Branches on the Dock

Friday, February 9, 2007
4:05 PM


I continued walking down the first stretch of the walkway in Frame Park until I saw the docks. I wasn't sure what kind of recordings I could get there except for more highway noises and the waterfall, perhaps a few factory noises from across the park. But once I got to the end of the dock, I saw that somehow a branch from a tree had gotten stuck or been put into one of the metal rods that support the dock. The river was frozen, so I thought it would be interesting to be able to get some recordings from the water below. I also heard the tree branch making noises against the pole. It sounded interesting, so I stuck both mics into the pole and listened. Alot of sound travels in water because it is denser than air, so I got a very strong recording of the waterfall. Coupled with the branch knocking, and I got my favorite recording from the whole trek. It was another recording that made me feel lonely, but I also felt part of the park's lonely heart; it's very pulse. Click here for the recording.