'B' Sounds
Woman beating a pan in protest while screaming. A Haitian form of protest.
The metal drain stopper is unscrewed and then removed from a bathtub partly filled with water, allowing the water to flow into the pipes below. The bathtub itself is new from a recent renovation, but the plumbing is at least fifty years older. The tiled space allows the sound to resonate.
Audio recording of the drone of idling truck engines and the backup alarms from bulldozers situated in the Atlantic Ocean as they dredge in sand for a beach nourishment project on a Saturday morning in March on the Isle of Palms in South Carolina.
The recoding is a rhythmic repetition of the kick drum (b) and the snare drum (pf) sounds in beatboxing. Recording was done by a Duke Student who is an amateur beatboxer in his room. Recorded on a Zoom H4N.
Sound recording of the voice of Josh Kalejaye - a member of Duke University's Pitchforks (an all male, a cappella group). Recorded on a ZoomH4N.
Sound recording of Greg Pattillo playing his flute while simultaneously beatboxing the Inspector Gadget theme song. Recorded on YouTube.
Sound recording of Josh Kalejaye explaining the four basic sounds he uses in any given song. Recorded on a ZoomH4N.
Two mechanical pencils were used as percussion instruments with AC conditioning as background noise. I created a few simple rhythms on an adjacent table. Recorded with Lenovo Thinkpad E550 laptop.
Recording of my cousin playing the song "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven on the piano. Not a huge fan of classical music, but one of my favorite ever pieces by Beethoven. A very soothing song that I like to listen to while I do homework and while I relax. Very smooth and easy to listen to for any occasion.
A recording of Emily Monroe on the violin and Dmitri Shteinberg on the piano performing the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata no. 4 in A Minor in Crawford Hall at UNCSA. Recorded on a Zoom H4.
Una entrevista en que Fernando Carvajal habla de la importancia de la colaboración para su grupo MalPaso Dance Company. (An interview in which Fernando Carvajal speaks about the importance of collaboration for his group MalPaso Dance Company.
Sound recording of the Avett Brothers performing "Bella Donna" retrieved from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XybDZ9I9k4k