I do field recordings on my phone voice memo app. It’s the easiest way as your phone is always on you anyway. I started doing it to create soundscapes to potentially put behind poems but now I do it in the same way you might take a photo: because the moment was so beautiful you wanted to capture it. My favourite field recording was the Dawn chorus in the very early morning the day of a funeral. I discovered that she died while listening to the Dawn chorus, so it felt extra special.
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i feel like i’m much more likely to listen to a voice memo recording than a video, but maybe that’s just me. sometimes i like taking a concert video, especially if there’s a specific song i wanna commemorate on video, but letting your phone sit in your pocket and just record is so nice n easy. also, if you’re at a concert where you’re standing, you won’t be blocking someone’s view with your phone. i <3 the voice memo app 4ever
Sep 6, 2024
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I record when I start to forget and listen back to remember—be here now.
An act of documenting… when I'm crying out in laughter or suffering, tired right before bed, and a passage I just read, but most of all when I hear a sound never heard before.
Feb 16, 2025
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For yourself and/or loved ones! Forever ago my grandpa recorded himself introducing and telling stories in between a marimba set in our native language (mayan dialect). Though I was never taught the language, my dad always goes back to it and though i don’t understand it, it’s just warm to hear him talking and laughing again.
I’ve recently started doing something similar and it’s felt so therapeutic and fun to do! It’s like a diary and great at capturing me at this point in time. The first one i made was for a girl (put it on a cd and everything for her bc idk physical media is so cool and permanent but also easily broken/trashed in case she ever wants to get rid of it) but since then theyve all just been for me. Still need to edit together the last two recordings but I highly recommend recording yourself for you!
Mar 28, 2024
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I used to be envious of people who had “MySpace friends” or “tumblr friends”. Now I have PI.FYI friends. Thank you capyboppy for your lovely letter and this illustration of a capybara and a mouse with fruit on our heads, it made me weirdly emotional ❤️
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is gig etiquette dead? Don’t go to a gig if you wanna just talk to your mates! go to a pub it’s what they’re for!
Dec 8, 2024