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Sonic IDs: Captured sounds and stories of Northern Colorado

Sonic IDs: Captured sounds and stories of Northern Colorado

Sonic IDs are short pieces of audio—a vignette or a distinctive sound—gathered from across Northern Colorado. The 30-second pieces of audio allow us to capture the voices, stories and sounds of our communities.
  • A golden orange beer with foam in a pint glass sits on a wooden table.
    Productivity juice
    A brewery staff member talks about the ins and outs of tasting beer for a living.
  • Kids play in the Cache La Poudre River
    Increeedibly deep
    A child provides some tips on how to approach a swim at a popular spot on the Poudre River.
  • A wet blond and white young Goldendoodle is sitting while looking up at the camera.
    Puppy love
    A Fort Collins dog owner tells the story of how she ended up with a new furry friend.
  • The corner of a white mobile home with a large window highlighting a small vase with flowers.
    Sculpting a home
    A Boulder area mobile home park resident chats about what first drew here there—and why she's stayed ever since.
  • A person holds a shiny golden trumpet on their lap with a lit-up music stand with sheet music on it in front of them.
    Team Tuba
    A Fort Collins tuba-playing father and daughter duo talk about their love for the instrument.
  • A lone fisherman casts a line in Rocky Mountain National Park, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Grand Lake, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
    Catch the bat!
    A fisherman in Steamboat Springs finds an unexpected catch at the end of his line.
  • A man stands looking at a book surrounded by bookshelves stacked high with books.
    Stories take you somewhere
    A Denver book shop owner loves stories about the sea, even though she's never lived near the ocean.
  • At nighttime, a man leans over upside down paint buckets on a sidewalk with drum sticks raised up in his hands and a small child watching in the background.
    Drumming streetside
    A Boulder bucket drummer talks about his pre-sidewalk show nerves.
  • White and black formal clothing hangs wrapped in transparent plastic on a metal rack in an industrial setting.
    'I feel like a bartender'
    A dry cleaner in Fort Collins explains why being a good listener is key to the job.
  • A young child in a yellow coat and blue winter hat sits at the front of a sled in snow with a baby in a cradle in the sled behind him.
    The best sledders
    A group of children in Fort Collins decide who is the best sledder among them—and it's tough picking.