Comments on: GDC: Boiling Waterphones and Other Sonic Inspirations from Composer Troels Folmann

By: Create Digital Music » Game Music Inspiration: Amon Tobin and Sony on Infamous

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:34:17 +0000

[...] GDC: Boiling Waterphones and Other Sonic Inspirations from Composer Troels Folmann [...]

By: Troels

Troels — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:43:56 +0000

The MILLTONE (aka Propanium) is one of the – if not the most beautiful – tuned percussion I have ever played. I can only encourage everybody to visit Larry – as these drums bring an entire new flavor with them.

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:41:47 +0000

I am a fan of Troels’ work making wonderful, expressive music from everyday, and unusual items. I especially appreciate his comments about the MILLTONE tunable steel tongue instruments I make. It takes very special, talented artists to bring out what an instrument has to offer, and go beyond. I am pleased to report I am sending a MILLTONE to a New Zealand composer who has been using Propanium but wanted “the real thing”. Also a movie soundtrack is being produced in Hollywood, using two MILLTONEs as I write this. I can’t say more about the movie until after release, as it is in post production at the moment. I can’t wait for that release.
Finally, there are many creative people making music that never will make the “big time”. It takes being able to get compositions out to the mass markets that gets the music into the collective consciousness of the world. Pushing the creative envelope, let me encourage you all with your creative endeavors, Create, Enjoy!

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:34:03 +0000

To bpt:

Troels is a colleague of mine, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for him. He writes great music, pushes against the restraints of our industry, and challenges the rest of us to be our best. Your comment shows how oblivious you are to the sorts of restraints that working composers face in their chosen industries. Not everyone has the ‘luxury’ of writing music that will never be heard outside of a tiny niche audience. Some of us write music knowing that millions of people around the world have to enjoy what we write, and we’d damn well better be sure that our music is accessible to them.

By: Featured in CDM - Troels Folmann Personal BLOG

Featured in CDM - Troels Folmann Personal BLOG — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:18:42 +0000

[...] an extensive analysis of my lecture, which is quite humbling, since I myself am a great fan of CDM. Click here if you want to read more about how I boiled a waterphone, make epic music, create my own instruments [...]

By: foosnark

foosnark — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:00:07 +0000

That propane drum by the way is a Milltone. I'm very tempted to pick one up myself next time I feel like spending some money on an instrument. :)

By: Create Digital Music » GDC: Music, Games, Interactivity Pt. II, Plus Embarassing Dance Footage

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:59:26 +0000

[...] also, related: Troels Folmann on the boiled waterphone-style instrument, sound design inspiration Troels on “micro-scoring” adaptive [...]

By: nips

nips — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:45:30 +0000

Very cool. I thought it sounded familiar so looked at the youtube links at the end, there’s one showing it being used in the matrix film score.

By: stk

stk — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:36:19 +0000

Wow, some crazy angst here, seems like not a few sore/jealous spots and being stepped on.

Weird.
I for one am grateful to PK for the heads-up, and making Troels $120 ;)

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:30:45 +0000

Great post, very inspiring. This really highlights for me the importance of process in making music, and how knowing what goes into making the sound can make the end result more interesting. I’ve seen that concept mentioned on here before, and this seems like a great example. The more I know about how those crazy sounds were made, the more I like the crazy sounds.