Dear Ricky,
I hope this email finds you well.
I found your email address on the MIT Guild of Bellringers website.
I am a postdoc researcher and artist visiting from Stockholm as a Fulbright affiliate at the Musci Department of Harvard.
My research concerns field recording and soundscape composition with a focus on cultural and natural soundmarks.
I have been reading about the bells of the Old North and wonder if it would be possible to record them?
I am very interested not only in the ringing sound but also all peripheral acoustic characteristics that the bells' movements and vibrations cause. I have a range of various microphones that I can use to capture those characteristics.
Please, let me know if there might be such a possibility and I would be happy to present my ideas further.
Best wishes,
Jacek
Jacek Smolicki
PhD
Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2022-2023
Music Department
Harvard University
International Postdoc 2020-2023
Department of Culture and Society
Linköping University
Associate Researcher
Sonic Research Studio
Simon Fraser University
Associate Scholar
Informatics and Media Hub for Digital Existence
Uppsala University, Sweden
Artist/Designer/Educator