Rhythmanalysis has provided me with much of my reference-able information, but I feel that one book isn’t a wide enough sample size of references. I’ve been doing some digging for extra source material to give my work a bit of extra context.

The hunt to find other audio-self portraits has turned up nothing that seemed sizeable or popular, only other small student works that seemed as ill informed as my own.

The ‘joy in everyday sounds’ aspect of my work turned up quite a bit of sources.

Above is linked a TED talk by Meklit Hadero, in which she talks about rhythm to be found everywhere. It seems to be an introductory talk, talking to people unfamiliar with sound arts and its existing canon – she mentions Bernie Krause and John Cage, both names are familiar to anyone who has dipped even the merest tip of their metaphorical toe into the ocean of sound arts. However, her musings on listening to rhythms everywhere and finding art and music in the natural soundscapes of daily life seem very relevant to my work. She talks about how, in this context, we are both audience and performer, contributing to the soundscapes around us and existing to enjoy them. The old question “If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” comes to mind here. Perhaps we are simultaneously the tree, the woods and the being who is there to hear it?