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Michigan Ice Storm (Winter Sleet and Freezing Rain) [HD Field Recordings]

from Sound Therapy Sessions by R.J. Stefanski

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Sound Therapy Sessions:
another series examining the different formats available in curating, editing, and presenting original field recordings. The Sound Therapy Sessions will feature lengthy sonic excursions favoring tranquil moods and the interesting mixtures of related sources within a specific location, theme, or concept.

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R.J. Stefanski ~ Michigan Ice Storm: Winter Sleet & Freezing Rain [96 kHz 24 bit WAV HD Field Recorded Soundscape]
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Throughout my field recording experiences so far, rain and thunder have been my most prevalent sound source. Naturally these storms have tended to occur in Spring or Summer, but some unusual weather patterns have brought rain and warmer temperatures through the first half of winter 2015/16 (this has been due to a number of factors including a strong El Nino effect and global warming, causing rain to be more common than snow).

I had the chance to record a number of these more Spring-like storms as they passed through the urban setting of Hamtramck, MI and the rural Romeo, MI (in each instance I mostly used a Tascam DR-07 set up on a semi-enclosed back porch). This soundscape is comprised of winter sleet, rain, and freezing rain, with the former falling as distinct chunks of ice splintering onto the tin porch roof and the frozen sidewalk.

Besides weather sounds, I also captured a bird that did not fly South for the winter, a train calling from a little ways down the road, and a fair amount of road ambiance and passing cars (unavoidable due to some of the storms' urban setting, the recordings from Romeo feature much less low end traffic hum).
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Reminder: Like nearly all my field recording work, this is not a single, straight through take of one storm. For this project I edited and collaged together roughly 10 separate recordings totaling over one hour of winter rain and ambiance. From there I cut the material down to the best 9 minutes.
Enjoy on good headphones and be sure to download the original WAV for the full HD file (Soundcloud does not stream at 96 kHz WAV).

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from Sound Therapy Sessions, track released April 20, 2020
All sounds, editing, and production by R.J.. Stefanski

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Field Recordist, Soundscape Producer, Ambient DJ & Mixtape Curator. Based in Brooklyn, NYC via Detroit, MI. Contact for bookings, sampling, collaborations or questions.

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