Month: November 2012

We set about finalizing our research and getting all the information we’d gathered throughout the weeks, into the final plans of what we wanted to achieve and which sounds exactly we would be putting in. Birds are a definite now, as well as sounds like grass rustling and pebbles. These will be editing up and mixed in to the final mix, we’ve also started getting together the order which the sounds will appear in the soundscape.

The group has also been looking into exactly what equipment we will need such as Marantz, and also where and when we will need it, based on when we are all free and able. We’ll be going out on location which we have already decided in previous weeks, we’re sorting out the booking for it so that we can get the sounds quick and with plenty of time to edit into the soundscape.

-Josh

Another week goes by and another trip the shed is in order for our little group(minus Vashti though due to illness).

On this weeks agenda we all focused on sorting out recording times,finding places to record and also working on who our target audience would be and where our soundscape could be broadcast. Firstly Timmie set the ball rolling,after a nice refreshing pint, by saying that he has booked out the multitrack studio so that we can record the sounds we need there. This is we all thought was perfect for we realized that we could capture some really clear and interesting sounds, like for example meditation humming/chanting,deep breathing and calming bells/chimes. So after this we all decided that next week we should try to get some recording done in the studio.

The next thing that we discussed was the idea of where to record. Due to our soundscape being this piece of meditation music that includes lots of natural sounds we all thought it was a good idea to capture some animal noises. This is when Timmie came up with this idea of going to Riseholme College and seeing if we would be allowed to record the animals up there. For if we could the variety of creatures and sounds we could amass there would really add depth to out piece, we all felt. So it was decided that we would all research how we could get there and if we would be allowed record, and we all said that we would get it done by next week’s usual Shed meeting.

Finally we all discussed who are target audience would be and where would be a suitable place to broadcast it. After much deliberation we all came to a similar conclusion and that is due to our soundscape being a natural sounding relaxing piece then our primary audience would probably be someone who is interested in meditation,the natural world or soundscapes. Using those models as our target audience we all figured that a station like BBC Radio 4 would be ideally suited for our soundscape for they are known to play and promote experimental soundscapes and also they boast a wide range of wildlife shows. Another way in which we considered  distributing our show was that in addition to it have it played live on a radio station was to also make it availble via podcast, for this enables a bigger auidence share for it has more potentail of reaching more niche markets that our soundscape would apeal to.

So all in all it was a rather  productive week for our group and I cant wait to see what we have in stall for us next week.Hopefully more alcohol and dominoes and maybe even a little bit of work.

Standard affair as usual, “TO THE SHED” we cry as the mediation lecture is over.

I went for a different drink this time instead of the usual £1.99 wednesday deal. A crisp pint of IPA. As I receive my drink, Josh looks perplexed, he asks “whats that?”. I reply with IPA. He still looks just as confused. “BEER” I shout at him. Ah, now he gets it, so he orders himself a frosty pint too.

When he joins us at the table, he takes a sip, and I will honestly find this funny forever, “Damn that’s smooth!!!” he exclaims. It was one of those ‘you had to be beer there (#beerpuns) moments. After our drinks and various food, i suddenly remember that I owe someone a drink. I point this out to the other 3, and Josh vaguely remembers that I do. Hmm, i could of got away with that one…

So anyway back to work after the Shed, we head to max’s where we finalise what all of us are going to be saying in the powerpoint. We read through each others scripts, and with only making a few tinkerings here and there, we had our presentation finished. We added in a couple of sounds into it, and it was finished. We each now just need to rehearse our individual parts so everything will run smoothly.

Fingers crossed.