Found Sounds

I always have my ear open for beautiful or interesting sounds. Sometimes they’re from nature, or technology, or people…and frequently they’re a textured, layered blend of all three.

Radio station 660 AM on a desert drive near Cameron, Arizona.

An MRI of my father’s brain.

Grand Street subway station in New York’s Lower East Side.

Wildlife and traffic at a gas station off of I-90 in Granger, Indiana.

Music and conversation in the kitchen in the back of a bar, mixed with music and conversation from patrons in the front.

A Lyft driver singing to himself while taking me on a long ride.

A mobile shul (Jewish synagogue) run by Chasidic Jews in Greenwich Village, just as Shabbat ended.

An organ player practicing in the Tabernacle at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Temple Square in Salt Lake City, as a tour group comes to listen.

A Saturday morning parade outside of my apartment.

A theremin player at a huge party in NYC.

Two friends singing opera in a lodge in the middle of the Utah desert.

An urban ranch in Phoenix, Arizona.

A high school graduation happening just a few blocks from a backyard get together.