So on October 23rd I went out between the hours of 11pm and 2am to begin recording. This was also a chance to get familiar with the Zoom H2n. The recordings overall are fantastic quality and are a great start to the moulding of my soundscape. The recordings I managed to get are as follows:
- University Railway Bridge
- Architecture to Engine Shed
- Engine shed to Tower Bar
- Bottom of highstreet (Shoe Zone)
- Town Centre
- Through town to bottom of Steep Hill (Past Clubs)
- Morrisons/McDonalds Roundabout
- Flyover
As it was a student night at engine shed I managed to get some good recordings of the student night life around the city. I alsomanaged to record a 15 minute track at the Morrisons roundabout – it was quiet with the sound of few cars going past. It is really interestingto listen to, quite soothing. This week I am going out to do much more recording. Tomorrow I plan to go all around town and even up the hill if the weather is good.
As well as getting on with recording I have been in contact with Hazel at the gallery again and we are finalising a date for the showcase night of my work – how exciting! I have also been thinking about publicity for myself and have created my own business card which includes the following details:
- Blog link – I have made a new out of university blog on word press where I will post this blog as an article http://obriensounds.wordpress.com
- Mobile Number
- Soundcloud Account – https://soundcloud.com/lexington93
- QR code to my twitter – https://twitter.com/AleexOBrien
The cards should arrive in the next few weeks and I will have these at the showcase night for people to take along with a CD of my work which I am working on at the moment.