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Canard

Channel: Joshua Manchester

Statistics: 334 plays since June 21, 2007

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This composition uses 37 field recordings and weaves them into a 60 second structure. It is being submitted for a concert comprised of other 60 second pieces. My sources: • Antique pocket watch • Another recording of the same pocket watch. • A third recording of the same pocket watch. • Birds at dawn; Bryce Canyon National Park. 2006-06-02 • Metal window blinds recorded with a contact mic. 2006-07-10 • Guitar chord. • Jackhammer recorded from a bicycle 2006-10-09. • Ocean wave recorded from the beach. Rincon, Puerto Rico, 2006-12-27. • Skateboard at Chicago’s Lincoln Park; 2006-09-05. • Skateboard passing by. Chicago’s Lincoln Park; 2006-09-05. • Young children cheering at baseball game. Carolina Giants vs. Ponce Lions. December 2006. San Juan Puerto Rico. • A passing commuter train. Ft. Worth Texas. 2006-08-11. • Coin parking meter. Coronado Island, San Diego California. 2006-10-25. • Whistling teapot as it is picked up from the stove. • Fly buzzing. Zion National Park Utah. • Rainforest Doves, insects and frogs. December 2006. El Yunque National Forest. • Coqui frogs at night. Guaynabo Puerto Rico. • Charcoal on a grill. • A kitten lapping water. • A free jazz drummer. • A rocking chair. • A bar crowd simultaneously enunciating “ohhhh” as a replay of Zidane’s headbutt at the World Cup was shown on the television. • Construction crews hydraulically driving pylons for a new high rise. Michigan Ave, Chicago. 2006-10-09. • A cricket chirping. 2006-10-16. • An imitation air horn played by a musician. • The call of the endangered Puerto Rican Parrot from an aviary in the Caribbean National Forest. • A dentist’s drill. • An internal noise produced by the processor of a Macintosh laptop. • A kitten’s meow. • A sliding barn door. Clark, South Dakota. • A sneeze. • The screech of a train coming to a stop. Dallas Texas. • The V8 engine of a Land Rover Discovery changing gears on a roadway. • A Land Rover Discovery lacking its exhaust system revving its engine and backfiring. • The reverberating walls of a condominium undergoing façade restoration. • An antique wall clock chiming four o’ clock.


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