INNER REQUIREMENT?
For some unaccountable reason the experience of hearing, for me, has always been prime. From my earliest years I have been deeply moved by sound. I can remember as a child hearing recordings on acetate disc of the American crooner Bing Crosbie. Pressing my head against the cabinet of the record player, I encouraged the lower frequencies to enter my body. Sometimes I would find a secure place and shout myself hoarse so that my pre-pubescent soprano might drop a few octaves allowing me to be more able to 'sing like Bing!'.
The velvet sonority of that smooth, resonant baritone utterly seduced me.
The central protagonist in this experience (apart from the sound source itself) was of course the loud speaker.
Unlike most people these days (who seem to take the microphone and loud speaker for granted) I regard the technology of recording and reproduction of sound as a magical phenomenon, opening a potential doorway to the soul. For me, the loud speaker enclosure holds the ultimate secret at the core of sentient existence.
Because it is a temporal phenomenon, and also because it exploits a secondary sensation (hearing rather than sight) Sonic Art is notoriously elusive. This is why the physical environment and acoustic ambiance of the listening space are so important. When the conditions are optimal however, the sensation of listening facilitates unique access to deep human understandings.
Or so I believe.
The velvet sonority of that smooth, resonant baritone utterly seduced me.
The central protagonist in this experience (apart from the sound source itself) was of course the loud speaker.
Unlike most people these days (who seem to take the microphone and loud speaker for granted) I regard the technology of recording and reproduction of sound as a magical phenomenon, opening a potential doorway to the soul. For me, the loud speaker enclosure holds the ultimate secret at the core of sentient existence.
Because it is a temporal phenomenon, and also because it exploits a secondary sensation (hearing rather than sight) Sonic Art is notoriously elusive. This is why the physical environment and acoustic ambiance of the listening space are so important. When the conditions are optimal however, the sensation of listening facilitates unique access to deep human understandings.
Or so I believe.