Soundwalk/Soundscape Composition Workshop @ SKYART

Thanks to SkyART and ThreeWalls for making this experience possible

https://soundcloud.com/normanlong/sets/skyart-sound-class

Intro to basics of sound and acoustic ecology based on soundwalks, listening. We started our walk at SkyART where I we did breathing and ear calibration exercises to prepare ourselves for the walk. We walked to Bessemer Park , stopped there and discussed the first park of our walk and gave brief history of the park and community. I gave a short demo of my recording practice. I attached contact microphones to the fence surrounding the tennis court. We continued our walk, this time we recorded sounds from the park with our recording devices.

Next two days I gave our students a brief demo on how I compose for sound and installation. This started my intro to GarageBand. I gave them a brief tutorial uploading files, editing, filtering, mixing, timeline editing, audio fx, instruments, and rendering to disc. Will render and upload to soundcloud.com

I found the staff, faculty and students very positive and receptive to the subject matter. This made my job much easier. I was really excited to do this in my own community and was very pleased with the outcome and the creativity of the SkyART students!

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