Drift Assessment #1

One situation that stressed me a tad had to do with my audio and what I was finding. The area I was in was more rural so more "interesting" sounds of the city were hard to come by. I found myself recording the ever present birds, cars passing, and wind chimes. This just made me more determined to go out for my final drift and record sounds that weren't of the norm in the area and stretch to find more interesting sounds. Another situation that really bothered me was the unsalted sidewalks. I think this would pertain to my drfting abilities in many ways. One, I had to walk over the ice which in a way was a postive because I got some really cool sounds on the ice cracking. However, my drifting was very slow because I had to take my time with each step to ensure that I wouldn't go flying to the ground. This I suppose was a postive as well becasue it allowed me to take my time and really listen and observe my surroundings. The negative aspect came when I was actually lying on the ground because I took one uncautious step and the slick ice sent me flying. Too bad my recorder wasn't on at that point..it would have made for an interesting sound.