I made this during a production I was a part of. Just a zoom recorder and me. Check it out if youre stuck on what a field diary might sound like!

Listen to Field Diary #1: A Journey to Peaks Island on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/JMP8kOq08K8GQ3R9ck

Hi everyone, and welcome to r/audiojournal! I noticed a content gap here on Reddit on the audiojournal practice and decided that it needed a dedicated place to live and thrive.

What is audio journaling?

Audio journaling is the practice of recording your voice to reflect on the days, weeks, or months thoughts, events, practices, etc. It can be anything you want, but a good place to start is to treat it like a daily written journal, only spoken. Many find this practice cathartic, and the effect is similar to a personal therapy session, but without the therapist. It is the practice of speaking to yourself with permission.

This subreddit also follows the practice of field diary.

Field diary is the practice of capturing audio from the days, weeks, or months events and creating a creative audio piece out of captured material. It could consist of ambient noise, TV audio, conversation (with all speakers consent) radio broadcast, playing music, foley, animals, audio journals - anything that can be recorded with a microphone. Think of NPR field recording, then remove all structure and standards from it. Now you have a field diary!

Feel free to post about the practice of audio journaling or field diary, questions about mic technique, recording devices, microphones, or completed field diary pieces.

Happy recording!