I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not, but I would like to make a snapshot of a coffee shop. Part of me is worried that the space is too dominated by speech, but it doesn't have to be. If I were to 'place' the stagnant recording by a door, that way you get part of the outside as well, it could make for a dynamic snapshot. Traffic coming through on one end, the grumblings of a coffee roaster on the other.
I could be wrong though. As I come to think of it, I haven't had much experience being in coffee shops. I've noticed that the coffee shop on Alterra always seems to be noisy, and that's what sparked the idea. I cannot say I've ever tried to pinpoint the specific sounds though. I don't know. A place like that could work, but it also doesn't seem to inventive of an idea. Kinda the generic college kid thing to say.
As of now that's what I'm thinking, but it could change in time. Maybe a more rural area could be interesting.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sound Walk - Milwaukee River
Part 1
What do I hear? Leaves in the wind, various water noises (hitting up against rock and land), distant traffic sounds, bird chirps. The car traffic is a constant, and is probably the lowest noise I hear. Bird chirps and the occasional car horn would make up the loudest. At one point and time a plane flew by over head, and that cluttered my hearing. The water splashes had a certain rhythm to it as well. I didn't notice if the wind changed that rhythm at all.
Part 2
I didn't have problems adjusting from the dominant sounds to the low frequency 'background sounds' and I think that was mainly because those background noises are a constant. I heard the 'airy low hum' of traffic, almost to the point of annoyance. Once I had to focus on other sounds I found myself having troubles. When you are not thinking about sound while walking you rarely notice the traffic sound, so to finally give it attention was a unique experience. An experience that my ears didn't want to let go of. Because I had trouble not noticing the traffic sounds I walked down the bike trail I was on and concentrated on my footsteps (lots of cool breaking noises when my feet hit twigs). After a while I was able to focus again, and really take in some of the ambient water and wind noises, and I think I may have heard a cricket at some point and time. The sound was tiny and didn't last long though.
What do I hear? Leaves in the wind, various water noises (hitting up against rock and land), distant traffic sounds, bird chirps. The car traffic is a constant, and is probably the lowest noise I hear. Bird chirps and the occasional car horn would make up the loudest. At one point and time a plane flew by over head, and that cluttered my hearing. The water splashes had a certain rhythm to it as well. I didn't notice if the wind changed that rhythm at all.
Part 2
I didn't have problems adjusting from the dominant sounds to the low frequency 'background sounds' and I think that was mainly because those background noises are a constant. I heard the 'airy low hum' of traffic, almost to the point of annoyance. Once I had to focus on other sounds I found myself having troubles. When you are not thinking about sound while walking you rarely notice the traffic sound, so to finally give it attention was a unique experience. An experience that my ears didn't want to let go of. Because I had trouble not noticing the traffic sounds I walked down the bike trail I was on and concentrated on my footsteps (lots of cool breaking noises when my feet hit twigs). After a while I was able to focus again, and really take in some of the ambient water and wind noises, and I think I may have heard a cricket at some point and time. The sound was tiny and didn't last long though.
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