available on cassette, here:
www.haltapes.com/fun-daily-activities.html
"Fun Daily Activities" is a microcassette duo collaboration by Kathy Burkett and Hal McGee. Kathy and Hal each recorded a microcassette full of sounds in August and September 2012. Hal then improvised a simple mix of the two tapes together, creating two 31 minute tape collages.
Kathy Burkett lives in Lady Lake, Florida, USA
Hal McGee lives in Gainesville, Florida, USA
Kathy Burkett's collage sound sources:
- Car sounds
- Walking outside, playing tree triangle
- Opening gate, opening door
- Barking Dachshunds (Sadie & Vinny duet)
- Brief Publix check-out excerpt/Publix parking lot
- Someone singing with radio/dog barking
- Answering machine messages
- B.L.U.R.T. show at Uncle Lou's (Orlando, FL) 8/7/12--performers and random conversations
- Dinner at T-Rex Cafe (Orlando, FL) 8/8/12
- Husband playing with answering machine
- Playing plastic piano horn with Sadie singing along
- Playing the bulbul tarang
Hal McGee's collage sound sources:
- talking to my dog
- neighborhood sounds
- ordering coffee
- sounds from my job, including talking with my co-workers
- withdrawing money from ATMs
- electric guitar improvisation
- sounds from B.L.U.R.T. show at Uncle Lou's (Orlando, FL) 8/7/12
- telephone conversations
- various kazoo improvisations and kazooisms
- conversations with Danny McGuire with Dachshund sing-along
- conversations with my Mom and Brother
- reading from the encyclopedia
released 15 September 2012