Author: Kayden Ariana Foyles

Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forver Ago is a great example o how recording conditions shape the experience of an album. Rather than recording in a studio, Justin Vernon recorded the album in a small hunting cabin in rural Wisconsin using minimal equipment like SM 57 microphones and basic interface. The acoustic environment of the cabin,… Continue reading For Emma, Forever Ago

In La La Land, sound isn’t just something that exists in the background. It is woven into the emotional storyline of the film. It guides how we sense the tension between what is real and isn’t. The director Damien Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz used sound to show the lines between normal life and achieving… Continue reading The Sound of La La Land

Over the past few years, podcasts have become a part of people’s everyday lives. Through modern streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube, podcasts are easily accessible today and they cover topics from important news to telling ghost stories. While podcasts might feel like a recent trend, they have actually been around for quite… Continue reading Podcasts Then and Now

I listened to two StoryCorps stories about the experience of people who lived through Hurricane Katrina. Both of the stories were very powerful, but they had different pacing, sound quality, and overtones. The first story I listened to was “He Weathered the Storm and Saved Lives”. It follows a man who was trapped in his… Continue reading Story Corps Blog Post