The Domestic Soundscape making, listening, thinkingfelicityford@outlook.com
Bubbles in the bath
The sound of bubbles fizzing and popping in the bath is miniscule & dainty. A brittle, wet sound. Tiny bursts of sonic, watery waves.
Twig snapping in fire
BASS TONE TREBLE AFTERMATH
Cutting Parsnips
soft, wet, firm sound of the parsnip’s surfaces and texture as it is cut low sound as it hits sideboard/worktop. MUCH NOISIER than a chopping board… SLEUSH… SHMUPP… STRIKE
Bonus post; Snow cat
It is snowing! The excitement is immense… will there be enough to make a snowman tomorrow? Joey does not know what to make of the snow; first of all he tried to lick each snowflake from his fur. Then he tried to hunt the snowflakes. Then he danced about, attempting to dodge the snowflakes. Then […]
Roadworks outside
high-pitched trilling mechanism panning machinery moving L to R white noise; the blocky sound of a generator or large engine rumble of breaking tarmac
The weir
(near the Oracle…) On the approach to the weir, a louder & louder ROAR becomes evident… a deep, dangerous, powerful DIN.
Horses passing
ROUND HOOF SUCKING CLOPPING MUDDY SOUND clop   clop clop clop clop clop rhythm of movement WHINNYING: exhale through the lips, with mouth closed but relaxed lips, so that escaping air makes flubbering sound. Also, vocal noise… Nnnnn the N of ‘neigh’ begins in the nose & travels down through the mouth and lips. […]
Joey’s noises
Joey’s pitiful miaowing, mewing and other assorted cries have been very present in the soundscape of today. His miaow is uncertain & needy; a high, thin sound. I feel a bit bad about today’s SOUND BANK entry, since it doesn’t so much describe the actual sound of Joey’s miaows as well as it could, and […]
Breaking Chocolate
Breaking squares of chocolate off a bar has a strangely soft, brittle, dense, snapping sound.
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