And my headlights showed me a well (Sound Five)

(Executive Pl, Waukesha, 10:30pm.)
So, after I was quite a ways done with my drift walk. My friend Kyle who is a year younger than me and living in my hometown called me up and asked if i could hit up the "spot" with him because he had been hit with some heavy news and needed to vent. The spot is a place that Kyle, our friend zach, and myself found a year or so back and would go there to just chill by ourselves, in the middle of a barely built warehouse district and talk and have a few cigarettes. So i agreed and drove out there still with my film 116 equipment in my my car and when we get there it is around 10pm and he starts telling me what is stressing him out when i hear the drainage system that is down a driveway from us, i grab my equipment and record away.

This is my personal favorite recording that i have. because he knew i was recording but that doesnt stop him from having to go to his car, fiddling around with his keys and trying to be a smart ass and jump on the well caps which turned out to be my favorite part of the audio clip.

In the beginning (of my walk) there was a church. (Sound Four)

(Broadway and State, 4:32)
At the beginning of my walk, i get out and i start recording right off the bat. it starts with the end of some church bells going off in the distance. along with the consistent hum that rises and falls that is known as traffic. I would have taken a picture of my set up, but i had my mic's in one hand and my phone and a cigarette in the other.... I hope you enjoy it as much as i did.

I found myself at the edge of the bridge....(sound three)

(State St Bridge, 5:06)
I have this strange fascination with low rumbling sounds and metallic collision sounds. Maybe because I am a guy. But for some reason I seem to alway get my fix when I going over a metallic draw bridge. So I hunkered down on the east side of the bridge and waited.

My personal favorite part of this clip is the feeling of motion as the audio transitions from one side to the other (sounds better with headphones FYI). Please, enjoy

Here is also a picture of the set up and location.

Bradley Center Parking Structure (Sound two)

(4th and Juneau, 5:22)
Well, reminiscing on my younger days of my life while going to Bucks games with my father while I passed the parking structure that we always parked at. Thats when I heard another song in the air, it happened to be a bird, finally not a seagull.... I thought about recording options and realized that if i did it from street level, i would get the constant hum of the city that is milwaukee, making it obvious that i should set up shop on the second floor of the structure directly behind the tree that these birds are congregating. While up there, i was also given a nice sub-woofer that completely enhanced and changed the once dreary hum while also collecting the drastically different bird song.

here is a picture of the site and set-up.

Man Power Place (Sound One)

(Man Power Place, 6:07)
So, this is among the last sounds that i was able to attain while i was working on my drift 1. I personally like it due to the interplay of the birds, with the traffic and the sound of the flag poles dancing their strings and playing in the wind in the background. Although I must say it was odd to hear so many birds while I was still able to see my breath in front of me.

Here is a picture of my set up and site.

A cold day in march. (Drift 1 Map)

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This was quite a long way. Be sure to click on my pins to get a feel of how i was doing or what i was thinking. along with a picture of the setup that i used for my mic's to get those sounds.

(FYI, the one that does not look like a thumb tack or represent where i parked my car is a little amusing. At least to me seeing as how royally i would have been up shit creek without a paddle.)

For my sound walk strategy, i am planning on simply starting by picking a major intersection in the heart of the metropolis that is Milwaukee. My current choice is the intersection between wells and water. from that point, i will than flip a coin or roll a dice to choose my starting direction. Once that is decided, i will commence walking in that direction. The only time i will then change my direction is if at a cross-walk, i have to wait to cross the street. under this circumstance, i will alternate between turning left or right at every dead end.