(nobody's guide) to life on the road is an experiment! a 32-track soundscape captured via voice memos (over 5 years) and edited through adobe premiere pro.

watch the video here: youtu.be/Z6Z4hFMn4o8

as a touring photographer, my goal is to document life. five years ago, i started playing with the idea of capturing the audio around me, around the world.. not just the visual things. this project soon became a space for me to respond to the crushing nostalgia and the love i feel when hearing rain fall onto a leaf, a truck drive through the fog, or the ripple of water on a warm evening at the lake.

this ambient track is the (sort of) follow-up partner to my first photo book "nobody's guide to life on the road" - where i explored this concept but through photography and short handwritten phrases to trigger memories and moments on tour i didn't want to forget

being constantly on the move - this has been a way for me to reflect on the simplest moments in life. hope you enjoy as we move into nostalgia season

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fun fact: in the middle of the track you hear people talking at a pizza truck in a park in glasgow. at one point the couple is talking about photography. which felt fateful.

fun fact: the voice memos featured throughout the track are stacked on top of each other. can ya hear them all individually???

fun fact: this experiment was originally called "gas station love letter #10"which referenced my first photography book "nobody's guide to life on the road". the last chapter was titled "entry 9: love"

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here are the titles of all the voice memos captured in this piece. recorded between 2018-2023.

1am birds chirp from shower
a murder of crows at dusk
afternoon along a creek path, NC
bailey canyon in the mist
bell chime and jokes in louisville
bells and a stranger laugh, amsterdam
bugs at midnight, oklahoma city
call of the birds in ferndale
choir at dusk in sacre-caeur
cicadas in indiana
desert wind sounds like crying
distant train at night, antwerp

end of summer, fall sunlight, Milwaukee

fall in st.louis

fireplace crackle, foggy afternoon

foggy night in Loleta, cars driving by, brisk air, smells like fall

frogs and rain bouncing off leaves

frogs in topanga

gas station radio

hiking in the hills. the creek is full

in a bus, in a train, in a tunnel, underwater

lapin agile, cabaret, pianist

national portrait gallery footsteps

radio station, love letter
rain dripping from the tree of heaven
rain, through the open bathroom window

scottish pizza truck at the park
sounds of Joshua tree park friday 1:58pm
streets of nyc
the 15:31 train to paris
thunder and a train horn, alabama
vermont forest, october 11
water dripping underneath Paris
westminster abbey, in the rain
wind, birds and a dog Amsterdam

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nobody's guide to life on the road (the physical book) has sold out, but you can buy the virtual on the "e-book" tab and read along while you listen. all profits donated to victims of the august fires in hawaii.