Places Visited

I had high hopes for the soundscape you’re about to hear in the YouTube video below. Off and on for several years, I have been recording the sound of exploding fireworks, both up close and distant. Examples of my up-close work can be heard and purchased via my blog post entitled Commercial Fireworks: Up Close and Loud. As you’ll hear, I’m still working on the distant fireworks library. On Independence Day, or rather, that night, I convinced my wife to drive with me down poorly-lit gravel roads to listen to fireworks with a gorgeous view. The view in this case is from the gorge overlook at Mohican State Park.… Read More

Over Memorial Day weekend 2025, my wife and I stayed in the guest house at the Murphin Ridge Inn, a bed and breakfast 13 miles due north of the Ohio River as the crow flies. Below, hear the dawn chorus … Read More

Introducing the Sounds of Idaho. This curated collection of thoughtfully crafted, tightly edited sound effects captures some of the sonic wonders I experienced while living in the Gem State.… Read More

Look and listen to sights and sounds from the 2015 Lake Providence joint Black Baptist church baptism.… Read More

Capturing the underwater sound of Rocky Creek before it crests over Greenwood Falls in Greenwood Village of Sagamore Hills, Ohio on Friday, April 4, 2025. A pair of Aquarian H2A hydrphones were used, dropped into pools both large and small, deep and shallow, that form around eroding Berea Sandstone layers. … Read More