It started innocently enough. I was tasked with designing a soundproof studio in our new build. After a painstaking three and half months of research, two engineers, and three 'soundproofing' companies, I'd come to learn that it's actually a bit of a science.
I'd finally reached out to Kevin Cradock of Mississippi Studios who put me in touch with his sound build guru Derek. I've learned more about the process of soundproofing than I ever thought I would. Acoustical isolation, velocity observers, the science of sound travel. It's a thing. The whole contrast of making sound and stopping sound.
Conversations with Derek had me thinking about our relationships with sound. Sound as a language, sound as a community. The desperate need for it, it’s design, giving it a form, and our grand efforts to keep it out. I’m now back at my old project of word/language and sound associations.
Mixing and matching word and phrase pieces and finding sounds that tell the story that the language can’t. It’s an interesting process and my experiment is its greater impact on writing itself.
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