no.242 | Wind Radio
Wind is the main character of PSO no.242. Recorded on the porch at dusk, the wind creates a space for a guitar improvisation that begins with a simple melody and winds up to a textured chordal finale.
Props out to Mark Menjivar, who has permanently lent me a Sony PCM D100, an OG field recorder made of metal and famous for its low noise floor (no extra noise from the recording mechanism). It translated the hissing wind wonderfully.
It’s been a minute since I have played on the porch with the intention of recording. I forgot how one’s attention to the world is heightened when making a field recording. It’s a kind of embodied meditation.
Email us at info(at)porchswingorchestra.org
Props out to Mark Menjivar, who has permanently lent me a Sony PCM D100, an OG field recorder made of metal and famous for its low noise floor (no extra noise from the recording mechanism). It translated the hissing wind wonderfully.
It’s been a minute since I have played on the porch with the intention of recording. I forgot how one’s attention to the world is heightened when making a field recording. It’s a kind of embodied meditation.
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