Indigestion Imagination

My dog is really loud when he eats. I started to record him while he gobbled down his food, and realized that I could pick up him swallowing on the mics. When I realized this, I decided to place one mic at the front of his mouth where he was actually getting the food into his mouth and chewing, and the other mic right next to his throat. This set up allows the listener to hear the food travel from the front of the dog, the right side, and down his throat, the left side. This is a very interesting, almost educational audio clip.
Indigestion Imagination


Indigestion Imagination

The Dance of the Dishes

We were doing dishes at my friends, and there were some really great sounds coming from the faucet, and the drain of the sink. Being interested in the sounds, I decided to grab a quick recording of it all. I feel that this recording is very soothing, with the bubbling water, and the slight hiss of the faucet. This ambiance is broken up every once in a while by the sound of dishes clanking together. There is no set rhythm to this clip, so it adds a sense of mystery about when the dishes will make contact again; almost like life, which is unpredictable.
Dance of the Dishes


The Dance of the Dishes

Being Followed in the Snow

While going all around the dorms, I was able to pick out an interesting clip of my two friends and I walking through the snow. The footsteps that were recorded are very crisp, and there is even a quick jaunt through a puddle. I really enjoyed the transition of the crunchy sounds that the snow made, to the mushy, mellower sounds of melted snow. Unfortunately the sound of the puddle is very quick, and quiet, so it may be hard to hear.

Where We Were Followed


Being Followed in the Snow

Toilet Bash

While I was waiting for my friend so we could go to class, I decided to get a stereo recording of a toilet. Most people are used to the sound of a toilet, but I did everything very slow while going through the necessary motions for the performance. I poured water into the bowl, so that there wasn't a body blocking the sound, creating a true recording of the toilet. While listening to the recording, I was able to here sounds that I normally wouldn't hear when in the bathroom.

Map to the Toilet Bash


Toilet Bash

The Bus

While recording the traffic going by, many cars, trucks, and buses went by. But out of the many buses that went by, one struck my ear in particular. This bus seemed to have so much more bass to it than the others. When I listened to the recording in my headphones, I could feel the bass going through my body. Enjoy!

The Bus Map


The Bus

Map of the first drift

This is the map of my drift walk that I did in Milwaukee. I started on Downer Avenue, and walked over to Downer Woods, which included going through the Klotsche center. After the woods, we went to the side of the dorms, and then entered the parking garage. In the parking garage, we went up the elevator, out the lobby, and down the pathway to the outside of the east tower. From here we went into the wooded area between the dorms and the Norris health center. After recording there for a short while, we went back to our house. The path we took is outlined on the map with the blue line. Arrows indicate the direction we were traveling.




Drift 1 Map

The Art of the First Drift

For my first Drift I will be using a circle drawn on a map to record my sounds. I will have a mixture of sounds from Milwaukee and Sussex, since I don't live in Milwaukee. But, by combining the use of each city's sounds, I should be able to create a very interesting Drift 2. The way that I will draw the circle on the map is also different from what most people will think I'm doing. I am going to draw half a circle on a map of Sussex, and the other half of the circle on the Milwaukee map. I feel that this will create a very random walking path, and by doing so, will allow for an interesting combination of sounds.

I am going to start my recording in Sussex, since I am here all weekend. Sussex is a great place to record sounds because the city itself is a combination of fields/open places, and busy streets. There are also many railroad crossings going through the busy parts of Sussex, so I can hopefully get a recording of a train.