Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music

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The rise of audio in our daily lives is something that we can’t ignore. This brings many opportunities for L&D teams to embrace microlearning or different audio-techniques in their learning content. This book was an important part of the class I taught on music and communication last summer. Though most of the readings I assigned for the class were articles and book chapters, this was the only entire book I assigned. Frankly, I had a hard time finding any books that provided what I wanted to teach from...until this one. At the beginning of each essay the editors have given a brief account of the author (who in most cases practice(d) work with sound, i.e. Derek Bailey, John Cage, Luigi Russolo, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Tony Conrad, John Zorn etc etc etc, the list goes on and on!) Ginsberg, Allen – Howl, A Strange New Cottage in Berkeley, and Supermarket in California (read by Ginsberg) – Free MP3/Stream

In our time-poor working world, many professionals find it hard to dedicate time to personal development or even essential training for their career progression. Perhaps by embracing an audio format busy learners could find the time to access learning opportunities and absorb new information. For their part, Walker and Dayes recorded a handful of songs on their own; a few of which turned up on an album titled Roots & Culture. Hill performed at the Reggae Sunsplash festival in 1985 and in 1986 the original line-up reformed to record two highly regarded albums – Culture in Culture and Culture at Work. Adopt a podcast approach and create content in audio form for on-the-move learning e.g. for a series of internal comms messages about organizational change or for sharing success stories like internal staff interviews. The conversation around the rise of microlearning really fits in well here too. Could certain individuals benefit from bitesize audio clips that last 5-10 minutes that they can easily listen to on their commute or whilst cooking their evening stirfry? The multisensory advantage The Bias control varies the current through the "distortion" valve (6AS6 type) and this current is shown on the milliameter. At low current the Vulture is "starved" and the sound is inclined to be thinner and "break up" easily. High current and the Vulture is over-fed and becomes quite fat and bloated. At medium current (0.25-0.3 mA) it distorts least, and this is the best setting for just "warming up" a sound. When the Vulture is over-driven, the meter may "twitch" and this gives a good indication of how drastic the distortion is.

So, how does this apply to learning? 

Yeats, William Butler– The Lake Isle of Innisfree, The Fiddler of Dooney, The Song of the Old Mother, Coole and Ballylee (read by the author) – YouTube If you would like to submit your demo submission's for the label please feel free to upload your demo to the dropbox. Thanks for the Support!! From the actor’s point of view, there is a distinct art to performing an audio role, says Andoh, who has been involved in radio dramas since the late 1980s and trains other actors for the medium. “I have always said the microphone is the listener’s ear, and all you have as an actor is your voice.” Performing on radio will often require proficiency in several accents, she says, and much of its art lies in giving the voice nuance.

Camus, Albert – Letter to His Elementary School Teacher (Read by Actor Benedict Cumberbatch) – YouTube P1 means that the "distortion" valve is switched to Pentode mode to add odd harmonic which make the sound more aggressive, but retaining that valve character. Rexroth, Kenneth– “One Hundred Poems from the Chinese” and “In Defense of the Earth” (read by the author) – Free Stream

The title says it all really 'Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music' if this title interests you then the book will! It does exactly what it says on the tin! But don't get confused, this book describes 'modern music' (correctly) as changes that are of interest in audio culture that have appeared through the avant garde, jazz, noise and electronic age. Do not think that 'modern music' refers to Usher or Britney Spears cause you will be disappioted. Thomas, Dylan– Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait’ and 14 Other Poems (read by Richard Burton) – YouTube Auden, W.H.– 1st September, 1939; As I Walked Out One Evening; “Song of the Master and Boatswain,” (read by Dylan Thomas) – YouTube Christian Andersen, Hans– Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, including The Emperor’s New Clothes, read by Sir Michael Redgrave – Free Spotify