The purpose of The Audio Penguin blog is to discuss the use of sound creatively in virtually any setting other than just listening to traditional pop or classical music. (There are many websites for that.) One of my greatest interests is in the use of sound composition intended for theatre and dance performances, and I…
THE DEATH OF RADIO DRAMA IS EXAGGERATED
When one mentions the word “radio drama,“ at least to people of a certain age, they immediately talk about “old time” radio drama: thriller serials like “The Green Hornet” or “The Shadow,” radio soap operas like “The Romance of Helen Trent” or “The Guiding Light,” or most famously, anthology radio dramas such as Lux Radio…
LISTEN LOCAL
One of the most unusual composers working today is Joseph Bertolozzi. He has created two acclaimed albums of music solely using from sounds produced with two major structures: The Mid Hudson Bridge in Poughkeepsie, NY and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. He did it by using mallets and contact microphones to develop gamelan-like percussion sounds derived…