September 2017

Soundwalk – Jochi-ji Japanese Temple

I took a 13 minute soundwalk  from Youtube through the Jochi-ji Temple. To start off, I notice immediately two things: The birds tweeting and people talking. While those noises intermittently came and went, it was the automobiles that caused the most ruckus through out the soundwalk, at some points I couldn’t even hear the people… Read more Soundwalk – Jochi-ji Japanese Temple

Questions for the Schafer article

Some questions to ponder from the article by Schafer, The Music of the Environment. There are many more questions / concepts in this article, so feel free to add more questions / discussion topics as comments to this post.  Please be prepared to discuss these (and other) questions in our next class. What is a soundscape? What… Read more Questions for the Schafer article