Unprocessed, live field recording of heavy thunder and rain (on pavement), in San Miguel de Allene, Mexico. Recorded on May 23, 2013. 

Thom Blum, May 23, 2013: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - Thunder and rain on pavement

These are raw, unprocessed field recordings made by Thom Blum with stereo or binaural microphones on either a Fostex FR-2 or Sony Hi-MD.

Thom Blum, May 21, 2013: Atotonilco, Mexico - Sunday "religious" outdoor market

These are raw, unprocessed field recordings made by Thom Blum, using stereo or binaural microphones on either a Fostex FR-2 or Sony Hi-MD.

Thom Blum: Ft. Cronkite, San Francisco, CA - One gull on surf

Thom Blum, Ft. Mason Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA - Gulls 1

This is a 3-minute improvisation with digitally-processed field recordings that are selected, reprocessed, layered/mixed live, using the software "SoundFisher" and "MixBus".

Improvisation with Lids and Jars

a live-improvised tale emphasizing the differences between outside and inside sounds. inspired by the 2020 pandemic shelter-in-place months spent in the san francisco bay area.