My idea for Interactions was to assemble sounds recorded on my iPhone into a composition.  For the piano sounds, I sat at the piano and played random notes, chords, and short phrases. The remaining sounds were from objects inside and outside my home as well as the surrounding neighborhood. I wanted to search for sounds with no preconceived idea about the theme or overall goal at first.  After gathering sounds for a few weeks, I examined each sound and edited out all unusable parts. I was then left with a palette from which to begin creating my composition. No digital effects were used to manipulate the sounds except for volume and panning.  Digital software was used to isolate the portions of each sound incorporated in the composition.  -Mark Thome