rusty fisher price play board

i’ve had these play boards for years, holding on to them with the intention of making a new instrument, but plastic is hard to work with and i don’t often bring them out at shows for aesthetic reasons…so i recorded them for this project because I’m mostly interested in hearing them co-mingle with the other sounds on the page.

counting coins….christmas tradition?

here’s the sound of something i end up doing every christmas:

steps in a stairwell

This is one of my favourite sounds so far. I find it funny that at times it sounds like I’m wearing high heels. I was wearing wellies, but there are metal attachments on the tip of every step and many of them are a little loose. Sorry for the microphone glitches.

seeds

another very quiet sound:

campsite bathroom fan

My husband and I just returned from a trip down the west coast to San Francisco. I had plans to do many recordings but was a little distracted by dunes, redwoods, Joseph Cornell, and cheap records. Here is the one I did get. It was a nice change from the monstrous machine gun of a bathroom fan we have at home!

logging mill

I work on an island surrounded by logging mills and other such industry. Every work morning I hear the sounds of one particular logging mill that operates directly beside the ferry dock. I love these sounds. They sound so lonely and melancholy and these feelings are heightened by the fact that I rarely see a human being working at these machines. It’s as if I’m watching an endangered species struggle to carry on their existence.
So I recorded a small sample of it yesterday morning but unfortunately my favourite bit of machinery wasn’t working at the time. This one piece has a beautiful melody that repeats itself in between long gaps of silence. I’ll record it again at longer length when it is working again. But for now……

a very quiet sound

snowy footsteps, etc….

I’ve been searching through some old dictaphone recordings I collected over a decade ago to see if there are any treasures. This one made me happy. I remember most of it but there are some sounds that are a little mysterious to me. I like the way the recording I recorded over comes through a few times.

…still searching….

Mystery Sound; in 2 parts

I made this sound while i was sizing (hint, hint) some material. I split in it two because it’s nice to hear both of them together. Try it!

wooden spoon in a glass jar with spaghetti sauce

finally i’ve gotten around to recording something….

here is a sound i heard while i was making dinner last night: