Anthony- I completely relate to this as a student in that I'm always losing or misplacing things; sometimes I'm able to retrace my steps successfully and sometimes I'm not. The sound quality was very clear, both for the ambient noises and your own voice, and I love the sound of snow crunching underfoot (it's hard to describe my emotional reaction to such a specific sound but there it is). Additionally, my status as a TCNJ student puts me in a position to appreciate this more than the average (non-TCNJ) person. I think you could add even more ambient sound or make the ambient sound more continuous, which would contribute to the piece's sense of movement. For example, in the beginning there's a span of narration that doesn't have any ambient noise and, though I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, going from that silence to the noise of Eickhoff can be a bit jarring.
Ryan- The inclusion of the guitar was what really tied this piece together for me. It was peaceful and and smile-inducing and, for the most part, constant, which made this piece very enjoyable to listen to. I liked the idea of fading in and out between the vocal narration and the music, so at some points I was focusing on parts of the conversation and at other points on the guitar. For me, the nature of memory and our thought processes are very sporadic and the form of your audio clip matches this. The use of the echo effect was very interesting as well, and notable since not many of the pieces we saw utilized it in such an obvious way. At the end, the echoing laughter, both eerie and happy in a way, provides a good summarization of what the piece felt like on a personal level.
Kyle- Haha, so many distractions! Using the computer typing sounds in the beginning immediately reminded me of my own time on the computer and how difficult it can be to "stay still" mentally when there's so much stuff available at the tip of your fingers (even now, in my attempts to write out this blog post, I have so many different windows open in my browser). Even if I didn't quite understand the narrative at first, I got the sense of being bombarded with so much stimuli and information from various sources, which is essentially what happens in this technology-oriented world. The music definitely emphasized this feeling, it was fast-paced and intense and I felt myself getting pumped listening to it, though not in a way that would help me get more work done. I would have loved to know if the "protagonist" of this piece actually got his work done.
Kara- Very disturbing, and I mean that in the most effective way possible. The way in which you twist voices, specifically the psychiatrist's, definitely unsettled me and I think it had a lot to do with his monotonous, echoing tone. Likewise, the heavy breathing adds to that manic feeling of being placed in a position of having to remember some sort of traumatic event but being so reluctant about it. I feel like the piece on this blog is different from the piece you presented in class because I think I remember screams and the sounds of breaking glass in the one presented in class (though I'm not entirely sure). When remembering the screams/glass, I remember being startled and quite frightened because it contrasted so much with the relatively languid, surreal feel of the rest of the piece.
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