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The Grounded Mic is about field recording and the need for stillness and deep listening to be fully present in nature.
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Early at the pond. (opens the original)
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Last week we had an early morning visit to Elk Island National Park. With the Hayburger Trail closed due to blowdowns and other trail damage from the unusually high rainfalls earlier this year, we chose the Moss Lake trail as an alternative. The days are cooler now, the muddied trails are drying, and the mosquitoes are on the wain, so it seemed like a good time to get out and take the time for a leisurely walk along a trail again. It is also Elk1 rutting season, and I was hoping to be able to re
1919 Baldwin Steam Train. (opens the original)
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A family expedition to Fort Edmonton—with the purpose of recording the sound of horse-drawn carts—was largely unsuccessful, but I was amply compensated by being able to record at close hand the sounds of the 1919 Baldwin Steam Locomotive 107. With the help of the conductor, I managed to get the sound from three different perspectives while on the train: first from the rear of the kaboose, then in the afternoon, from the front of the first passenger car overlooking the tender and locomotiv
Alice Boyd (opens the original)
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I’m starting a new section in the Grounded Mic called Perspectives. This section will simply share the views of sound recordists and their work and will hopefully help explain why listening—for so many reasons and in so many situations—is important.
Sonic Fields #5 (opens the original)
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A collection of audio-related articles and field recordings that have resounded with me lately. Released irregularly.Take some time to listen to the sounds of the Jurassic, 165 million years ago:J. Gu, F. Montealegre-Z, T. Jonsson, C. Woodrow, E. Celiker, M.N. Islam, J.B. Linde, F.A. Sarria-S, F. Shi, H. Song, D. Robert, & D. Ren, Reconstruction of an extinct soundscape reveals ultrasonic communication in the Jurassic, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (36) e2615107123, https://doi.org/10.1073/p
The Sound that Was Summer (opens the original)
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