Workshop 2 - Active listening and Field Recording

One day workshops - 10th & 11th October 2009 - 12pm-5pm - £7.00

An introduction to deeper listening and field recording, plus Simon will present work, methods and equipment – which include digital recorders by Edirol and Zoom, an extremely directional Sennheiser microphone, contact microphones build by Jez riley French that detect sound through surfaces and an Aquarian hydrophone that records sounds under water.

There will be a presentation of Tallinn sounds captured during Simon's residency.

Participants will go on a short walk while blindfolded, experiencing the sounds of the city without visual distractions, to realise how complex the sound environment is.

Groups will be limited to ten participants.

Workshop led by:

Simon Whetham has both performed extensively and had his work presented in many galleries in the UK and in Europe. His sound compositions have been released through a number of specialist record labels, such as 1000fussler, Trente Oiseaux, Entr'acte, Gruenrekorder, Con-V and Lens Records, with forthcoming releases from And/OAR and Mystery Sea.

Example of previous workshop: http://activecrossover.blogspot.com

Workshop registration: simon@simonwhetham.co.uk