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i have been a haphazard paper journaler for the past 4 years. as with most things my consistency ebbs and flows. but i like the tactical nature of it. word journaling helps me to think, reflect, plan, archive, remember. i think of a sound journal as the same, but for audio. as a musician i put a huge amount of thought and work into my official "releases" (maybe too much thought). but there is so much music that i make, sounds that i explore, which never get published. and that's ok--not everything needs to "out there". but sometimes i want to go back to a sound, or a patch, that i was fiddling with a few weeks back. it can be hard to remember where to start. a sound journal helps to catalogue and mark the sonic territories that i was once exploring. a sort of sonic breadcrumb. much like word journaling, it is also interesting to listen to who and where i was at a given time period. what sounds were influencing and inspiring me. over the past few months i have started to track and archi

on sound journals Skip to main content ◯ switch to dark mode on sound journals 25 October 2024 lately i have been fascinated by the idea of sound journals. i have been a haphazard paper journaler for the past 4 years. as with most things my consistency ebbs and flows. but i like the tactical nature of it. word journaling helps me to think, reflect, plan, archive, remember. i think of a sound journal as the same, but for audio. as a musician i put a huge amount of thought and work into my official "releases" (maybe too much thought). but there is so much music that i make, sounds that i explore

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