related positions. I was with Music Authors’ Copyright Protection (MACP) Berhad, a body that is responsible of all matters of copyright protection and royalty collection for songwriters and lyricist. I then moved on to join an audio production house in KL. During this period I observed the development and production of what audio design is all about. Sounds were created and designed for commercials, tv and film. This was also the period where I bloomed as a voice for many commercials in Malaysia.

During my work there was when I had decided and was more confident to pursue my career in music.

2. What's your opinion about Sound Therapy?
Sound affects us all emotionally. From the sound of the rain to the sound of music that you like. Sound affects our psyche on how we would like our emotions to react, sometimes.

3. Which kind of sound that you prefer the most as a therapy?
The sound of nature. Even the sound of Gamelan, I find therapeutic as it has certain hypnotic and calming affects.

4. In your opinion, does Therapeutic Sound (Sound Therapy) help you/people to provoke your/their emotions?
Most definitely. That is why if you attend gym training - in order to get you in the mood to have an aggressive workout - pumping music is usually favoured.
As for myself, I am active in Yoga and when you do Yoga - certain calming music and tempo assists you in your exercises. It pushes you to a level that may be beyond your own capability if you did it without sound or music. Sound definitely arouse your emotions. You listen to certain music or song and it would definitely trigger and image of what that song or music relates to. A happy moment. A sad experience. It goes on.

5. Do you agree if i said spoken prayers, spiritual songs & music, mantras and so on can be listed as Sound Therapy?
Absolutely. It provides a calming effect and makes it easier for you to reach that spiritual plane. Berzikir for Muslims does that. Mantras and chants by Buddhists and Hindus allows spiritual and calming emotions to develop. It is definitely therapy. Different types of sound, music, song, chants assists your life in how you would like your emotions to react.

Atilia

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Random idea @IKEA..

Went to IKEA last Tuesday to buy some beadxels for my small beadxels business with my friends..I actually have this kind of idea in my mind already,i just don't have the big pillow to use..So,at IKEA,i took this one not-so-big pillow,brought it to a corner (so that people won't looked at me,hehee),and then i asked my friend to take a picture of me sitting on that pillow..


I want to use this idea for my FYP..I think it should be okay.. :)

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Interview with Miss Siew Wai

Went to a not-so-formal interview with Miss Siew Wai on Friday afternoon,thanks to Hafizadt for accompany me during the interview..Below are few questions that has been asked to Miss Siew Wai and her anwers.

Can you describe briefly about yourself and your field studies?

I would say that I’m an artist and of coz my job is a teacher. My background is doing video. So, I make personal art video, not really for commercial purpose, but it’s more like personal artistic practice. Then from my video work, I also develop my own sound for the video, so get interested in sound as well. So little by little, and after that, the journey goes on and I got actually interested in human voice. So right now, besides doing video, some sound works, but not too much, I also do voice improvisation.

Do you actually commercialize it?

It’s not really for commercial purpose, as I said, it’s more for personal artistic kind of interest. So I do perform sometimes, with other musician who does mostly improvise music. And also singing or making sound from voice.

From your point of view, what’s your opinion about Sound Therapy?

I think it works. Haha. This is from very personal experience because there are times that I do practice singing a lot, and there are times that I’m lazy, haha, and when I do practice a lot, actually I feel healthier because this is also part of your body, it’s like doing exercise. So this is the exercise using your voice, your vocals, whatever, and then you can hear it. So it’s kind of like its two ways you express, get out and then come in again. So to me it’s interesting and I feel the different, and of coz if purely (this I’m talking about singing, practicing vocals and etc), if you are just listening, that is also different pitches, different rhythms, all these different elements of sound will affect us very obviously. If you listen to a fast song, you know, pounding base, then it’s like you are excited and you are more energetic or annoyed, it could be the way.

Which kind of sound that you prefer the most as a therapy?

For me, actually natural sound, not necessary music. Natural sound like if I go to the jungle, or if I just listen to the river, or ocean. To me those are most relaxing rather than man-made sound. And also there is a different if I talk about nature sound, and then it can be play by the cd, but if you go to that place, it’s different because the cd is coming out from the speakers, it’s very different. The acoustic and the nature sound are different because it goes through an electronic signal already and the other one is totally just natural. And the cd is usually repeated and loops.

In your opinion, does Therapeutic Sound help people/you to provoke their/your emotions?

I think it works and of coz I’m sure many researchers have done many different type of research about it, I guess maybe from reading this (a book) you can also figure out that are some common attributes that everyone sort of feel the same but there are also individual preference and interest right. For example, maybe for you a relaxing music actually your favorite song, then for me is nature sound, and for him maybe rock music. I guess there is a common round and it’s also a personal preference in sound therapy.

If this method (therapeutic sound) been applied to Malaysian culture, does it really works or not?

I don’t know. I’m not sure about the cultural differences, whether Malaysian listening or American listening or Chinese listening, I guess there is a common round like as long as you are human, it affects, for example the very basic is taken from this book (Macrobiotics and Oriental Medicine) actually, it says like the word “aaaaaa”, basically “aaaaaa” is kind of like let out or release, that kind of thing. I mean, everyone can relate, this is not really about culture right, so, for this category I would say it’s the same for everyone. But of coz sound therapy as you said is sound so, the person needs to have a habit or passion to listen to something.

Do you agree if I said spoken prayers, spiritual songs & music, mantras and so on can be listed as Sound Therapy?

Yes. Yes, I think so.

I know there is also a type of sound therapy is actually just tone. It’s almost like light therapy. You know, some people like they are too depress in winter weather, they will just have some kind of light to shine on them and make them happier. Haha whatever. The concept is because in winter, you don’t get enough sunshine, and sunshine is one of the vitamins for you to be happy. So there is kind of sound therapy that is only using tone. Different tones that they’re just focus on, that which is very mathematical or very scientific one, it’s different from what type of music.

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Question & Answer.

Abdi: What's the thing that you would like to see in this work?
Ryan McGinness: The fact that you're even asking for advice is a wrong approach.You should just be asking yourself.

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Work of Art - The Next Great Artist

"Failure is completely okay in the process of making art.We have to really push beyond our own boundaries and be able to fail".
- Nao

#Arduino 4

Went to the studio with Hafizadt, just to test something using Arduino. He teaches me a lot about Arduino, Charlieplex and so on. So in this video, we're trying to light up a few LEDs, follow the sequence, and it works! Yeayyy! :D

Ignored the background song,i forgot to turn it off! :">

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#Arduino 3

After installing Arduino hardware into my laptop,i'm playing around with this thing,just to explore something new..With the help from Hafizadt through Yahoo Messenger,like an online tutorial through YM,he's my online tutor..Hehehe..So here are the videos that i've recorded showing the light coming out from the LED that has been connected to the Arduino board..

This one without using any coding.

And this one,i've tried using some coding..See the changes on the LED light..

Instead of using only one LED,now i try to use two LED to see the result.See these videos below.

For this one,only one second delay for the LED light to turn on and off.

I've changed the coding a bit,make it 5 seconds delay.

I'm super excited seeing those LEDs turning on their lights.I'm enjoying the feeling that i managed to do it even-though some people might think that that was the easiest thing on Earth,but as for me,i'm learning something new and it was successful. :D

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#Arduino 2

And finally,i managed to install Arduino into my laptop! Yeayyyy! :D



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