The time spent on my source working with sound has really got my brain working in a different direction. I’ve had to force myself to think about my source in a new light. How the sounds of my life have certain references for me and how they make me feel.
My cell phone is my only connection to home when I’m at school or somewhere else that separates me from my loved ones. These sounds make me feel close to my loved ones even when I’m far. In traveling home, the train gives me the sense that it’s not too much longer before I see my family.
Upon arriving at home, I’m elated to hear my boxer, Champ, greet me at the door. He makes the cutest noises as he wiggles towards me with excitement. My son is at the age where he is starting to goo and gaa and giggle. As you can imagine, there is no better feeling than hearing these wonderful sounds.
After a long day of traveling and classes, I get home around the same time my fiancée is arriving to work. After we are apart for the majority of the day, I hear his diesel truck chumming in the distance. As it draws closer, the noise builds into this bold sound which I’ve grown to love.
I’ve had an ongoing list of sounds that I have already recorded, as well as a few which I want to record that relate to my source. These include things like:
…the subway, the commuter rail, a diesel engine, Seth’s ticket punch, train door sliding, train pulling in/away, train horn, Champ excited to see me, Dodge’s goo’s and gaa’s, cell phone text/call/keytone sounds, Seth humming (speaking without speaking), beer can opening/pouring/fizz, Dodge laughing, swing music, elephant pull-toy music, the ocean/gulls, birds in the morning, etc.
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