A block after starting my drift, I began to hear the sounds of construction. I walked towards the construction site and thought I could possibly get some cool sounds from it. I got closer and saw that two construction workers were cutting up the road with a giant cement cutter. The cement cutter looked like a ripsaw for giant beasts. The construction worker was holding this mammoth tool himself and was grinding away at the road. It was a pretty intense sight. Having such feeble, frail and twig like arms, I naturally respected the fact that this dude could tear up a cement road singlehandedly.
After reviewing the two minute recording, I actually didn't like most of it. The part that I chose for this recording though, I especially liked. My favorite part about the recording is the point in which the construction worker turns of his cement cutting machine, and a high pitched winding down sound occurs, along with the sound of the blade clanging against the frame of the saw. After years of doing wood work with my father, the clang of a blade and the hissing sound the machine makes while winding down is an especially nostalgic and meaningful sound to me.
This was recorded at around 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008.
Listen ---------------> CONSTRUCTION
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