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 I 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:
Websites/Blogs:
Podcasts:
Chris Watson, Science Weekly, Oceans of Noise, 3 parts
Mongabay Podcast: News and Inspiration from Natures Front Line
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.
- 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 you skills in Field Recording:
Archives:
Acoustic Monitoring/Streaming
- 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
