Diego Stocco - Music from a Tree


In the garden of my house there's a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks odd and nice at the same time. One day I asked myself if I could create a piece of music with it. To tune the tree I picked a fundamental note and tuned the twigs by trimming them with a pencil sharpener. I used two Røde NT6 and a NTG-2 as microphones, combined with a customized stethoscope. I recorded the tracks live on a Pro Tools LE system. I didn't use any synthesizer or sampler to create or modify the sounds. All the sounds come from playing the tree, by bowing the twigs, shaking the leaves, playing rhythms on the cortex and so on. At this link you can see some pictures with more detailed descriptions: behance.net/Gallery/Music-from-a-Tree/263872 I hope you'll like it. The track is also available as an high-quality download on my Bandcamp page: diegostocco.bandcamp.com/track/music-from-a-tree


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Diego Stocco - Experibass


UPDATE 05/26/10: I composed and played more music with the Experibass: www.soundcloud.com UPDATE: I played the Experibass on Hans Zimmer's score for Sherlock Holmes: bit.ly More info and pictures here: bit.ly Few weeks ago I visited a luthier looking for instruments parts, I had an idea in mind for an instrument I wanted to build. My curiosity was to hear the sound of violin, viola and cello strings amplified through the body of a double bass. I came up with a quadruple-neck experimental "something" that I thought to call Experibass. To play it I used cello and double bass bows, a little device I built with fishing line and hose clamps, a paintbrush, a fork, spoons, a kick drum pedal and a drum stick. I hope you'll like it! Thanks to luthier John Wu for providing me the parts, even though I warned him that I was probably going to create a "monster" : ) At this link you can see some pictures with more detailed descriptions: behance.net/Gallery/Experibass/312989


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Diego Stocco - Music From A Dry Cleaner


Almost everyday, on my way to a local bakery, I walk in front of a dry cleaners. When they have the front door open, I hear a lot of interesting sounds coming from their work equipment. Eventually, the different mechanical and steam sounds sparked something in my mind, so one day I asked the owners if I could record a piece of music by using their machines as musical instruments. I used a puff iron, press and dry cleaning machines, a washer, clothes hangers, and a bucket full of soap. The bass and lead sounds were created from the buzzing tones coming from the conduits and engines. There are no additional sounds from any traditional or electronic instruments. Enjoy! More info and pictures are available at the Behance gallery: www.behance.net


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Diego Stocco - Music from a Bonsai


I always liked bonsai trees, and I was curious to try the approach I used for "Music from a Tree" on a smaller scale, so I bought a bonsai and recorded this little experimental piece. To determine the key I used the lowest note I could play and recorded the rest around it. Besides playing the leaves, I used bows of different sizes, a piano hammer and a paint brush. As far as microphones I used my Røde NT6, a customized stethoscope and tiny MEAS piezo transducers. I played all the sounds and rhythms only with the bonsai, I didn't use any synthesizer or samplers to create or modify the sounds. I hope you'll like it.


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Diego Stocco - Music From a Dry Cleaner 11.1 Mixing Session at DTS


I will present the 11.1 mix of Music from a Dry Cleaner at the DTS booth at CES 2012 in Vegas. We shot some footage during the mixing session. Surround mixing engineer Fred Maher and I opened up my original stereo mix into a larger surround mix. Thanks to the many discrete channels available, we designed an audio space where all the elements can be heard in details. The listening experience that comes out of it is very unique. In the next days I'll post more details about my presentation on my Facebook page on.fb.me/fbF6Fn and Twitter @DiegoStocco You can watch the full video with the original stereo mix here: www.youtube.com Pictures and more details about the sounds and techniques here: behance.net/gallery/Music-from-a-Dry-Cleaner/2161629


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Diego Stocco Music From Sand


An high-quality and longer version of this work is available here: diegostocco.bandcamp.com Description: I had some sandbags in the backyard that I used in November during a rainy day. I was moving them to a different spot when I heard the noise of the sand. I thought that maybe I could try a new sound design technique so I bought some piezo film transducers and started to experiment with them. The entire track is created only out of tuned sand tones. No additional sounds or waveforms. I emphasized the inner notes of the sand grains and mapped them on a sampler as a series of instruments. The grooves are all played live with various techniques, including taping two piezo films to my fingers. I'd like to dedicate this work to Mike Oldfield. When I was a child I listened to his music and it opened my mind. That experience triggered my life passion to create the means to access sounds we've never heard before. Pictures can be found here: behance.net/Gallery/Music-from-Sand/171792


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Diego Stocco - Green Sea


There must be something in the wind that really inspires me. Few days ago, I opened the window of my bedroom and I had the impression of being listening to the sound of sea waves. I felt so inspired that I went outside to record an abstract piece, I grabbed few instruments I had laying around and some pieces of wood I found at the beach few weeks ago. If I closed my eyes I could imagine my garden being the sea, my instruments being a little sailing ship and the trees the destination where I was going to. I hope you'll like it.


