The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: sounds

  • Serenading Reefs

    A way to have a positive impact on the planet without spending a lot of money? Yes, please.

  • Sonic Icons

    Certain sounds bring you back to a place.

  • The Things I Block Out

    Life, filtered.

  • Hallucinations

    Reality and the perception thereof.

  • Sound Memories

    This coming June, I’ll have officially lived longer without my mother in my life than I did with her. What a concept. I can no longer remember her voice, except for the sound of one painfully high note she would hit when we’d sing a particular song. “Ain’t gonna GRIEEEEEVE my Lord no more!” I…

  • A Unique Point of View

    I met a delightful young lady the other day who sees the world quite differently than most of us do. All the letters and numbers she sees have colors. Even more fascinating: for her, letters have personalities. She doesn’t like to put certain letters side by side because “they don’t get along.” But she has…

  • Music Sampling

    I have a long-standing debate with a friend of mine about music sampling. He contends that it’s nothing but theft, and that it shows no artistic ability whatsoever. I, on the other hand, think that in this modern age, a snippet of digital code can be a musical instrument every bit as much as a…