And Then Everything Exploded!

Today's class was mildly entertaining, but I am going to be really happy once we get past all of this introductory stuff.

I learned today:

• The school's sound recorders are really fun to play with - I have so many ideas
• How to think about the sounds around me - how to deconstruct them and really pay attention to the individual sounds
• The dull but extremely important practice of checking out equipment

The challenge for me now is to actually check them out, because I am notorious for leaving things for the day before they are due. If I do that I won't be getting any equipment, and therefore no grade. All that amounts to an envelope full of sadness mailed to me when grades come this summer. So - procrastinating in time arts is impossible. End of story.

My most interesting idea for the coming project is to make a soundscape that is decidedly epic. Long story short, it is going to make you feel like a embedded reporter on a futuristic battlefield. If you are having a hard time figuring out what that might sound like, try the Halo 3 commercial for a good idea.