Soundscape: Tourist Railroad

Oregon Coast Railroad Soundscape (5:55) The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad is a non-profit museum group that runs antique tourist steam trains between Garibaldi and Wheeler in the US State of Oregon. The goal of the organization is to keep the history of costal railroading available for the public to learn from and to appreciate. Videographer Jeff Johnston captures the sound and sight of a classic locomotive and consist on a beautiful day along the Pacific Ocean just before Christmas. Source: YouTube.

Soundscape: Thermal Sounds of Yellowstone

Sounds of Yellowstone (8:28) This is a beautiful documentation of the sounds of the many thermal vents, mud pots, hot springs and more in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The 3,468 square mile park was established in 1872 and is considered to be the first national park in the world. It contains half of the world's geothermal features. Its amazing soundscape is effectively captured in this video by Edward Mitchell. Source: VIMEO 

Research: Sound Around You - Part 2

"The Sound Around You" is a world wide soundscape research project using a free app for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod, or one's own recorder, that allows one to capture, comment on, and upload their day-to-day sound environment to a sound map. A goal of the project is to raise awareness of how our soundscape influences us - information that might have implications for professions and social groups ranging from urban planners to house buyers. Access Map.  Also, Click2Read background material archived on this blog March 12, 2012.

Sound Around You Video Diary. These were early tests of the software and mapping system by Researcher Charlie Mydlarz. 

• Promo Video  - Project Overview by Charlie Mydlarz

• In and around Paris

• Bryant Park - New York City

• Time Square Part 1 - NYC

• Time Square Part 2  - NYC

• Trump Towner - NYC

• Central Park 1 - NYC

• Central Park 2 - NYC

• Central Park 3 - NYC

• Central Park 4 - NYC

• Exchange Square, Manchester, UK

• Urbis Garden, Manchester, UK

• Printworks, Manchester, UK

• Parsonage Gardens, Manchester, UK

Soundwalk: Bogata Columbia

Soundwalk Bogota (3:22) The cameraman walks around the city of Bogota, Columbia capturing the soundscape of street and pedestrian traffic, a flower market, a rehearsal space, and other acoustic characteristics of the city. Source: YouTube

Project: Soundscape Diary Bryant Park NY

Bryant Park Diary (2:26) Using the Soundscape Around You project mobile phone application, Researcher Charlie Mydlarz explores the soundscapeof New York Cit's Bryant Park. In this video he explains the documentation process and how he rates the environment on scales from 1 - 9 for "pleasantness", "tranquility" etc. This data is then shared with the Soundscape Around You project. Click2Learn more about this project.

Project: Acoustic Architecture and Music

St. George's (6:50) A site-specific exploration by fourteen musicians who worked on site for three months to become a part of St. George's, Bloomsbury, intricate acoustic architecture. Source: YouTube

Interview: Composer Emily Dolittle

Emily Dolittle (9:22) Andrew Stiefel, Artistic Director of the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, interviews composer and zoomusicologist Emily Dolittle about her interdisciplinary work researching the song of the Hermit Thrush and the inspiration for her piece, Falling Still.

"Canadian-American composer Emily Doolittle was born in Nova Scotia in 1972 and educated at Dalhousie University, the Koninklijk Conservatorium in the Hague, Indiana University and Princeton. Her doctoral research was on the relationship between bird and other animal songs and human music, a field in which she continues to be active. Since 2008 she has been Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle." For a full biography, please visit her website Source: Vimeo

Soundscape: New Orleans Street Scene

Spontaneous Dance Scene (2:33) The soundscape of the French Quarter in New Orleans (Louisiana, USA) is frequently filled with street music. In this video, a spontaneous moment takes place on Frenchmen street when, while listening to a busking swing band, a senior citizen visiting from Greece is swept up to dance by a young man walking by pushing a stroller. Source: YouTube.