Voice Recorder
I bought this voice recorder, used, from a thrift store in Texas about 15 years ago with my hard-won 12 dollars. I remember being upset that I couldn't haggle my way to a better deal. I did make a mental note of my feeling of real need for the recorder - or, more accurately, what I could do with the recorder & how that far outweighed any want of a price-wrangling victory.
I had recently made a hasty exodus from NYC - sold everything I owned except for my guitar, leather jacket and what was left in my backpack. I was feeling numb like a stranger. Through my slacker daze the desire to chronicle audible inspirations was partly a new twist on an old habit.
Having the recorder proved to be pretty useful. The most valuable thing I created with it was the feeling of possibility.
The personal voice recorder was a simple new tool for me. It allowed me to capture ideas and compositions at their first inkling. I could keep it in my pocket. I would eventually come to write hundreds of pieces of music using it and other recorders like it over the years before moving on to computers. The use of it - while living out of a backpack - encouraged a certain work ethic & discipline. A workflow emerged that allowed me to make sense of rough-hewn ideas.
The modest & empirical methods I employ today on much more sophisticated computer audio & video recording systems are significantly informed by that evolutionary step in my creative process.
At that time the voice recorder was the best tool I could find & afford. It served me well & provided me a means to create - and for that i am grateful. I feel as though I've been reaching my whole life for perfect tools that would allow me to express myself.
Hope is what was created via this technological object.
Kevin Bertotti
100SongsIn100days.com
Voice Recorder
I bought this voice recorder, used, from a thrift store in Texas about 15 years ago with my hard-won 12 dollars. I remember being upset that I couldn't haggle my way to a better deal. I did make a mental note of my feeling of real need for the recorder - or, more accurately, what I could do with the recorder & how that far outweighed any want of a price-wrangling victory.
I had recently made a hasty exodus from NYC - sold everything I owned except for my guitar, leather jacket and what was left in my backpack. I was feeling numb like a stranger. Through my slacker daze the desire to chronicle audible inspirations was partly a new twist on an old habit.
Having the recorder proved to be pretty useful. The most valuable thing I created with it was the feeling of possibility.
The personal voice recorder was a simple new tool for me. It allowed me to capture ideas and compositions at their first inkling. I could keep it in my pocket. I would eventually come to write hundreds of pieces of music using it and other recorders like it over the years before moving on to computers. The use of it - while living out of a backpack - encouraged a certain work ethic & discipline. A workflow emerged that allowed me to make sense of rough-hewn ideas.
The modest & empirical methods I employ today on much more sophisticated computer audio & video recording systems are significantly informed by that evolutionary step in my creative process.
At that time the voice recorder was the best tool I could find & afford. It served me well & provided me a means to create - and for that i am grateful. I feel as though I've been reaching my whole life for perfect tools that would allow me to express myself.
Hope is what was created via this technological object.
Kevin Bertotti
100SongsIn100days.com