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Nathan Wolek

@profwolek.bsky.social

Sound Artist & Audio Researcher. #StetsonU Professor of Digital Arts. 2x Fulbright Scholar. Co-director of #YngSoundSeekers.

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Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Also this is one of the finest examples of podcasting media. Definitely made me appreciate Dolly Parton &!her impact in new ways.

Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I recommend to you this podcast series about Dolly Parton by Jad Abumrad (creator of Radio Lab). You may ask: how did a MacArthur Award winning pub radio guy meet Dolly? Because she personally funded his father's vaccine research, that's how. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am co-organizing a special session on "Inclusive Acoustics" for the upcoming ASA conference in Baltimore. Submissions are due August 17. Message me if you would like more details on submitting! Or please share with anyone you think might be interested. #acoustics #sound 🔊🎤🎧

Logo for Acoustical Society of America. Their large acronym A-S-A rests on top of the full name below. On the left is a large light blue dot with smaller dark blue dots forming concentric circles around it, evoking sound waves radiating outward.
Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Night launches have their own atmosphere. The rocket's glow seems brighter against the dark sky, and the rumble and crackle feel amplified by the stillness. Recorded near Vandenberg during a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch while visiting with the PASCAL team from BYU. 🔊 Sound on.

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Currently embedded with the PASCAL team from BYU who are lead by Dr Kent Gee & study rocket acoustics. We started our week with a 12-hour road trip out to Vandenberg Space Force Base. Looking forward to seeing how the launch facilities compare with Canaveral. 🚀

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · 5mo ago

To celebrate today's Artemis III crew announcement, here's my field recording from Artemis II's launch, captured about 12 miles from Launch Complex 39B. Headphones or speakers recommended to hear the low crackle. 🌎🚀 🌕

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hey, that’s a photo of Andy Slater working with some Young Sound Seekers! Check out this article for @transom.bsky.social by Andrew Leland.

Transom@transom.bsky.social · 7mo ago

When an NPR station got its first blind reporter they called Andrew Leland for guidance. That moment led Andrew to write a manifesto on how blind audio journalists and their colleagues can work together, covering field recording, DAWs, editing, and belonging. transom.org/2026/why-and...

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Teaching MIDI composition in Logic Pro to my intro students & workshopping a new analogy. The piano roll & step sequencer are like working with Lego bricks. The loop library is like working with pre-assembled furniture. Did I pick this up somewhere? If so, would like to cite my source!

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🎥 Postcards from Canaveral — Screening Today! If you missed the premiere in New Smyrna Beach, catch it on Values Day here in DeLand! 📍 Tri-C (Cross-Cultural Center) — 145 E Michigan Ave 🗓️ Today, Nov. 13 | 5:30–7:30 PM 🎬 Postcards from Canaveral screens around 6–6:30 PM

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · last yr.

"Canaveral National Seashore is the best classroom I've ever worked in. Every time I lead a Young Sound Seekers excursion or take students from Stetson, I am filled with gratitude that we have a place like Canaveral nearby. 1/4

Dr. Nathan standing at a podium in the ACA Harris Theatre. Members of the audience in the first two rows can be seen in the foreground with their backs to the camera. On the screen behind me is the title card for our documentary, Postcards from Canaveral. The subtitle reads "an audio tour by Young Sound Seekers."
Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · last yr.

🔊🐦🌊 Waves, wildlife, wind. Discover the soundscape of Canaveral in Postcards from Canaveral. Film premiere Sept. 26, 7 PM @ Atlantic Center for the Arts. Free event. Bring a friend!

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · last yr.

✨👂 Experience Canaveral through the ears of Young Sound Seekers. Postcards from Canaveral premieres Sept. 26, 7 PM @ Atlantic Center for the Arts. Free & open to the public. Join us next Friday IN ONE WEEK!

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · last yr.

🌊🎥 Don’t miss the premiere of Postcards from Canaveral! Sept. 26, 7 PM @ Atlantic Center for the Arts (NSB). A 26-min film celebrating the voices & soundscapes of Canaveral Nat’l Seashore. Free & open to all!

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking past the clickbait headline, this is really worrisome. Starship is orders of magnitude louder than the current rockets that liftoff from KSC. #canaveral #soundscape 1/2 www.space.com/space-explor...

'The turtles and the nudists will have to migrate': SpaceX plan for Starship launches from Florida sparks debate among Space Coast residents

Worries include broken windows and impacts to the local environment, tourism and fishing industries.

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Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · last yr.

This tracks with my story. People outside academia are always confused why I moved from Florida to Hawaii, then back to Florida a year later. Short answer: tenure-track position near family.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · last yr.

When I got my first academic job, hundreds of miles from where I grew up, my family asked why I couldn't just teach at a college nearby. I explained: Those schools only need a few sociologists. Kind of like K-12 districts only need a few music teachers... 1/

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · last yr.

These anti-AI tropes are far older than 1980s synths. Don’t forget this gem by Sousa in 1906 writing against “the multiplication of the various music-reproducing machines.” 1/2 ocw.mit.edu/courses/21m-...

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Ethan Hein@ethanhein.bsky.social · last yr.

Saw a dude on LinkedIn arguing that AI music generators are analogous to synthesizers in the 80s, derided by "real musicians" for being "lazy" and "soulless" and "impersonal". Now, as then, the resistance is due to musicians being a bunch of Luddites who fear change.

Nathan Wolek@profwolek.bsky.social · last yr.

One of my big summer projects has been working on this documentary. I am excited to say that we are close to sharing the finished video with the public. Please make plans to join us for this premiere event in New Smyrna Beach. It's FREE and open to EVERYONE. 1/3

Title card from the documentary. The image shows a wooden ramp descending toward the beach with the Atlantic Ocean filling the horizon. Text reads, "Postcards from Canaveral. An audio tour by Young Sound Seekers."