Close your eyes. Listen to the millions of sounds around you: the hum of a refrigerator, the dedication of an oscillating fan, footsteps suctioning to the dirty linoleum of a kitchen floor. The waving of papers and thin plastic interrupted by teh occasional gurgle of the coffeemaker struggling without water to percolate. There might be a drippy faucet in your kitchen. A small child talking or breathing. A roommate sneezing. Beyond the kitchen and traffic and birds outside, there is still no such thing as silence. Miles away I can hear your favorite song blasting from your earbuds and your fingers snapping a rhythm (when the silence is a drone with staccato notes). I hear my blood traveling the rivulets of slicked tubing (when the silence is water). I hear satellites passing overhead (the silence's piercing crescendo) and the supernova of a star on the opposite side of the universe (when the silence is fire).
Use archive.org's sound section or some itunes jams to appropriate sounds. Then, with the help of Audacity, mashup, destroy, rearrange, repattern the sounds you have collected into a shorter length listening piece. Export your piece as an MP3 or AIFF.
DUE: October 6th
Length: 0m30s - 10m00s
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