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Diego Stocco - Dissonant Echoes


A short abstract piece created during one of the sessions I did for an upcoming project. I used an old dismantled piano, antique zithers collected in the past few months and metallic wind chimes. Played with piano hammers and a dulcimer bow. twitter.com/DiegoStocco


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Diego Stocco - Dustland


"Dustland" is a cinematic sounding improv that I recorded with the Fence Bass. This instrument has a rough and edgy sound since it's all made of metal, so I imagined a piece that could work in a modern Western film, I'm a fan of the genre. Everything is created in real time, no pre-existing loops, additional tracks or post-efx involved. I built a chain of processors in Live that I control with a pedal board, all rhythmic parts and ambiences are derived from whatever sound/noise comes from the Fence Bass. I hope you'll like it! The track is available at my Bandcamp page (if you wish to download it for free or name your price): diegostocco.bandcamp.com/​track/​dustland It's up also at my Soundcloud page: soundcloud.com/​diegostocco/​diego-stocco-dustland And, title screenshots can be downloaded from my Flickr page: bit.ly/​eiSd47


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Diego Stocco The Conduit Shaping The Soundtrack


I composed the score for "The Conduit", a revolutionary first-person shooter game for Nintendo Wii developed by High Voltage Software and distributed by SEGA. In this video you can see some of the instruments I assembled and played during the production of the soundtrack. Detailed info about these instruments and pictures can be found here: www.behance.net


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Patrick Leonard and Diego Stocco


Patrick Leonard and Diego Stocco create eclectic musical experiences, combining a unique mix of acoustic sources and sonic processing. Their collaboration is an ongoing journey that started by creating improvised pieces with Patrick on the piano and Diego on his custom built instruments, musical trees and real-time sound design. DTS, Inc. wanted them to be the first musical project being mixed with their new Neo:X 11.1 surround sound system.


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Hans Zimmer and Diego Stocco talk about the Experibass on Sherlock Holmes' score


I had the fantastic opportunity to play my Experibass on Hans Zimmer's score for "Sherlock Holmes", the new Guy Ritchie's film. I'm one of the featured soloists. Hans really loved the pounding tonal grooves and aggressive depth of the basses I was playing on the Experibass and asked me to go full scale with all those techniques I was showing in the original video. I didn't stop there though, I also experimented with new techniques that were coming up to my mind while playing on his tracks. A big thanks goes to my friends Daniel Holter and Russell Emanuel for passing my video and make the connection happens. Working with Hans Zimmer and his team has been great and I'd like to thank them for this amazing experience. I've been a fan of his music for a long time and I felt honored when he called me to play on the score of Sherlock Holmes.


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Take 5 with Diego Stocco, Composer


Take 5 is a video web series published exclusively on the FIDMDigitalArts.com Blog by FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising at www.blog.fidmdigitalarts.com. Take five on Take 5 to get inspired, to get motivated, to get inside the minds of creative professionals. Join FIDMDigitalArts.com as we take five minutes to interview film directors, graphic artists, composers, illustrators, 3-D modelers, creative directors, motion graphics designers, photographers and other intriguing industry pros. Learn what makes the creative pros "tick" on Take 5. In the video above, meet composer/sound designer, Diego Stocco, who uses cutting-edge techniques and unorthodox instruments to develop music and sound for film, television, trailers and video performances. For more episodes of Take 5, visit blog.fidmdigitalarts.com


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Diego Stocco - The Making of DTS Sound Signature


In this making of video you'll see some of the recording sessions I did when I created the DTS Sound Signature. I sound designed sounds out of milk, lentils and water balloons. For the musical parts I wanted to include tracks recorded with old pianos. I like their way of being uniquely out of tune, when combined together the result is a fuller and more interesting sound. More info and pictures are available at the Behance gallery: behance.net/​gallery/​DTS-Sound-Signature/​1327705 You can read the press release here: bit.ly


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Diego Stocco - Wind Light Trees and Piano


April 29th, it was already a windy day, but around 5.30pm, when the sun started to come down, the wind became more intense. I heard the noise from inside the house, I jumped outside with my videocamera and portable recorder. It was beautiful, all those noises, dust and leaves moving around, and the sunlight hitting the trees. I recorded what was happening around, few notes from my dismantled piano and then immediately created this abstract piece. I hope you'll like it.


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John Stocco Highlights


Highlights of former Wisconsin Badger QB John Stocco.


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2005: John Stocco QB draw to beat Michigan


John Stocco's QB draw to beat the Michigan Wolverines.


