Author Archives: Travis

Coin Operated

Coin Operated was a experimental track that was driven by laundromat sounds that took a glitch genre direction. I used sounds from washers, dryers, coins, clothes etc… to make this laundromat rhythmic sound-scape. Read More…

Deer Chaser

The natural “thump” of a “deer chaser” compliments the mysterious rhythm of this track. I recorded the sound of the deer chaser while at a Japanese garden and decided to compose a song using its unique sound. Read More…

Nature Walk

Going for a nature walk through a narrow dirt path at a local arboretum. I was surrounded by trees and there were birds chirping and bugs flying around me. Read More…

Bowling Alley

Recording I took at a local bowling alley. You can hear the bowling balls rolling and knocking over pins and people getting excited and yelling. Read More…

Hotel Breakfast

I recording I took while eating breakfast at a Japanese Airport Hotel. You can hear the sounds of dishes and silverware clanging together as people eat and some distant muffled chatter. Read More…

Okinawan Dialect

A women sitting behind me on a bench while I visited an Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan speaks in a dialect I did not recognize. It is possible she is speaking “hogen,” an Okinawan, dialect with a strong accent. Read More…

Dirty Flowers

My hand at the ancient shaolin flying cello string style. Ripping dirty flowers soiled in earth, echoing todays vibrations of what a cello is worth. Read More…

Brd whistlr toy

Kids playing with little bird flutes that make whistling sounds when you blow into them. The pitch changes as you move a little stick in and out of the flute. Recorded on a market street in Okinawa, Japan. Read More…

Thunderstorm

Recording of a thunderstorm. You can hear the rain, thunder, and some windchimes blowing in the wind. Read More…

JP Airprt check-in

At a Japanese airport a man announces in English and in Japanese that customers should check-in at the counter. Recorded on my trip to Okinawa, Japan. Read More…

NSS

A symphony starts when the tempest winds blow, moving gray cloud pads behind lightening strings bow. The thunder brass strikes between the rain drums beat, rippling once silent puddles into hi-hat heat. Undertones of texture, crackling rooftop patter, synthetic ambient ocean pads, indoor muffled chatter. Read More…

Flight of the bumblebee

I present to you, “Flight of the bumblebee” like you have never heard it before. I orchestrated many different real bee sounds to create this symphonic bee journey. Read More…

Okinawa, Japan

I recently went on a trip to Okinawa, Japan for a week and a half and while I was there I captured over 150+ sounds. I started recording from the very busride to the airport, announcements on the plane, at the Japanese airport(s), and of course in Okinawa, Japan - Eisa, markets, Japanese voices, Eisa […] Read More…

Remember Me

Bringing back the old school with my own original 8-bit chiptune track, “Remember Me.” Enjoy! Read More…