Capturing the sound of Lake Erie waves – as heard through a pair of conch shells – at Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park on Saturday, December 16, 2023.… Read More
In August 2015, with the imaginative hope of listening to a time long since vanished, I visited Poverty Point State Historic Site, a series of prehistoric earthworks made up of five mounds of varying height and concentric half-circle-shaped ridges dating back 3,400 years.… Read More
Interview with Richard Alan Hannon of Evocative Sound and Visuals for The Natural Curiosity Project podcast.… Read More
Typewriters is a sound effects collection chock-full of vintage typewriters making sounds beyond the simple click-clack-clunk heard in so many TV shows and movies. I was curious if there was more to the sound of these old machines than meets … Read More
Fireworks: Up Close and Loud is a collection of commercial-grade fireworks – the big stuff – shooting from mortar tubes not 20 feet from my microphones. Each colorful burst can be heard directly overhead with a healthy decay at the end. The result is an assemblage of sounds filled with power and punch. Every round leaving its tube gives off a solid thump. Only such nearby access can provide this perspective. But if you’re not into the patriotic thing and are just looking for mortar round sounds for a battlefield scene, this library has you covered too.… Read More