Live Simply Indeed

This final recording is likely my favorite. In order to grab a break for my legs (and re-live my childhood) I took a seat on a playground swing right off of Lincoln Memorial Drive. I began recording and received noises from a woman pushing her child on the swing to my left, and the family behind me (shown in the picture). Overall, I love how it reminds me of how simple life could be at a young age.

Make sure to take notice of the child counting to SIXTEEN! The mother, not so impressed simply says, "That's not how you count to sixteen." Click here to remember a simpler time.

Flag Pole Antics

In this recording, a quiet moment by the lake is not as quiet as it appears. A metal clasp on the rope attached to the flag was blowing in the wind and would strike the pole as it moved back and forth. In the background, waves crash against the the rocks to paint a very relaxing scene.

Mehanical Meets Natural (Kind of...)

As we continued down the east side of Milwaukee, we stumbled on an interesting location in the park. In the middle sat a fountain and a few yards away from it, an interesting vent that made a loud humming noise. When someone stepped on the vent it made a banging noise that echoed. I walked between this vent and the fountain, all the while moving the mics above and below the hedge to distort the sound. There is also audio of two men in conversation behind the noise of the fountain.

This recording goes in between the mechanical sounding hum and the "natural" drops of water.

Dynamic on Hackett

We continued to go south on Hackett and noticed many different sounds happening at the same time. Initially, it looked like a quiet residential area with a lady sweeping her steps. However, in the distance there are hammers for construction and also a man sawing limbs off of a tree. We continue to walk and an airplane flies overhead and trails off as the woman makes one last brush.

Click here to listen to the dynamic Hackett street.

No Crocodiles... Just Rocks

In my first recording I examined the sound qualities of a storm drain located on Hackett Drive, just south of the Locust intersection. While setting up, I knocked a few pebbles in and then decided to examine the sounds made by the rocks hitting the water at the bottom of the sewer. The gentle resonance of the splashes makes it hard to believe the noises are coming from a sewer. The recording then trails off as a car passes by.

Click here to listen.

Drift Strategy

I used an algorithm for my soundwalk that went as follows:

-Begin at the corner of Kenwood and Prospect
-Second right
-Third right
-Third left
-Second right
-Second left
-Third right
-Repeat

Notes: Because of the distance of the soundwalk, the algorithm could not cycle all the way through. Also, the final "third right" was taken because the lake prevented the journey from continuing left.

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