Singing bowl-style rubbing a piece of wood or metal against something is somewhat of a combination of these methods, and is also very effective on certain free-moving bodies. I regularly bow cymbals, pieces of plastic, or homemade stringed instruments attach a spring to a resonator and shake it or place a ball or stones in a bowl and move the bowl in a circle, allowing the ball or stones to roll around inside the bowl, which will resonate loudly with a consistent movement. Bowing an object, shaking an object, or rolling or scraping something over an object can all be useful techniques to employ. Seesar: Acoustic drone creation can be tricky, but there are certainly some effective creation methods that can be translated to many situations. Then, lots of delay and reverb on top of that. Treha Sektori: Bow on a guitar for example, slowed and pitch down vocals…. What are some of the techniques you use to create drones?

It will greatly inform how you approach drone use and creation.)Ī.

Also, as an acoustic musician, I have to keep in mind that I will need to make lasting drones as well as perform other sounds without electronic assistance, therefore, in live situations, reproducing or emulating my recorded pieces would be extremely difficult if I over-used drones (and this is a discussion perhaps best left for the final, general advice discussion, but when creating works, especially ones that use droning, consider if you or your project will be both a live and recording project, or just one or the other. Underscore my work with an evolving drone of some sort to juxtapose the more-active soundscape layered on top.

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