Steve Korn
You do field recordings that you incorporate into your music project, Cruel Diagonals. What are some cool sounds you’ve collected?
I’m always on the lookout for interesting textures, so I usually bring items with me to bang, scratch, or roll on different surfaces. I also like the creaking or groaning sounds of old doors or rusted metal parts, so I have a lot of those sounds in my field-recording library. One of my favorite recordings was made by placing a contact mic on a bridge in Tacoma while a car drove over it. I have a number of great recordings from a trip I made with a friend through the Snoqualmie Tunnel. I also recently recorded a woman playing steel drums in the bunkers at Fort Worden, which was incredibly resonant and haunting.