I decided to record the sound for the audio project outside the doors of the Lafayette NYU dorm where my best friend, Jennifer Caceres, lives.
I listened to the different sounds that clashed together as my mind slowly wandered off into one of the thousands of daydreams I have throughout the day. I started imagining each little sound like a different instrument with its unique timbre. The sound of the cars honking, engines roaring, and wheels turning all mixed in a forceful way that reminded me of an orchestra of dissonant sounds. Although these sounds come from all around you, they each hit you in different places.
The city isn't for everyone. Many people prefer satisfying, consonant chords over the random, unsettling dissonance. But there are those urban addicts that love being surrounded by the random, unnerving, and restless sounds of New York City that attack their senses in a myriad of ways everyday.
Not every sound the city is capable of producing can be heard, yet there are so many just outside the dorm including the footsteps of people passing by, the usual sound of traffic, impatient honking, and an NYU bus stopping to service its students. The city music, made up of this orchestra of sounds, brings just as much life to the city as the concentration of skyscrapers and visually electrifying lights of the city that never sleeps.
