Theater of the Mind

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There is a story from the early days of television. A reporter
asked a young boy if he preferred to watch a baseball game on TV,
or listen to it on the radio.


His answer was immediate. “On the radio. The pictures are so much
better!”


We work with sound, and except for music videos and live
performances, the sound recording is all that people have to
experience the work of a songwriter and artist. Part of our job
as recordists, I believe, is to provide a rendition of the music
that evokes the desired images in the listener’s imagination.


In this episode, I talk about that, plus creating sound effects,
and musical sounds that we need to help get the message across.
Most of us have wonderful audio tools for making all kinds of
interesting sounds we can record, either for a musical piece or
for a special purpose. It is a chance for us to get creative, and
perhaps come up with something that paints a memorable picture in
the listener’s imagination.


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