I have two primary purposes for recording sound effects: I think most of the time I’m recording… it’s that first option. I either have an idea for a library or one in progress, and I‘m recording with a very clear…
The urban environment presents unique challenges to field recording. Read how I've learned to embrace and adapt to recording subjects in cities full of unwanted noise.
I don’t have to much to say about this post other than it’s a very special time in Chicago right now. After 108 years, the Cubs are now world champions once again. After the top of the 10th, I set…
I’ve been recording all over Chicago for an upcoming Collected Transients library. The other night, around 2:00 a.m., I went out with the plan to record in a tunnel that ran underneath Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive. I was hoping to capture…
Spent this last weekend recording the blizzard that hit the midwest. I was in Galesburg, IL, which didn’t get hit as hard as Chicago did. Apparently I picked the right weekend to visit my parents!