Norwich Man Board

8/15/2019

Michael Cosma and Michael Ridge

Michael Ridge used a Sanyo TRC-570M Talk Book microcassette recorder and CMC A09HH tape recorder to capture chance encounters with buskers, slithers of audio cassette found on the ground (and repairing/loading into a tape shell), free furniture, and friendly volunteers in the workplace.

Michael Cosma used the following software: Audacity and LMMS (Linux Multimedia Studio). Michael R's recordings were manipulated and cut up in Audacity, then a couple percussive tracks were made in LMMS, then put all together back in Audacity.

3 Comments

Leslie Singer

8/17/2019 19:01:02

There are some really interesting insights and sounds in this piece. The free furniture part is particularly interesting. It can be hard to pass up free furniture especially if it is sitting in an unusual spot. There is quite a bit of free furniture on the streets of NYC. While quite a bit of it looks good, one has to be wary of bed bugs....

Chris Phinney

8/24/2019 12:02:55

Defintitely free furniture can be both good & bad. My sons Grahm & Eli were always on the lookout when they lived with me.

Rafael González

8/30/2019 06:08:51

Great!!! I love this track!

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