Well I would recommend it if you’re in the UK and Europe and a budget airline flight away from the UK. It was well worth the cost for a number of reasons, Chris Watson and Jex Riley French are both really nice guys, passionate about the whole subject of field recording and very approachable. You learn a lot of basic stuff and background which a lot of people might not need but then you do some practical stuff as well and Chris Watson does a big talk on his philosophy / approach to field recording which is worth the whole fee alone. You get to eat with them and can grab them for one to one chats about anything. Like I said it also got me in contact with someone who I am now working with on a film soundtrack so all worth it. On a different note here is a piece I did with a lot of field recordings based on some of Mahler’s music and Kings Cross station in London - I don’t know why as there is no connection between Mahler and Kings Cross! https://soundcloud.com/audio-obscura-music/mahler-in-kings-cross
Really interesting articles and pieces, thanks for sharing. I admit I had never critically delved into the concept of field recording beyond “let’s get cool sounds on disk” so I have nothing to share in return - but this will probably send me on a learning spiral.
i think this is an interesting piece:
“Through a process of listening and speaking, African Feedback documents an exchange between artist Alessandro Bosetti and residents of villages throughout West Africa.”
I’ve been back in the zone, so I’m sifting through hours of field recordings from a trip out west. South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It’s amazing how much listening on headphones takes you back there.
First up, recordings from Ft. Pierre National Grassland!
This book arrived today, thanks for the tip @_mark
My pleasure, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
I’m part of a collaborative project making music from just field recordings taken in one location. You can listen here. https://beatpicnic.bandcamp.com/ People meet up and collect sounds then go back and make their tracks.
What a lovely idea! Do you actually have a picnic too? I use a lot of field recordings in my tracks, so this is really nice to hear about. The stuff on bandcamp sounds great!
cool sounds, fantastic tracks congratulations
I love @mobbs idea of getting together as a group and doing collective field trips / recording and then making a project / album out of it, I just listened to the bandcamp link, its a shame you’re on the other side of the world to me. But if there is anyone in East Anglia region (in England) who would want to join and set up something similar I’d be keen?
I have actually just returned from two days field recording in Kent / the Isle of Grain / Thames estuary area where I was doing some field recording for a film I am helping out on and its such a great experience to go out into the field. I remember in my younger traveling days being out in the some far flung part of the world and hearing stuff and thinking ‘I wish I could record these sounds’! Now I am into field recording I can’t get the time to be out in the world. A friend of mine recorded this ‘sea organ’ in Croatia. https://soundcloud.com/the-norfolk-fjords/field-recording-the-sea-organ-at-zadar-august-2012
made this playlist today, from the artists interviewed in the book “In the field: The art of fieldrecording”
yup picnic too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6ZbLrelCQ
@mobbs looks like a lot of fun! Incidentally, what do you use to cover your contact mics (shown on your bandcamp page)? They look really nice and neat. I’ve been using plasti-dip, but it does muffle the sound a little. Also, quite time consuming, as I found you needed to add several coats.
I got one soon after he switched materials…it’s apparently some kind of plastic but I’m curious to hear what mobbs says
it has a really nice feel hard to describe
I started to use plastic cases which were then coated in plastidip. This does affect sound and sensitivity but I was trying to make a super robust shock and water proof mic. Still experimenting though…
Whittled down some recordings from South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Enjoy!
Spread the word if you think anyone would enjoy these sounds too.
i’m a fan of this field recording posted on fb thx
I’m confused, look at the post above you ha!
yes, it was a reply (quote) to you
Ah ha - ok, I understand now. Glad you are enjoying it.
