Following up from my previous post, I decided to take a short train ride to capture some audio. For the above clip, I took a small snippet out of my recording, then amplified, stretched, and faded it out to achieve the above track. It did not quite meet my expectations, honestly, based on what I initially wanted, but Robbie encouraged me not to give up, and to continue experimenting.

I believe that there is still some potential. However, now having a clearer idea of what is expected for this project, which is a 30-second piece (with 3 channels) I’m going to further expand my idea by possibly stretching the audio even longer, maybe adding a reverb, and recording some audio from the train station, like announcements or the busyness during rush hours.

By playing around with the sound waves and perhaps taking into consideration the busyness that people go through in their everyday lives, my idea is to create it such that it becomes a story – a story of how we are so busy with going about our daily routines, with so much worry about what the future holds and how they might sustain a lifestyle, that they forget to slow down and enjoy life as it comes, for we all eventually end up with nothing.