My original goal for this project was to bring attention to the sounds we often ignore, but that’s not the soundscape I created. I recorded some essential sounds of traveling from my dorm to my boyfriend’s apartment. Once I listened to the sounds I recorded all together in Premiere, I realized that I would need to add more sounds to make my project sound cohesive but not so many sounds that it takes away from the project’s focus. I supplemented with found sounds. One surprising discovery with this project was that less is more. I had planned to capture a more accurate and specific auditory experience of going from my dorm to my boyfriend’s apartment. I found that when I added sounds that were more specific and identifiable to me, they confused the sound landscape I was building for listeners. Adding sounds like the crosswalk announcing when it’s safe to cross my street actually hindered the listener from getting their bearings and immersing themself in the project

I was inspired, strangely, by the clobbering footsteps of my aunt's Great Pyrenees and I recorded a little of her excited dance hoping to use the sound to make it seem the cat in my project was suddenly, and in a supernatural manner, chasing you. This is where my project’s tone started to diverge from my original plan. I decided to make my project more of a spooky narrative about a loud cat rather than an exploration of our sound awareness.

As my project developed I discovered that I actually really liked the way the sounds in my project are a bit monotonous at the beginning. I feel it adds some expectation and suspense that amplifies the difference in the silence and the cat's meows. I am pleased with the tone and direction my project took; a fearful, horror tone, strangely, still makes sense with the cat. It is both annoying and horrific when a screaming cat wakes you up in the middle of the night simply for attention.