Drift 1

Drift Map

2009-03-10T08:03:00.000-07:00

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My drift strategy was quite simple really. I plotted out the area around UWM on a map and just explored. Prior to this assignment, I had never really explored areas such as the Cambridge Woods so in completing this assignment, I found a nice quite place to chill and do homework or whatnot. This assignment lead me to actually stop and listen to the world around me instead of always having my iPod headphones in. Who would have thought that things as simple as a vent or a garbage truck would truely consist of complex sounds.

Sound #5

2009-03-10T07:30:00.000-07:00

This is the noise of one of the cooling systems in a mechanical room in the UWM student union. Its constant rhythmic drone can be heard on the 2nd floor near the men's bathroom. Listen to the clip here.

Sound #4

2009-03-09T15:54:00.000-07:00

This clip was taken right next to the UWM student union between the Music Hall and Mitchell Hall in the plaza area. You can hear a helicopter fly overhead as well as people talking to each other faintly as they pass by. Listen to the audio clip here.

Sound #3

2009-03-09T13:14:00.000-07:00

While walking around, I noticed a garbage truck. The sanitation worker would walk the trash bins to the back of the truck where a lift would pick it up and dump the contents into the truck. The truck would then crush the trash and the driver would move on to the next home. Here the audio of this event here. The clip gets a little bit long but I wanted to incorporate the whole process from when the sanitation worker pulled up to when he moved on to the next house.

Sound #2

2009-03-09T13:10:00.000-07:00

While walking off the beaten path in the Cambridge Woods down by the Milwaukee River, I came across an area where the river was rushing over some old wooden planks. I sat down to record and noticed an old torn plastic bag hanging in a bush right next to me. When the wind blows you can hear the bag blowing in the wind. If you listen, about half way through the recording you can hear a tiny fish jump over the makeshift damn in front of me. Hear the audio clip here.

Sound #1

2009-03-09T10:05:00.000-07:00

My first sound was recorded under the Locust street bridge. While under the bridge, you can hear cars passing above as well as a bike or 2 on the trail, riding through a puddle. Listen here. I liked this location because I have always thought that the noises of cars passing over bridges was unique and varies based on what kind of car you have and also based on any damages or repairs that the vehicle may need.