An e-mail I got from the sound designer ahead of a workshop I attended a few weeks ago makes it all seem quite straightforward. I had said that in lieu of using a musical instrument, I wanted to tackle improvisation using field recordings.

Dear Juliana,
Yes, there will be access to a portable MD recorder and mic if you want to create your own field recordings - and there are plenty of fields surrounding the College…
Looking forward to meeting you at the weekend,
Paul.

So, first you have to settle how you’re going to do your recording. And then you find the field.

For the purposes of this blog, I’m going to start by saying that the kinds of fields I’m interested in are either outdoor or public in some way, often (especially in the case of urban sounds) both.

Actually, fields are rarely a good place for doing recordings - too much wind and not much else.

But here’s a bit of birdsong that I recorded early one morning in nearby woods on that workshop, in the grounds of Dartington College, England, using microphones custom-built by Johan Vandermaelen for Esther Venhooy.

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