Self Help by Scott Potter
Self Help (excerpt) is a piece centered around a spoken self-hypnosis/self-help track. The stress of the repeating tones increases with layers as the male hypnotist attempts to bring us to a tranquil place (and maybe he does…). The work uses cello and piano samples, a circuit bent children’s book sound strip run through a delay and looper, a circuit bent Speak &Math toy, and a contact microphone.