Category Archives: Field Recording

FIeld Recording #6
Posted on by

Listen to

Identify the location of the clip – Row R, seat 7 of the JCA Playhouse

Identify the sounds heard in the clip – If you listen closely you can hear the very beginning of the 64th annual Shakespeare festival. This song I think speaks volumes to the sort of week I have had with Rych. Just after you hear the iconic song to begin the show, you can faintly hear Rych come up to me and state that tomorrow will be a glorious day as he will not have to listen to this music any longer and especially that song. I have been planning to share this song as my song recording this week as I knew Rych would appreciate hearing it one last time. Also I recall one of our very first classes when Rych mentioned that different songs can cause humans to have a severe reaction. Whenever I hear this song I really do have a severe reaction as I immediately associate these noises with the long hours of tech week and the one 55 class that Rych spent setting levels with this song and this song only. 

 

Posted on by

Listen to

Location: Alliance Hall, Room 1111 — March 7, 2013, 2:17 am

 

Sounds Heard:  I was originally going to upload a different recording for this week, but I had a conversation with my friend Morgan in (which she showed a home video of herself singing in a church choir when she was eight) that was too good to pass up.  I usually don’t consider voices a top choice for my Field Recordings, as it doesn’t feel like as much of a discovery to just record someone talking.  But Morgan has such a dynamic voice, and my interest was piqued by hearing her echo the sounds in the video and imitate her own thick, Appalachian accent.

The video itself can be heard initially, followed by giggles and chatter about the video, as well as Morgan’s stellar impression of herself, which I ask her to repeat.  My boyfriend Steve chimes in when Morgan shows a video of herself dancing in another home video — he comments that she looks like both Mary Kate AND Ashley Olsen.

Field Recording 5
Posted on by

Listen to

Identify the location:
In the car with a few of my friends (if your volume is up, you might want to turn it down, because my friends are loud).

Identify the sounds:
I started the recording after they were belting out the verses, during the guitar break.  They were joking about singing it and, “being off,” and then started singing again.  In the beginning of the recording you can hear one of my friends keys jangling as she claps her hands.  You can hear me laughing as they sing, and you can hear them laughing as well.  One of them starts to sing the guitar part at one point.  At the end, you can hear all of us laughing as the song ends and the radio announcer comes back on.
I like this recording because I feel like you can hear the smiles on everyone’s faces, and tell no one is trying to impress anyone else.  It’s just three girls being themselves and having fun.

Field Recording #5
Posted on by

Listen to

Location: Outside of Bits & Bytes while it was snowing

Sounds: Droplets of snow/rain mix falling into puddles, some higher or lower in pitch than others, sound of my footsteps in the snow

I saw it snowing outside after rehearsal, and I wondered, “Does snow have a sound?” I mean it seemed pretty easy to answer considering you don’t really hear snow falling, but there are tiny detail sounds such as the snow hitting puddles and how people’s footsteps sound different in the snow that I found were worth recording because they might be able to help differentiate snowy weather from other types of weather.

Field Recording 5
Posted on by

Listen to

I was eating lunch with my friends Adil and Tori, and I knew Adil could do a great dub step noise. He told us it’s a combination of Kargyraa throat singing and simultaneous beat boxing. I convinced him to let Tori and I record a sample of it. The noises heard are Adil’s dub step sounds, his explanation of it, Tori’s enthusiasm from it, and my affirmation of how cool Adil is.