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Soundscape Studies

Soundscape Studies

My own interest in soundscape studies began during my PhD in Electroacoustic Composition when I started using field recordings as material for my compositions. I became very interested in environmental sound and acoustic ecology. Here are some resources that I have gathered and bookmarked over the years that have really helped me to develop my artistic practice.

Soundscape Studies links and resources

Acoustic Ecology/Soundscape Studies/Bioacoustics


Reading:
Books:

Blesser, B and Salter, L. R. 2009. Spaces Speak, are you Listening? Experiencing Aural Architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Krause, B. The Great Animal Orchestra, London: Profile Books, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 2012
Schafer, R.M.,  The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World, Knopf 1994
Truax, B. 1999. Handbook for Acoustic Ecology: CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing.
Truax, B. 2001. Acoustic Communication. 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Ablex Publishing. 

Articles/Journals:
  • Drever, J. L. 2002. Soundscape Composition: The Convergence of Ethnography and Acousmatic Music. Organised Sound 7(1): 21–7.
  • ​Feld, S. and Brenneis, D. 2004. Doing Anthropology in Sound. American Ethnologist 31(4): 461–74.
  • Krause, Bernie, Articles available to download at: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernie_Krause/publications
  • Martin, B, “Soundscape Composition: Enhancing our understanding of changing soundscapes”, Organised Sound 23 (1), April 2018 (Peer Reviewed)
  • Martin B, PhD Thesis Available to Download here
  • Martin, B, "The Thing About Listening is..." Compositional Approaches and Inspiration using spoken word, field recordings and electroacoustic techniques, (2014) CEC (Canadian Electroacoustic Community’s online journal, eContact! (Peer Reviewed)
  • O’Keeffe, L. 2016. Memories of Sound: Socioeconomic, Community and Cultural Soundscapes of Smithfield, Dublin from the 1950s. In M. Bull and L. Back (eds.) The Auditory Culture Reader. 2nd edition. New York: Bloomsbury, 2016.
  • Rennie, T. 2014. Socio-Sonic: An Ethnographic Methodology for Electroacoustic Composition. Organised Sound 19(2): 117–24.
  • Stollery, P. 2013. Capture, Manipulate, Project, Preserve: A Compositional Journey. Journal of Music, Technology and Education 6(3): 285-98.
  • Westerkamp, H. 1999. Soundscape Composition: Linking Inner and Outer Worlds.


 ​Interviews:
  • Bill Fontana: Encounters with everyday sounds
  • John Drever and Acoustic Ecology Q&A, BBC Worldservice archive. What is acoustic ecology?
  • Garth Paine: Interview on Art+Music+Technology


Websites/Blogs:
  • Ableton, article on how artists relate to the sound of their environment: Sounds Outside: The art of field recording
  • Aesthetics and the Art of Audio Field Recording 
  • Bernie Krause Website
  • ​Bernie Krause Ted Talk
  • Garth Paine; The Listen(n) project
  • Ethics and Laws: Field Recording: This page is a good place to start for anyone concerned about the ethics and laws around field recording. 
  • Leah Barclay's website and projects
  • Leah Barclay Sonic Explorations Ted Talk
  • Sounds like Noise   Blog, Field Recording and Soundscapes.
  • ​Hidegard Westerkamp's website

Podcasts:
Chris Watson, Science Weekly, Oceans of Noise, 3 parts
Mongabay Podcast: News and Inspiration from Natures Front Line



​Develop your skills in Field Recording:
  • Chris Watson: Recording the Natural World Tutorial
  • Jez Riley French Microphones
  • Sound and Music Guide to field recording
​
Archives:
  • ​British Library Sound Archive http://www.bl.uk/soundarchive
  • British Library Oral History Collection http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/sound/ohist/ohcoll/collections.html
  • BBC Archive http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/
  • Soundscapes of Canada Radio Programmes https://sounds.bl.uk/Environment/Soundscapes

Acoustic Monitoring/Streaming
  • ​ARBIMON: to facilitate collecting, analyzing, and presenting bioacoustic data. http://www.sieve-analytics.com/#!arbimon/cjg9
  • Rainforests in Borneo acoustics.safeproject.net/06:00/10/12684
  • Locus Sonus Open Mics
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  • About
  • Blog
  • PRACTICE
    • RESIDENCIES >
      • Locus Sonus 2020
      • EMS Residency, Stockholm 2019
      • EMS Residency, Stockholm 2018
      • Atlantic Center for the Arts with composer Natasha Barrett
      • University of Limerick with Darren Copeland and SpADE, March 2015
      • Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida with Jonty Harrison
    • COMMISSIONS/PROJECTS >
      • Jazz As Social Machine
      • L-ISA: Immersive Hyperreal Sound
      • Seed Studios/Vonnegut Collective Project
      • Full of Noises Commission
      • Hear Th↓s Space and The Octopus Collective
    • RESEARCH OUTPUTS
    • PERFORMANCES
    • TEACHING
  • Portfolio
  • Resources
    • Soundscape Studies
    • Spatial Audio
    • Creative Gaming in Unity
    • Sound Design
    • Women in Sound
  • Contact