Comments on: the intimacy of audio http://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/22/the-intimacy-of-audio/ publishing, technology, media, philosophy, a bit of politics. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:02:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/22/the-intimacy-of-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-7326 Hugh Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:09:13 +0000 http://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/22/the-intimacy-of-audio/#comment-7326 Wow, thanks for the kind words! Wow, thanks for the kind words!

]]> By: sacha http://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/22/the-intimacy-of-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-7325 sacha Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:58:48 +0000 http://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/22/the-intimacy-of-audio/#comment-7325 Hugh, i was there too. Great moment. Great sharing of emotions, great discussion afterward, and don't worry for not having rearranged the chairs, people eventually did it themselves... What you did this week-end was (for me) the perfect exemple of unconference: you're not sure of what to expect, but you end up with the great feeling of having been part of nothing less than history in the making. many many thanks. Oh, by the way, it also made me discover the librivox initiative... thanks for that too. And in order to try to answer your question, I think audio is so moving because when you hear a voice your imagination takes over. Warm voices make you feel warm inside, passionate voices makes you share the passion etc... Voice is alive and unique, words are the same for everybody... but that's a whole new discussion you're starting... sd Hugh, i was there too. Great moment. Great sharing of emotions, great discussion afterward, and don’t worry for not having rearranged the chairs, people eventually did it themselves…
What you did this week-end was (for me) the perfect exemple of unconference: you’re not sure of what to expect, but you end up with the great feeling of having been part of nothing less than history in the making.
many many thanks.
Oh, by the way, it also made me discover the librivox initiative… thanks for that too.

And in order to try to answer your question, I think audio is so moving because when you hear a voice your imagination takes over. Warm voices make you feel warm inside, passionate voices makes you share the passion etc… Voice is alive and unique, words are the same for everybody… but that’s a whole new discussion you’re starting…
sd

]]> By: Hugh http://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/22/the-intimacy-of-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-7320 Hugh Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:34:06 +0000 http://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/22/the-intimacy-of-audio/#comment-7320 glad you enjoyed the discussion ... I wish I had followed thru on my thought of rearranging the chairs. I felt stupid up there like a "teacher." ...but yes there is a hell of a lot in an audio track... glad you enjoyed the discussion … I wish I had followed thru on my thought of rearranging the chairs. I felt stupid up there like a “teacher.” …but yes there is a hell of a lot in an audio track…

]]> By: felix trepanier http://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/22/the-intimacy-of-audio/comment-page-1/#comment-7319 felix trepanier Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:05:23 +0000 http://hughmcguire.net/2008/09/22/the-intimacy-of-audio/#comment-7319 I was lucky enough to be one of the attendee. Even though I'm not a podcaster, I love music and audio in general. The piece that you played and the discussion that followed was a revelation to me. So much dept, so many layers inside an audio track. Thanks! I was lucky enough to be one of the attendee. Even though I’m not a podcaster, I love music and audio in general. The piece that you played and the discussion that followed was a revelation to me. So much dept, so many layers inside an audio track. Thanks!

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