Sound Out Media

I’ve just been handed an interesting challenge .. I’ve been asked to compose a soundscape piece that will walk listeners through a streetscape. Only this time, I won’t be able to go out and gather the sounds by walking around and recording.

This soundscape will recreate the sounds of the street in the 1930’s .. people will listen to the soundscape on their ipods and other mobile devices and see the route through their GPS (eg. Google maps) applications on their mobile devices.

So the big job is to research what the street would have sounded like. All of my pieces are based on sounds of the present. So, the big question is, how do I hear the sounds that aren’t there anymore?

It will be fascinating. Stayed tuned .. and please, share your ideas.