Coronavirus lockdowns taught us how to listen again. Here s what we heard
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As a creative artist, my work explores how people interact with sound and how it impacts upon our daily lives through listening that s active listening with attention, rather than passive hearing.
I do this by using recorded sound, particularly sound which is associated with place, addressing issues of memory and identity.
This can be in pieces of music, sound installations or online sound maps, which I have been creating since 2005. My passion for listening comes from a concern that in an increasingly visually oriented world, it is easier for us to push sound into the background, rather than focus on it.
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As a creative artist, my work explores how people interact with sound and how it impacts upon our daily lives through listening – that’s active
The 1750 Joseph Gabler Organ at Weingarten December 23, 2020
Michael McNeil
Michael McNeil has designed, constructed, and researched pipe organs since 1973. He was also a research engineer in the disk drive industry with twenty-seven patents. He has authored four hardbound books, among them
The Sound of Pipe Organs, several e-publications, and many journal articles.
Very few organs survive the depredations of time. Some are the victims of wars and fires, but most are the victims of the good intentions and interventions driven by changing tastes in sound. Those few that have survived such calamities usually have something special about them in their sound or their visual impact. The 1750 Joseph Gabler organ at Weingarten, Germany, is special on both counts its dramatic chorus makes music come alive, and the architecture of its casework and façade is a stunning tour de force.