The politics of background music/noise

Whilst thinking about ‘What is background music’ – which is the working title for my audio paper. I began asking myself questions related to commerce, thinking most notably about my experience in customer service. I have worked most of my twenties in customer service roles which were usually quite busy and I often have this …

Background Music/Sound

Looking into possible avenues around background music. Looking into sources that could speak negatively about the commodification or commercialisation of background music but finding more far out stuff criticising ambient artworks in modern times, as ambience being seen as ‘nice’ – and this therefore being a problem for curation in our modern times. Asking the …

Visiting Practitioner Rebecca Lennon

BIO “An artist based in London, Rebecca Lennon works across media including video, text, performance, sound and music to think about and play with the non-linear shapes and rhythms of the voice, memory and the speaking body. Exhibiting internationally, across contemporary art and experimental music platforms, radio and recently, publishing, Rebecca graduated from the Slade …

Radio Research

Researching companies I might try and apply for if I am successful with DPS. I found Reduced Listening, thus this particular show created for BBC4. ‘The End Of The World Has Already Happened”. Great piece by Anna Peaker featured on the soundtrack. I really like this particular type of radio production, conversations with clear environments …

Field Recording: Room Tone

On Tuesday, I took a bunch of recordings around the Sound Arts rooms before close. I took close recodings by getting close up to humming elements in the room with my TASCAM DR 40X. This included; a computer, two radiators and and the water dispensor in the hall. I also took a sound recording of …

Field Recording Trip to Glynde

I forgot to take pictures of my expedition to Gylde aside from this strange church. I ran into a few problems on this particular trip. I discovered on location that the Roland Binaurals were not compatible with my TASCAM DR-40x and that I needed to book out a zoom to use those. I also was …

Aural Cultures: Podcast Research.

I listened to Sounding Out, Sound Matters and Crucial Listening, each podcast was very different in style and approach. Sounding Out had quite an academic tone and structured essay layout. Sound Matters was a personally led documentary about someone’s attachment to the sound of a lake. Crucial Listening casual interview style. Here is the bio …