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Diego Stocco talks about the Blue Man Group's contest "Invent an Instrument"


The Blue Man Group is running a creative competition for students in grades 5-9 called "Invent an Instrument". They asked me if I could share some words of encouragement with the participants. I'm very happy to do that! : ) Follow this link to check out the details of the contest: bit.ly


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Diego Stocco - Do you listen to your Dreams?


Sometimes I dream that I'm flying, not like a bird, more like I'm floating in air. Few days ago it was very windy outside and for a moment the image of those dreams came to my mind. I always wanted to capture that feeling I experienced in those dreams, and so without too much thinking I grabbed a guitar, a double bass bow and went outside recording. All the sounds are generated from the trees, the wind, wind chimes and bowed acoustic guitar harmonics, processed with granular synthesis. I'd suggest listening to this piece with a good set of speakers, possibly with a subwoofer. I hope you'll like it.


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Sound Builders - Diego Stocco (Part 1/2)


In episode 2 of Sound Builders, we travel to Burbank, CA to hang out with sound designer and composer Diego Stocco. In addition to writing music for video games and little films like Terminator, Diego has committed his life to discovering hidden sounds in objects most people dont associate with music. Hes used trees, sand and cornflakes to produce unbelievably listenable compositions. In this episode Diego goes shopping at Home Depot for parts to make a brand new instrument. He spends the afternoon building in his backyard ad we then get a private performance. Want to win $1000 and have your very own episode of Sound Builders? Submit your instrument creations at www.motherboard.tv/contest And watch more Sound Builders at www.motherboard.tv


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Sound Builders - Diego Stocco (Part 2/2)


In episode 2 of Sound Builders, we travel to Burbank, CA to hang out with sound designer and composer Diego Stocco. In addition to writing music for video games and little films like Terminator, Diego has committed his life to discovering hidden sounds in objects most people dont associate with music. Hes used trees, sand and cornflakes to produce unbelievably listenable compositions. In this episode Diego goes shopping at Home Depot for parts to make a brand new instrument. He spends the afternoon building in his backyard ad we then get a private performance. Want to win $1000 and have your very own episode of Sound Builders? Submit your instrument creations at www.motherboard.tv/contest And watch more Sound Builders at www.motherboard.tv


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The Making of DTS Animated Logo - Diego Stocco.mov


Watch sound designer / composer Diego Stocco discuss his unconventional recording process to create the unique soundscape for the DTS Sound Signature / Animated Logo.


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Diego Stocco API behind the scenes


Diego Stocco explains how a rack of API 500 series gear helped him create a new sound signature for DTS.


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Illini Football 2006: bellamy intercepts stocco


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Diego Stocco on TG2 Italian national news, March 20th 2010


A clip from Italian national news TG2 about my sound design and experimental pieces. Aired March 20th 2010.


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Megadeth - I'll Get Even


Lyrics: Im lonely and abandoned Washed up, left for dead Im lost inside the desert Of ever word you said Like a nuclear reactor Or TNT Im thinking about the times When you lied to me All the innuendo Caught up on your hook I was just a name In your little black book, oh In...


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Stocco's Lego Trains at Night


Maybe I should've put the railroad away for the night so the trains wouldn't have started moving on their own. And maybe I have played too much Silent Hill. Music playing in this video: www.mikseri.net Drum'n'bass: www.mikseri.net Trains: 4558 Metroliner 4547 Railroad Club Car 4563 Load N' Haul Railroad 4564 Freight Rail Runner Lego train ride around apartment www.youtube.com Lego train ride around apartment 2 trailer www.youtube.com Lego train ride around apartment 2 www.youtube.com Lego train ride around apartment 2 bloobers coming...


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Stocco - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood


GameWeps.com, Stocco for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Warning: Video game violence and/or Strong Language. Visit GameWeps.com for weapon videos, pictures, descriptions, locations and unlocking instructions


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Diego Stocco - Emily


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Vicente Stocco - Carry you home (James Blunt)


Musica de James Blunt interpretada por Vicente Stocco.


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Assassins Creed Brotherhood - STOCCO Heavy weapon -Gameplay


Assassins Creed Brotherhood- Stocco heavy weapon ( killing spree) on playstation 3 , add me if you want on ps3 : Mw2_Assassin216 :)


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MuchMusic MDW Adam Lambert - Margo Gibbons & Sharilea Stocco


We do not own any of the audio; it belongs to the company. All the footage taken is ours. READ ::: * We were at my place for recording the video ; and then . we STAYED UP ALL NIGHT to edit the video at my place . but it wasnt working so we like wents to sharis at nine and then we edited ALL DAY we had to convert EACH VIDEO CLIP into avi's so it would work . we spent like . 10 hours on it at least , and thats just for the editting . PICK US !


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