Vocal-2

Vocal-2

Politics frustrate me and since my interviewee only talked about politics i wanted this piece to be frustrating and jumping all over the place. To me it is as irritating as politics are.

Vocal-1

Interview with S.D.S. (students for a democratic society) member.

Final paper

John Lennon (1940-1980)- A man dedicated to peace and togetherness.
My paper is used to connect Lennon's peaceful ideals wit his odd yet inspiring pieces of sound.



Radio Play (7:57)


No bed for beatle john (w/john lennon)

Unamed Sound

(ooh what is it?) unamed sound

The route that i was to take was a tricky one. I knew that we had to go outside of the red area that was indicated on the map i decided to go somewhere i hadn't been in awhile.. my hometown. I had been home before but i had not been anywhere aside from my house and the usual hangouts. I hopped on the 44u and went to west allis, i decided to go walk around in areas that i was either unfamiliar with or where i had not been in a long time. I discovered that old rickety gas stations and old diners provide the most intriguing sounds and that's where i finally stumbled across my final unamed sound. The place i got my sound was called v-jays, it is a small convenience shop/laundry mat/closed diner that is close to my house but i had not been there in awhile.

bus map (click image for high quality)

Film 116 Drift 1

Field recording clip 1 00:20 3/11/10 Location: S lake drive next to custard shoppe
Field recording clip 2 00:45 3/11/10 Location: N farwell ave 2301
Field recording clip 3 00:40 3/11/10 Location: 2420 n Frederick and Tomas st

Fill Out the Scene Voice Recordings, Have been fixed.

Clip 1- This was outside a small custard shop at the edge of bradford beach, it caught my interest because of the large amount of natural sounds that i had not run into in my field recording.

Clip 2- In clip 2 i inserted the mics underneath a discarded window on the side of the road, it gave the clip the feeling of indoors but was actually outside. The combination of the birds and the vehicles was an odd combination that i also found intriguing.

Clip 3- This clip is the most foreign sounding of the three, i inserted the mics inside of a discarded piece if piping again from the side of the road. the pipe added on ominous feeling to such a plain sound of cars going past me on the street. Because one end of the pipe was closed i picked up very subtle amounts of sound from the house behind me.

Drift Strategy - My Original strategy going into this project was to basically get lost in the suburbs of Milwaukee. I was going to take a bus to anywhere near the lake front walk around in the nearest neighbor hood and see what i can find. I figured he best way to end up somewhere original was to use the Algorithmic Walk. The Second Left, First Right strategy of walking around seemed to be the easiest to remember and hopefully would give me diverse and original sounds. My overall goal with the sounds is to capture the feeling of Milwaukee, i would want the sounds to feel like there in milwaukee. They shouldn't be to odd or foreign sounding, i want my listeners to be able to recognize the sounds and associate them with some kind of experience they have had in milwaukee even if it's as minimal as something like waiting at a bus stop for a friend. I find the sounds of this city interesting and want to invoke memories and thought the listeners of this drift.

Song o the week

oy vey it's been a long couple of days. Some fireworks are def going to help me get through the week (courtesy of animal collective)

Vid of the week song of the week same thing

This music vid By ok go, for there new single "this soon shall pass" def qualifies as the video of the week.