Revised Drift Strategy and Start Point

Original Strategy:
Looking into my draft strategy, I'm interested in capturing modern culture mixed with nature. I kind of want to find ideal spots where the two styles harmonize. Although it won't be in one area I'd like to find sound clips on different walks. I'm planning on starting to record along the east side of the river to hopefully get nature sounds and just walk up and down the road.

New Strategy:
So, I rethought my process of how I wanted to walk around. I didn't really have a structured strategy at the time and then one sort of came to me by dumb luck. I was cooking with a soup ladle not too long ago, so I decided to take the shape of that and apply it to a map. The handle of the ladle follows along the path by the river and bowl of it is back in the city. I also decide to cover all the area within the bowl as if it were filled in with soup. My starting point was at Newport and Cambridge. I decided to start on a street just to create a marker within my audio for where I was and would be. The strategy worked great. Being on the path, I was able to pick up audio from both the street and trail. Overall the strategy was a success.

After some toying with the microphones, I deemed it best that I just hold them in my hands. If I tried draping them over my shoulder I'd get too much rubbing from it brushing against my jacket. Also, by using my hands, I was able to spread the mics further apart and really try to get a surround sound effect on the audio I was recording.


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KEY:
green mark=starting point
man icon=sound 1
truck icon=sound 2
wave icon=sound 3
house icon=sound 4
cross icon=sound 5
red mark=stopping point