ThomasR MEDP160 Blog

https://soundcloud.com/user-754141757/roughcut-interview-of-matt-l

[00:00:00.00] Tom: alright it's recording now so let me just give it a second to record some silence [00:00:06.28] Tom: And just let me know when you're ready [00:00:09.10] Matt: alright [00:00:10.20] Tom: OK so, uhm... when.. when I ask a question, just give like... wait like a second or two before your answer alright, so what is your name ans tell me a little about yourself. [00:00:21.08] Matt: My name is Matt Loughery. [00:00:23.12] Matt: Uhhmm I'm from the Bronx. [00:00:27.16] Matt: Well not originally, I grew up in Long Beach with my mom, and I moved to the Bronx.. because uhh... to go to school here at hunter it's just a better commute.   [00:00:37.05] Matt: Uhm, that's really it, I.. I'm studying film, I'm enjoying myself so far, I'm really interested and engaged in what I'm doing and uhm happy to continue to do this. [00:00:48.08] Tom: alright....alright what was your life like growing up? [00:00:52.02] Matt: My life was...

For my audio portrait assignment, I want to focus on the personal growth that Matt has gone through in the past few years. During my per-interview with Matt, I noticed that he has gone through a lot of maturing and self-realizations. I have a few hints as to what has sparked this maturing and self realization and want to see if that comes out in the interview. Some of the questions that I want to ask are going to be from the following: 1. Who has been the biggest influence on your life? What lessons did that person teach you? 2. What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life? 3. Are there any funny stories your family tells about you that come to mind? 4. How would you like to be remembered? 5. Do you have any regrets? 6. Did you have a nickname? How’d you get it? 7. Why did you decide to go back to school? What motivated you? 8. What do you do for work? 9. What are you proudest of? I'm looking into combining some of these questions and trying to get them ...

So I decide to do my sound walk walking home from Hunter College. I walked from 68 th street and Lexington Avenue to 92 nd street and 3 rd Avenue (usually a 30 minute walk, but I walked home slowly to give myself time to focus on the sounds around me). To answer the first question about the texture of the sound, I would have to say it was a combination of both smooth / organic (human sounds) and mechanical sounds. The reason I say this is because I was on the left-hand of the street walking uptown on Lexington and got two different experiences in my left and right ears.  It was around 6pm as I started my soundwalk. In my left ear, I heard very smooth organic sounds like people walking by, people talking, the swishing of their clothes and sound of the wind. It was very calm on my left side. Honestly, going on that, it could have been any neighborhood. With my right ear, it was like an assault on my hearing, all mechanical sounds of taxi-cabs and buses blaring their horns...

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