I appreciate and actively seek contributions to the one-minute vacations project.

Your participation is encouraged.

Most of this site is devoted to sharing my work. I'm happy to be in the position to help you share yours, in a modest way.

One-minute vacations

n. one-minute field recordings (or one-minute excerpts from longer recordings) which have not been manipulated, edited, composed, or artificially produced.

A small amount of clean-up is acceptable (light compression, EQ, normalization, or noise reduction), but please do not submit composed, spliced, or layered work.

The ideal recordings captures a unique moment in time and space: a place you just had to be, could never be again, forget you always are. The goal: to transport the listener, if only for a moment, somewhere else.

Introspection reveals my preference for recordings that capture a unique perspective, a captivating sonic environment, or an unusual event. I'm always interested in the equipment people use, but I don't screen recordings according to the 'quality' of the recording.

Caveat submitter: I collect each year's vacations on CD-Rs which I sell. All profit goes to charity. If you are uncomfortable with the idea of your recording being distributed in this fashion, I'm afraid I can't use your recording. The first three year's worth of recordings are available now on the order form.

By submitting, you grant me the right to host your recording in perpetuity on this website, to distribute it via the One-Minute Vacation podcast, and to collect it onto CDs to sell for charity.

Submitters retain all other rights. I commit to not use submitted recordings for any purpose other than those described here without contacting you.

In addition to your recording, I need:

• a brief description of the circumstances of recording (this could include place, time, subject, personal significance, the equipment you used, etc.);
• contact information (webpages preferred to email addresses, so you won't get your address crawled for spam...!); and
• for the podcast, please include instructions on how to pronounce your name and any other words in the descriptive text that I'm likely to stumble on.

Email is easiest; send 192 kpbs or better mp3s to me here. Variable bit rate encoding is fine. No uncompressed WAV or AIFF files, please.

Snail mail CDs, DVDs, or DAT tapes to:

aaron ximm
179 elsie street
san francisco, ca 94110
usa

No cassettes please, I don't have a cassette deck handy to my PC.

You should email me to let me know you're sending a submission by conventional mail.