Going down to the basement to look for a book.

Latch being opened.....door creaking....turning on light switch.....footsteps on wood steps then cement steps.....sound of 40 or 50 year old furnace in the background....opening box and going through contents......going through bag looking for book (finding it)......walking back to stairs......again, footsteps on stairs, this time first cement then wood......turning off light switch....door creaking.....door shutting with sound of latch connecting.

Walking on salt and sand

The sound of my footsteps on the salt and sand used to melt the snow around Eastern Market. One of the few times you get to walk on sand in the city...urban beach?

Escalator going up

This was recorded on the escalator going up at the Eastern Market metro station. The machinery had a certain spot where the sound grew much louder.

Two alarms!?

So as I was posting that last one, a second alarm went off. It is higher pitched and even more irritating than the first, but it doesn't show up real well with the cell phone. Shame, they have different cycles and sometimes they overlap well, and sometimes they are out of phase. It's almost beautiful. Almost.

Alarm

This is my suitemate's alarm. Right now it's been going off for almost an hour. We knocked, but no luck. Irritating, eh?

Face

This is me washing my face.

That is Joe Reinsel in the background talking at dinner while I am trying to capture the ambience of a restaurant across the street from Johns Hopkins University.

The next few samples are from while shopping at Giant Supermarket. This one is of a child about 7 years old walking past my cell phone. He is stamping his feet and blurting out non-verbal phrases.

I am still in the Giant Supermarket near the frozen food section when an employee made an announcement.

This is the first of a number of audio blogs. Later tonight, I will test the sound from a music concert tonight (Sat. night) at An Die Musik Leroy Jenkins is playing. Turned out that the concert was so good, I decided not to make any recordings. If you ever get a chance to see Jenkins perform take the opportunity. He performed with Myra Melford-- an amazing pianist. It was a stunning evening.

We are working on installing an audio blog. Very soon.

welcome

Welcome to the project: acousticSCAPE part of the course, Acoustemology: a sonic way of knowing a place.
course url with more info:

acoustemology
We are hoping to upload audio by cell phone very soon.

Sounding away,
S.S.Bradley