Amber Blanchard Drift_1

Field Recording #5

2009-03-22T12:24:00.006-07:00

Airplane Sound

To record this sound I stood by this huge beautiful tree. I was taking pictures of the tree has I heard the plane start to fly nearby.
Recorded on February 28th at 3:30pm. Mics were attached to the hood of my jacket.

Field Recording #4

2009-03-22T12:24:00.005-07:00

Owl Hooing
I would hear the owl begin to 'hoo', while I was walking. Then as soon as I would stop so I wouldn't get the sounds of my footsteps, it would stop 'hooing'. I began to play a game with this owl because it seemed as if it was watching me walk to start 'hooing' again, and then only to stop when I stopped walking. Finally I got a somewhat descent recording.
Recorded on February 28th at 3:00pm. Mics were attached to the hood of my jacket.

Field Recording #3

2009-03-22T12:24:00.003-07:00

Ice Stomping
Since there was an ice storm a day before I decided to do my Drift 1, I began to notice all the different sounds I could get from the different thickness of ice. I stomped on this section of ice to create this sound that almost sounds like breaking glass.
Recorded on February 28th at 3:18pm. Mics were attached to the hood of my jacket.

Field Recording #2

2009-03-22T12:24:00.001-07:00

Kids
Never really did see the kids, I only heard them from a distance. Kind of eerie to get that strong of a recording and to never see the subject.
Recorded on February 28th at 3:12pm. Mics were attached to the hood of my jacket.

Field Recording #1

2009-03-22T12:23:00.001-07:00

Birds
One of the first sounds that I recorded were these groups of small birds chirping, they didn't play the same game that the owl played though!
Recorded on February 28th at 3:35pm. Mics were attached to the hood of my jacket.

Drift Strategy #1

2009-02-13T11:20:00.000-08:00

For my drift I plan on using a map of the camp that I'm a counselor at. I will walk in the 'average' pattern I had to walk on a day to day basis this past summer. I will walk this pattern at the UW-Madison Arboretum. Since the Arboretum is so open it will allow me to walk my path more smoothly.

Drift 1 Map

2009-02-13T11:00:00.000-08:00

Above is an image of the camp map overlaying my Drift 1 Map.

Below is my Drift 1 Map.

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Drift 1 Experience

2009-02-10T21:42:00.000-08:00

I love my drift strategy, and I plan on doing something similar for Drift 2. I would like to get in contact with a local camp and overlay the camp I work at and there camp. Almost how quiet it gets when there is no children around, it is kind of eerie. I like how I continuously recorded sound, I didn't stop it once. However I will be more patient and listen for the sounds because a majority of my recording was of me walking. I guess I didn't exactly understand the complete idea behind the project, was to record the five specific sounds. Instead I had to search through the recorded material I had to find five unique sounds. Although I found that fun and challenging. I think I also plan on mounting my mics in a different location. I had them placed way to close to the top of my head so I have almost no sounds where you don't hear my breathing, and to me that gets pretty annoying. I thought that my windscreens were very successful, however I think I need to look and see if one of the mics was hitting the wire frame, because I had to edit out a lot of clicking noise throughout my sounds. Overall this was a very good learning experience for me, and has brought a new interest to sound. I will once again take photos of throughout the drift as well (each one of the pictures included in this blog are photos that I took on Drift 1).