2/10/2020
This is a hydrophone field recording from a relatively "quiet" area on Gasparilla Sound near Boca Grande. Florida. Two mics were dropped in about 7' of water about 150 yards from the main channel.
The powerboat prop noises were at a minimum. The water noises from the wave action on the boat I was recording from are in the foreground. Also, notice the "clicks", perhaps fish? Something was bumping the mics, perhaps also fish? Boats, boats and more boats can be heard in the background.
Here's a link
2/9/2020
Here are some recent field recordings from coastal mangroves near Englewood, Florida. I recorded Oyster Creek, Lemon Bay, and Lemon Creek.
In the first recording the hydrophones were about 6' apart in 12" of water. Oyster Creek is a tidal estuary and the tide was rising. At about the 5' mark, listen as a school of minnows repeatedly bumps against the hydrophone phone lead.
Give them a listen here: https://soundcloud.com/richbitting
Here's a link to Piotr's Podcast in case you missed it: Avantgarde & Beyond with Piotr Grella-Możejko - Episode IV: The Sonoscapes of Rich Bitting This was originally podcast in July of 2019.
The episode centers on the environmental music of the Cincinnati, Ohio-based composer Rich Bitting who takes compositional cues from the sounds of nature as well as the sounds of our urban civilization.
My new "Honey Bee" piece will be included in this exhibit.
Redbud, a new exhibition of art and music by Rich Bitting opens November 16 at Collector’s Art Group, 225 E. 6th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. The exhibition features 16 mixed media works accompanied by 16 digital audio works.
In addition to the visual work, the exhibition Redbud will feature Redbud Revisited a new audio release that accompanies 13 new visual works. Redbud Revisited is available as an audio CD, a limited edition audio CD, and a digital download.
A previously released audio CD, Redbud…
Read moreJoin me Friday, November 17th from 5:30 to 7 PM as I lead a sound walk at the Fernald Nature Preserve. The walk begins with a brief 15 minute introduction to listening skills. We'll then walk silently, at an easy pace for about an hour. We will pause to gather to re-orient our listening and adjust to different ways of listening. We'll share our experiences at the end of the walk. This deep listening activity will open your ears!
I'll be showing some new photos, November 3rd and 4th in Studio 258 at the Essex. Josh Parrott has kindly given me some wall space to hang 15 new photographs. Josh will be showing some of his recent paintings, and Jennifer Parrott will have some of her photography as well. It is rumored that there will be some live music, so why not stop by and make a night of it?
My electronic music work, Beech Forest in the Moonlight, has been accepted as part of the International Festival of Electroacoustic Music - MUSLAB 2017. It will be presented November 13th, as part of the Third Transmission at ESPACIO SONORO Autonomous Metropolitan University Xochimilco in Mexico City. I am humbled and delighted to be included in this event.
To Reconsider Melody
By Rikki Santer
for Richard Bitting after “Canticle of the Redbud”
Your head inside a temple bell tiny temple
bells inside your head. You shapeshift into
a zen galaxy of shimmering silence, then whirl
tarantella atop a sunlit spider strand swaying
with rhymes of dew drops from your garden’s
redbud tree. Listen. The tender fizz of heart
leaves, the wee clicks of kinship roots deep
in the belly of your backyard ravine. This
soundscape sonogram reminds us. Pause
and harvest…
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Friday, September 29th, 6 - 8 PM
Columbus, OH
Canticle of the Redbud, 20" x 30", mixed media on canvas, Rich Bitting
An exhibition exploring how we interact with music
as a central aspect of our humanity
The Columbus Cultural Arts Center (CAC) will host a large juried exhibition of contemporary works by Ohio artists, in a challenge set forth by guest curator, local poet and writer, Steve Abbott. Framed by a nod to synesthesia, SIGHT OF MUSIC”will present visual…
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Early Autumn Rain, Unity, Ohio is part of a compilation of field recordings by IFAR in BandCamp.
Early Autumn Rain, Unity, Ohio is a field recording of a rainy night at a
cabin in Unity Woods, Unity Ohio, near the Edge of Appalachia Preserve in
Adams County, Ohio recorded in October of 2003. The foreground staccato
of rain with background ostinato of insects completes this calming
soundtrack.
My soundscape composition "Frozen Stream-Waggoner Riffle" will be played by a 30 spkr snd system at Yongin Poeun Art Gallery Korea-August 19.