Anton—thanks for (consistently) waking up my tired ears! The Pablo Diserens work inspires me to mention one of my favorite listening games, ever since I was a kid. Basically, I'll sit somewhere that's sound-complex, say adjacent to a big waterfall. I'll look intensely at a particular eddy or jet of water, or even a relatively sedate bubbling rivulet, and then try hard to hear the sound emanating from that specific location. It is amazing—incredible!—how finely we can focus our hearing (and cupping hands behind ears helps enormously). I'm lucky to have a stream behind my studio, and "thanks" to climate change the rainstorms have been getting more epic, meaning I get to go out there and hone in on a regular basis (like, for example, in five seconds, when I click the "post" button!)
That's wonderful! It was the sound of streams too which also really captured my imagination when I started getting into recording myself. It's incredibly how they seem to come apart into so many different elements when you focus in on it. This also reminds me, somewhat tangetially, of something I think I once read John Coltrane say about listening to jazz - that to truly listen and understand a recording by a quartet you need to listen to it 6 times, once in its totality, once only focussing on the sax, once on the piano, once on the bass and once just focussing on the drums, before finally listening to it again in its totality. I've never been able to find the source where this came from, but as an idea I think it's pretty powerful.
Funny that you mention climate change and increasing river flow. There's a new 'gold rush'. The waterways that were once cleared now have new sediment (gold) through 2 avenues: stress on upper rocks, cascading into the river channels and the simple force of the strengthened waterways loosens gold. So when you 'look intensely at an eddy 'or body of water .. don't be too distracted by shiny objects :)
Anton—thanks for (consistently) waking up my tired ears! The Pablo Diserens work inspires me to mention one of my favorite listening games, ever since I was a kid. Basically, I'll sit somewhere that's sound-complex, say adjacent to a big waterfall. I'll look intensely at a particular eddy or jet of water, or even a relatively sedate bubbling rivulet, and then try hard to hear the sound emanating from that specific location. It is amazing—incredible!—how finely we can focus our hearing (and cupping hands behind ears helps enormously). I'm lucky to have a stream behind my studio, and "thanks" to climate change the rainstorms have been getting more epic, meaning I get to go out there and hone in on a regular basis (like, for example, in five seconds, when I click the "post" button!)
PS: Thanks for the mention!
That's wonderful! It was the sound of streams too which also really captured my imagination when I started getting into recording myself. It's incredibly how they seem to come apart into so many different elements when you focus in on it. This also reminds me, somewhat tangetially, of something I think I once read John Coltrane say about listening to jazz - that to truly listen and understand a recording by a quartet you need to listen to it 6 times, once in its totality, once only focussing on the sax, once on the piano, once on the bass and once just focussing on the drums, before finally listening to it again in its totality. I've never been able to find the source where this came from, but as an idea I think it's pretty powerful.
Funny that you mention climate change and increasing river flow. There's a new 'gold rush'. The waterways that were once cleared now have new sediment (gold) through 2 avenues: stress on upper rocks, cascading into the river channels and the simple force of the strengthened waterways loosens gold. So when you 'look intensely at an eddy 'or body of water .. don't be too distracted by shiny objects :)
Hola , Muy Buen Artículo. Aquí Té Dejó Dos Grandes Músicos Y Sus Grabaciones De Campo. Un Saludo. 1- https://sonidopostal.bandcamp.com/track/gotas-de-cueva. 2- https://bioportraits.bandcamp.com/
Ah muchas gracias - yo voy a incluir en mi proxima "listening round-up"