Introduction with Ed Baxter
In this introduction lecture we went over the unit and what we would be studying. Ed talked about himself, he is the co founder of Resonance FM and Resonance Radio Extra. Resonance FM is the UK only 24/7 online digital broadcasting platform that focuses on sound art and experimental music.
Resonance Extra
https://extra.resonance.fm/about
Resonance extra focus on experimental sounds, radio art and other contemporary music forms. It’s interesting to see a platform where up and coming sound artists can showcase their work, plus it provides a hub for artists to review each other works.
Ed went on to talk about how time management is import on this course, and also good if your looking to go into radio. “Even when in a band you need all your band mates to come in on time.”
(Resonance FM)(Resonance Radio Extra)
Quotes from ED
“Gestures in performance are the guitarist sticking his tongue out when playing his riff, the drummer rocking his head back and forth when counting his cue in. We dot exactly understand these gestures as the audience.”
“Pictures are more clear on radio as one of the senses (visual) is removed, we all see something different in our individual minds eye, everyone is blind listening to the radio.”
It was informative to learn about the creativity and aesthetic quality that comes with working in radio. I took some good notes into preparing for the hand in on the assignment brief, it was interesting to hear some examples from Ed time working in radio.
Could I see myself working in radio?
Sounds in radio
- Instruments
- Static
- Poetry
- Singing
- Phones
- Voice overs
- Silence
- Animals
- Music
- Films
- Books
- Live ands
How do I as an artist making my own radio make sense of these sounds how does this speak to the internal monologue of the listener?
John Cages “Radio Music” (1957)
This piece by John Cage, pioneered radio art ay the time of its realise. He uses chance and probability in his piece with different frequencies that played on the radio. This was groundbreaking at the time as no one had attempted to try realising contemporary musical forms on the radio. This speaks to the internal dialogue of this listener in an attempted to confuse or evoke a feeling of the listener.
Group work
We need a leader of a group, we all need to agree to create a goal of a radio station show, who is a readable leader. We decided to choose Zain as a group leader, this was an interesting experience as we didn’t know who to choose.
We talked about some possibilities of what sort of work we could produce. Chance music, as seen in John Cages radio art. We want a story line, maybe chance through a script with no clear aim. I really the idea of not having a clear goal when listening to our piece, it would be nice to leave the interpretation to the listener.
We could talk about the constant information we are fed through phone, radio tv and social media but eventually stumbled upon probability and chance as the main focus of our art.
Rules of the radio
Avoid profanity on radio
Do not make personal comments on personal figures
Avoid anything you think is offensive
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