Sounds from the ‘Hood

I produce a weekly show based around Northwest music & stories (past & present) called “The Seaport Beat” on HER every Wednesday from 10am-Noon.  I am collecting sounds, interviews, & music for an upcoming show that will be based on my neighborhood, Wallingford. I want to get suggestions about field recordings that I should capture from Wallingford (i.e. sounds that keep you up at night, the woodpecker that has stationed itself in your backyard, the neighbor who plays bagpipe at dawn everyday, the 26 bus that rolls by your house every 15 minutes, the kitchen sounds of a particular restaurant, etc). I am also looking to interview people about interesting Wallingford-based stories.  And, lastly, if you are a musician & you have recorded music, please drop it on our front porch of the HER studio at 4054 Latona Ave NE & label it WALLINGFORD MUSIC SUBMISSION!

If all goes well, and I am able to collect enough material for the show within the next month, I will air the neighborhood show July 15th, 2009 from 10am-Noon PST.

We would like to nominate the sound of the John Stanford International School’s end-of-period bell (which is followed by the cheerful screams of children being let out to play) as well as the odd, Brazil-esque drone of the JSIS PA-announcements.

You can contact Amber at [email protected].