Final Paper

Artist Researched: Philip Glass
Title of Philip Glass' Sound work: Building (excerpt from Einstein on the Beach)
Time: 3:04

click here to play Building .mp3

Rhythmic and cyclic qualities are ever-present in Glass' music, which has been intrusively branded as "minimalism". To learn more about Philip Glass and why he does not like the term "minimalism" as applied to his style, check out his website:

click here for Philip Glass' official extended biography

Unnamed Sound

Bus Route Taken: The Mayfair 31 from Wisconsin Avenue in D-Town, Milwaukee

The recording was made at 3rd and Wisconsin

click here for the unnamed sound .mp3

The plan was simple: board a bus, take a ride, and make some recordings. Well...not so simple. After taking the bus all the way to the Mayfair Mall and having made many recordings, confidence was not on my side. On the way back, all that recording made me hungry. So I stopped at...well, let's see if you can figure it out. Keeping my ears attuned to the sounds of the environment, I happened upon something that required some exploring on my part. Guess that sound...