Drift Assessment #3

At first I felt it would be rather embarrassing walking around on the side of the road holding out two wires wearing headphones, but as I got into it that feeling lessened and I rather enjoyed it. There are rarely any strange or out of the ordinary occurrences in my area, so I’m sure I received many weird looks from passers by. Another thing which surprised me during Drift 1 was me picking up on the natural ambient sounds of nature. I’m a fan of ambient music, which relies on subtle tones and sounds with often unpredictable and unnoticeable changes, and I realized nature is the same way. The whole drift was like an ambient piece. On Drift 1 I was also surprised by the way particular sounds contain their own story – beginning, middle, and climax. My “passerby” clip had a slow build up, quick middle segment, and long climax which intrigued me and made me pay more attention to the structure of sound.