A fetish… for sound effects?
I have a new fetish: sound effects. I never realized how much I loved the sound of water. Water dripping, the ocean shore, a waterfall, or just the sound of a canoe paddling through a quiet river.
It all started with my search for royalty free music. Don’t mistake this with a free mp3 download of the latest Jonas Brothers album that hasn’t even been released yet. No, this is different. Of course, once I found free music, I found free sound effects as well. And then I remembered that iMovie has sound effects. So I went into the sound effects folder somewhere in Finder and uploaded them all onto iTunes.
It’s interesting that out of all of the times that I am surrounded by water daily, I did not realize how much I loved the sound until now. I wonder how many sounds in our every day life go undetected. Small and insignificant sounds. Like my father’s footsteps or the sound of duct tape.
What causes us to miss these tiny fractions of our lives? Is it because our ears are not sensitive enough to hear those little sounds amongst the bustle of every day commotion? Are we not paying attention?
If you know what your favorite kind of sound is then let me know because maybe I missed it. Here are two of the sound effects I was talking about earlier. I hope that you enjoy them even if water isn’t really your thing: Here!
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